Deadline: rolling
(Note: Literary Laundry accept submissions from outside the United States.)
Literary Laundry is now publishing (in print) poetry chapbooks, novellas, and short story collections. Authors selected for publication will receive $250 in upfront payment and 33% of all royalties earned on sales. Submissions for the series is rolling. There is no fee to submit. See the submission policies below for further details.
SUBMISSION POLICIES FOR OUR CHAPBOOK SERIES
- Please submit your chapbook as a PDF. The book interior should be formatted exactly as the author (you) would like to see it published.
- Files should be formatted to trim size 5.5'' x 8.5''
Length requirements:
- Poetry books should not exceed 75 pages. This count includes table of contents, prose introduction, author biography, and any necessary appendices.
- Novellas and short story collections should be between 10,000 and 30,000 words in length.
- Each chapbook should contain a 3-5 page, single-spaced prose introduction that reflects upon the book's aesthetic aspirations. (Note: Because this introduction will be written in 5.5'' x 8.5'' trim, it will be much shorter than 3-5 pages in a standard document).
- All books should contain a table of contents.
- With the exception of the introduction, authors are free to format the remainder of their chapbook however they choose.
Poetry books
- Poetry chapbooks may contain images, in either color or black and white.
- Poems may be formatted in any fonts, colors, justifications, etc.
Prose books
- Novellas and short story collections may be formatted in any fonts or justifications. They cannot, however, contain color.
- Please include a table of contents if the manuscript is divided into multiple sections or stories.
- Authors may include appendices as they see fit.
- Poetry chapbooks must contain at least 10 previously unpublished poems. Previously published poems should be noted on an appendix page that lists which poems were previously published and where.
- At least half of the stories in a short story collection must be previously unpublished.
- All novella submissions must be previously unpublished.
- Any previously published work should be noted on an “Acknowledgements” page (which stipulates where and when the piece was originally published).
- All manuscripts must include an author biography at the end of the book. This biography should be less than a page in length. Personal photo may be included (though this is optional).
- Books selected for publication will receive $250 in upfront payment and 33% of all royalties earned on sales.
- Please do not query until 6 months following submission.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For submissions: via their online submission form here
Website: http://www.literarylaundry.com