UPDATED October 2021: They are apparently now acting as a vanity press, and taking individuals money. Do not Query. UPDATED September 2020: They haven’t published anything yet this year and appear to be defunct. Penmore is an Arizona-based independent publisher of fiction and nonfiction from emerging and established authors. They are open to most genres…
A brand-new online quarterly dedicated to creating a network of reciprocity between writers and readers, Backchannels is seeking submissions for their Fall issue. A backchannel is a hidden information pathway; in linguistics, it’s also gesture intended to encourage another to continue speaking. Backchannels literary magazine aims to serve both purposes. They hope to create a…
Vanity presses have been around for a long time. They charge writers significant amounts of money to get a book published, offering services such as editing, design, and marketing, often for many thousands of dollars. I have many problems with vanity presses in general. More recently, there has been a recent trend of vanity presses…