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What Books Press [1]

Basic Information
Address: 
63 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard
Zip / Postal Code: 
90290
Submission Guidelines: 
https://whatbookspress.submittable.com/submit [2]
City: 
Topanga
Website: 
https://whatbookspress.com [3]
Logo or Cover Image (Choose a file, then click upload.): 
State: 
California
Country: 
United States
Contact Information
Contact First Name: 
Katharine
Haake
Contact E-mail: 
Details
Genres Published: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation
Publishes Through Contests Only: 
No
Reading Period: 
Thursday, January 1, 2026 to Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Response Time: 
3 to 6 months
Book Types: 
Chapbook
Novella
Short story collections
Essay collections
Novel
Memoir
Poetry collections
Formats: 
Paperback
E-book
Charges Reading Fee: 
Yes
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
Yes
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Distributors: 
Ingram
Tips From the Editor: 

We are always drawn to writing that's as interested in language as we are. Surprise us!

Titles per Year: 
6 to 10
Editorial Focus: 

What Books Press was founded in 2009 to create an outlet for groundbreaking fiction, poetry, and translation. The editors are strongly committed to new, innovative, and underrepresented writing that challenges both formal boundaries and the pressing social and political issues of the time. All WBP books feature cover art by the renowned painter, printmaker, and performance artist, Gronk Nicandro.

Representative Authors: 

Amy Uyematsu, Katherine Silver, Lynne Thompson, Andrew Tonkovich, David Quiroz, Kevin Allardice

How many authors debut in each issue?: 
WBP is proud to sponsor the Gronk Nicandro First Book Prize, an annual competition for first time Californa writers that alternates betwen prose and poetry.
Publishing type: 
print only [4]
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir [5]
BIPOC Voices [6]
Creative Nonfiction [7]
Cross-genre [8]
Experimental [9]
Feminist [10]
Flash Fiction [11]
LGBTQ Voices [12]
Literary Fiction [13]
Lyric Essay [14]
Magical Realism [15]
Narrative Nonfiction [16]
Nature/Environmental [17]
Prose Poetry [18]
Short Fiction [19]
Speculative Fiction [20]
Speculative Poetry [21]
Translation [22]

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

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/small_presses/what_books_press [2] https://whatbookspress.submittable.com/submit [3] https://whatbookspress.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/bipoc-voices [7] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/17192 [8] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/crossgenre [9] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/experimental [10] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/feminist [11] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/flash_fiction [12] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/glbt [13] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/literary_fiction [14] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/17191 [15] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/magical-realism [16] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/narrative_nonfiction [17] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/nature-environmental [18] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/prose_poetry [19] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/short-fiction [20] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/speculative-fiction [21] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/speculative-poetry [22] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/translation