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Galileo Press [1]

Basic Information
Address: 
3222 Rocking Horse Lane
Zip / Postal Code: 
29801
Submission Guidelines: 
https://freegalileo.com/submissions [2]
City: 
Aiken
Website: 
https://freegalileo.com [3]
Logo or Cover Image (Choose a file, then click upload.): 
State: 
South Carolina
Country: 
United States
Contact Information
Contact Title: 
Acquisitions Editor
Contact First Name: 
Barrett
Warner
Contact E-mail: 
Details
Genres Published: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation
Publishes Through Contests Only: 
No
Reading Period: 
Thursday, May 1, 2025 to Monday, September 1, 2025
Response Time: 
Less than 3 months
Book Types: 
Chapbook
Novella
Short story collections
Essay collections
Novel
Memoir
Poetry collections
Formats: 
Paperback
Hardcover
Charges Reading Fee: 
Yes
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
Yes
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Tips From the Editor: 

Some manuscripts are all Rachel Carson, or else merely great. Some manuscripts are all skateboard, or merely a wild ride. We want Rachel Carson on a skateboard, about 22 seconds before she jakes it. Important update to our guidelines: a strong confident voice is no longer essential.

In 46 years there is no genre format we haven't published. The main thing is not to be too self conscious of your format. Let it sing for itself. The most frequently cited reason for a decline: "too much frame and not enough painting."

We meet half our authors in the lobby and half our authors in the alley out back. Wherever you are, we'll meet you there.

Titles per Year: 
1 to 5
Editorial Focus: 

Galileo Press is seeking: vivid imagery and the balance of abstract to concrete imagery, the capacity to surprise, an elastic syntax, pace, and music, thematic cohesiveness and the emotional range and maturity, deft handling of highly charged emotion, use of wit, humor, and self-implication, choice and use of extended metaphor, skillfully juxtaposing the micro and the macro, and more. All comers welcome.

Representative Authors: 

David Fenza, Joe Bolton, Sarah Gorham, Matthew Graham, Patricia Grossman, John Drano, Steven Cramer, Tara Stillions Whitehead, Ashley Cowger, Jessica Murray, Colette Dedonato, Camille Newsom, Sam Schmidt, Jan LaPerle, Michelle Herman, Pamela Gullard, Mary Lynn Reed, Anna Mantzaris, Clayton Clark

How many authors debut in each issue?: 
2-3
Publishing type: 
print only [4]
Subgenres: 
Flash Fiction [5]
LGBTQ Voices [6]

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

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/small_presses/galileo_press [2] https://freegalileo.com/submissions [3] https://freegalileo.com [4] https://www.pw.org/category/publishing_type/print_only [5] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/flash_fiction [6] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/glbt