[3] The press publishes books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction by such authors as Ada Limón, Danusha Laméris, Ed Ochester, Gerald Stern, and Patricia Jabbeh Wesley.

[5] Autumn House Press's other especially notable titles include Further News of Defeat by Michael X. Wang, which won the 2021 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection.

Poems and excerpts have been featured in venues such as The New York Times Magazine, The Slowdown, American Life in Poetry,[9] Lit Hub,[10] The Millions,[11] and Cleveland Review of Books.

[13] Autumn House holds annual contests in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction; the winners of which receive publication of a full-length manuscript a $1,000 advance against royalties, and a $1,500 travel/publicity grant to promote their book.

Melissa Wiley won the nonfiction prize in 2019 for Skull Cathedral: A Vestigial Anatomy, and poetry winners include lucky wreck by Ada Limón, The Moons of August by Danusha Laméris, and makalani bandele's under the aegis of a winged mind.[when?