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Open Letter Books [1]

Basic Information
Address: 
University of Rochester
Address (line 2): 
Morey Hall 303, Box 270451
Zip / Postal Code: 
14627
Submission Guidelines: 
https://openletterbooks.org/pages/about [2]
City: 
Rochester
Website: 
https://openletterbooks.org [3]
Logo or Cover Image (Choose a file, then click upload.): 
State: 
New York
Country: 
United States
Contact Information
Contact Title: 
Publisher
Contact First Name: 
Chad
Post
Contact E-mail: 
Details
Genres Published: 
Translation
Publishes Through Contests Only: 
No
Reading Period: 
Sunday, June 1, 2025 to Sunday, August 31, 2025
Response Time: 
3 to 6 months
Book Types: 
Novella
Short story collections
Essay collections
Novel
Memoir
Poetry collections
Formats: 
Paperback
E-book
Audio
Charges Reading Fee: 
No
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
Yes
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Distributors: 
Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, Ingram
Titles per Year: 
6 to 10
Editorial Focus: 

Open Letter—the University of Rochester’s nonprofit, literary translation press—is one of only a handful of publishing houses dedicated to increasing access to world literature for English readers. Publishing 10 titles in translation each year and running an online literary website called Three Percent, Open Letter searches for works that are extraordinary and influential, works that they hope will become the classics of tomorrow.

Representative Authors: 

Mercè Rodoreda, Dubravka Ugresic, Alejandro Zambra, Rodrigo Fresán, Quim Monzó, Ha Seong-nan, Can Xue, Marguerite Duras, Sara Mesa, Sergio Chejfec, Georgi Gospodinov

Publishing type: 
print only [4]
Subgenres: 
Literary Fiction [5]
Translation [6]
Temporarily closed to submissions

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

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/small_presses/open_letter_books [2] https://openletterbooks.org/pages/about [3] https://openletterbooks.org [4] https://www.pw.org/category/publishing_type/print_only [5] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/literary_fiction [6] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/translation