Submissions
Currently we have two opportunities for publication: full-length books, and shorter work on our website. See below.
We are currently inundated with submissions and need to close temporarily.
Book Submissions
We only publish a handful of books each year, but we’re always open to considering poetry, fiction (short or long), creative nonfiction, and “other” projects. Send a query here.
Guidelines for book submissions
- We accept queries only. Simply complete the form below.
- We are especially interested in manuscripts that amplify and highlight the lives and work of people who live and work on the margins.
- There’s no fee to submit. Please support our work by buying books or making a donation.
- Simultaneous submissions are acceptable (and encouraged).
- The manuscript must be complete. No submissions on spec.
- We pay a small advance and traditional royalties on sales.
- Here’s an old interview that introduces the whole Publishing Genius thing.
Publish on our website
We are still working on this, figuring it out. (Come figure it out with us!) Since PGP started in 2006, we’ve had some kind of unique online publication, from the digital representation of our broadside project “Is Reads,” to the daily journal Everyday Genius, then Real Pants and The Art of Everyone. Now we want to bring all of that under one roof, here at publishinggenius.com.
With your help, we aim to make this website a vibrant home for exciting new writing and ideas.
Guidelines for website publication
- We accept submissions at Submittable. The link is below.
- Currently we are looking for “secondary material”—interviews and reviews and other contributions that feature literary and/or AV and/or art projects created by people other than the person submitting.
- We are especially interested in writing that amplifies and highlights the work, lives, and experiences of people who live and work on the margins.
- There’s a $2 fee to submit, but we pay upon publication! Right now we are paying $10 for work published on the website.
- You may also just use our contact form to say hi and that you’d like to write something (circumventing the $2 submission fee, *hint hint*).
- Previously published work is more than welcome, as are simultaneous submissions.
- Rights revert to author after publication.
- Here’s an old interview that introduces the whole Publishing Genius thing.
Books Query Form
Thank you for considering Publishing Genius with your book.
Please fill out the form below and we’ll be in touch. I look forward to reopening the query form soon.