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Open Letter Books [1]

Basic Information

Address:

University of Rochester

Address (line 2):

500 Joseph C. Wilson Blvd

Zip / Postal Code:

14627

Submission Guidelines:

https://openletterbooks.org/pages/about [2]

City:

Rochester

Website:

https://www.openletterbooks.org [3]

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State:

New York

Address (line 3):

Morey Hall 303

Country:

United States

Contact Information

Contact Title:

Publisher

Contact First Name:

Chad

Post

Contact E-mail:

Details

Genres Published:

Translation

Publishes Through Contests Only:

Reading Period:

Wednesday, January 1, 2025 to Wednesday, December 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:

Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions:

Yes

Distributors:

Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, Ingram

Tips From the Editor:

Translations ONLY. Submissions that are not translations may not receive a response.

Titles per Year:

6 to 10

Editorial Focus:

Open Letter is one of only a handful of nonprofit 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]