Flying Trout Press promotes and publishes art and literature about the disabled, especially those affected by fragile X syndrome and autism; about natural and cultural landscapes of the American West; and literature by first-time authors.

Flying Trout Press incorporated as a nonprofit literary press within Washington State on May 21, 2004.

Flying Trout Press is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, and literary purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue code, or the corresponding section of any future tax code (IRS I.D. # 20-1487477).