About
About We Woodwards Publishing
A family publishing house, built around the books and magazines we love.
We Woodwards Publishing is an independent press in Gladbrook, Iowa. Founded by bestselling and award-winning author Lisa Woodward, it publishes two monthly magazines and a growing list of fiction and nonfiction by a small, hand-chosen stable of authors.
The name says what we are. We Woodwards began as the home for Lisa’s own work and the work of the people closest to her. After nineteen years in publishing across traditional, hybrid, and self-publishing paths, she built an operation she could trust, with open distribution accounts, established workflows, and a team of professionals she has worked with for more than twenty years. It runs every month, and it is still a family business.
A Change in How We Work
We are no longer accepting outside authors.
We Woodwards Publishing no longer offers publishing, consulting, or marketing services to outside authors. Our former co-publishing, author consulting, and marketing services have closed, and we are not taking submissions or inquiries for them.
New authors and projects now come to us by invitation only, through our magazines. If your work appears in one of our magazines and it is a fit, we may invite you to publish with us. That is the only door.
This was a deliberate decision. We would rather do fewer things well, and put our time into the magazines, our authors, and the readers who follow them. We are grateful to every author who trusted us with their work, and we wish every writer a good road.
Our Magazines
Two monthly magazines. One door.
The magazines are the heart of We Woodwards. They are where readers find us, where writers are discovered, and where every new relationship with the press begins.
Monthly Magazine
Enchanted Realms
Our monthly magazine for fantasy readers. Subscribing is free, and every issue is a way to meet the writers we publish.
Read the Magazine Subscribe FreeMonthly Magazine
Agave Today
Our monthly magazine devoted to tequila, mezcal, and the wider world of agave spirits, from the people who make them to the brands building around them.
Visit Agave TodayOur Authors
A small stable, published with care.
Every author on this list was chosen. Each keeps full creative control, and each is published on the same infrastructure that carries our own titles every month.
Cozy Fantasy
Ember Penrose
Author of The Elves of Nine Ashes, a slow, warm series set in a small elven village with a long memory, a busy forge, and a bakery that always has the kettle on. Nine novels and a growing shelf of short stories. No chosen ones, no dark lords.
Meet EmberRomantic Suspense & Nonfiction
Lisa Pietsch
Author of Task Force 125, a five-book series about a covert counter-terrorism unit, a found family worth fighting for, and romance that earns every page. She is also the author of the nonfiction guides Agave 101 and Agave Marketing 101, available in English, Spanish, French, and German.
Meet LisaFiction from the World of Tequila · Coming 2027
Maya Del Toro
Writing a series of thirteen stories drawn from family dinners with distillers and tequila brand owners. Her books arrive in 2027.
Meet MayaComedy Fantasy · Coming 2027
Terry Neil
Author of the Roll for Disaster series, following the worst adventuring party in fantasy history as they accidentally save the world, one catastrophic misunderstanding at a time. The series arrives in 2027.
Meet TerryHow We Do Business
What has not changed.
Our authors keep their copyright and their creative control. We deal plainly, we explain the trade-offs, and we do not oversell. We think authors should be treated fairly from the first page to the last royalty payment, and we hold ourselves to that standard with every writer we publish.
Stay in Touch
Read along with us.
The best way to get to know We Woodwards is to read the magazines. Subscribe to Enchanted Realms, explore Agave Today, and meet the authors above.
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