An independent press · Olympia, Washington
NEWPROTEST Publishing hosts stories about what people have actually seen and experienced. Not lessons, not formulas, but witnesses.
What we publish
Fiction and memoir that take belief seriously without flinching — the honest end of the spiritual, where doubt and grace share a page.
We publish witnesses, not formulas. Books about what people have actually seen, written to last rather than to instruct.
A small press by design. Careful editing, real royalties, and a long relationship with every writer we take on.
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by Joshua Culley
Josh thought he had his life figured out: a successful business, a loving wife, and three spirited daughters. But when he receives…
by Joshua Culley
The sequel to Turtle Heaven. Drafted during the November 2024 writing challenge, the manuscript continues Josh's story past the seven days at…
by Joshua Culley
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The Genesis Project is an ongoing publication from NEWPROTEST. It's a sustained,…
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“Josh is an EXCELLENT writer. His ability to expound and give the reader the understanding of the room or any other place he is describing is exceptional. He does an excellent job of writing about the extremely "hot" topic of gender and putting a face on the reality of pain and hurt in this world. I will read any other book that Josh publishes.”
Steve Walsman · Goodreads · on Turtle Heaven
From the press
July 6, 2026
We've just launched NEWPROTEST Writer, which is an online/offline desktop/mobile collaborative work-from-anywhere writing platform. It was designed for the theologically contemplative who are writing something "faith…
December 16, 2024
During this year's month-long writing challenge in November, I decided to put in the work to crank out the sequel to Turtle Heaven. It was a…
September 27, 2024
I didn't go into this publishing project with an intent to make a ton of money or sell a million books. The goal was always to…
September 6, 2024
Amazon (11), Goodreads (3), Audible (6) — that's twenty 5-star reviews in less than a month. I knew this story meant something to me. I did…
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Publish with intention
We respond to every submission — though it may take a season. Send us the honest, unhurried book.
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We publish the finished book. NEWPROTEST Writer is the quiet room where it begins — a distraction-free studio for the long, unhurried work.
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