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Longship Press [1]

Basic Information
Address: 
1122 Fourth Street
Zip / Postal Code: 
94901
Submission Guidelines: 
https://longshippress.com [2]
City: 
San Rafael
Website: 
https://longshippress.com [2]
Logo or Cover Image (Choose a file, then click upload.): 
State: 
California
Country: 
United States
Contact Information
Contact Title: 
Managing Editor
Contact First Name: 
Lawrence
Tjernell
Contact E-mail: 
Details
Genres Published: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Publishes Through Contests Only: 
No
Reading Period: 
Monday, December 1, 2025 to Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Response Time: 
3 to 6 months
Book Types: 
Chapbook
Memoir
Poetry collections
Formats: 
Paperback
Charges Reading Fee: 
No
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
Yes
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Distributors: 
Longship Press
Tips From the Editor: 

Longship Press accepts unsolicited submissions for poetry chapbooks and collections, short fiction collections, and other literary publications. Please note: prior to sending a manuscript, contact Longship Press editor Lawrence Tjernell via email lawrence.tjernell@longshippresss.com [3]. 

Titles per Year: 
1 to 5
Editorial Focus: 

Longship Press is a small-press publishing company based in Marin County, California. Its aim is to give voice to writers and canvas to artists. Providing the printed page to hold, to mark, to crease, and to carry is its aesthetic. Longship publishes the literary journal Nostos, once each year, as well as poetry chapbooks and full collections. The principal editor is Lawrence Tjernell.

Representative Authors: 

B. H. Fairchild, Louise Glück, Robert Hass, Javier Zamora, Rebecca Foust, James Tipton, Troy Jollimore, Meryl Natchez, Jane Hirshfield, Alicia Ostriker

How many authors debut in each issue?: 
2-4
Publishing type: 
print only [4]
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir [5]
Feminist [6]
Graphic/Illustrated [7]
Literary Fiction [8]
Prose Poetry [9]
Speculative Fiction [10]
Temporarily closed to submissions

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/small_presses/longship_press

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/small_presses/longship_press [2] https://longshippress.com [3] mailto:lawrence.tjernell@longshippresss.com [4] https://www.pw.org/category/publishing_type/print_only [5] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/autobiographymemoir [6] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/feminist [7] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/graphic-illustrated [8] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/literary_fiction [9] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/prose_poetry [10] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/speculative-fiction