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Coffee House Press [1]

Basic Information
Address: 
79 13th Avenue Northeast
Address (line 2): 
Suite 110
Zip / Postal Code: 
55413
Submission Guidelines: 
https://coffeehousepress.org/pages/submissions [2]
City: 
Minneapolis
Website: 
https://coffeehousepress.org [3]
Logo or Cover Image (Choose a file, then click upload.): 
State: 
Minnesota
Country: 
United States
Contact Information
Contact Title: 
Publishing Assistant
Contact First Name: 
Daphne
DiFazio
Contact E-mail: 
Details
Genres Published: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation
Publishes Through Contests Only: 
No
Reading Periods: 
Thursday, May 1, 2025 to Saturday, May 31, 2025
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 to Thursday, October 30, 2025
Response Time: 
3 to 6 months
Book Types: 
Novella
Short story collections
Essay collections
Novel
Poetry collections
Charges Reading Fee: 
No
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
Yes
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Distributors: 
Consortium
Tips From the Editor: 

Please familiarize yourself with our books to see if your work and our list are compatible. No phone calls, e-mails, or faxes, please. Any queries, agented and otherwise, should be sent to submissions@coffeehousepress.org [4].

The review process for full-length manuscripts can take up to four to six months, or longer in some instances. We appreciate your patience when submitting your manuscript. Phone calls, emails, or letters of inquiry will not hasten the process.

Please note: Coffee House Press will only accept unsolicited submissions during our reading periods (check guidelines for dates). Unsolicited submissions sent outside of these reading periods will not be considered or returned.

Titles per Year: 
11 to 20
Editorial Focus: 

Coffee House Press creates new spaces for audiences and artists to interact, inspiring readers and enriching communities by expanding the definition of what literature is, what it can do, and who it belongs to.

Coffee House Press publishes literary novels, full-length short story collections, poetry, creative nonfiction, book-length essays, and essay collections. CHP does not accept submissions of anthologies or books for children or young adults.

Representative Authors: 

Valeria Luiselli, Ben Lerner, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Laird Hunt, Brian Evenson, Karen Yamashita, Anne Waldman, Ron Padgett, M. Evelina Galang, Rikki Ducornet, Saeed Jones, Selah Saterstrom, Mark Nowak, Sun Yung Shin, Justin Phillip Reed, Daniel Saldaña París

How many authors debut in each issue?: 
3-4
Publishing type: 
print only [5]
Subgenres: 
Cross-genre [6]
Experimental [7]
Literary Fiction [8]
Translation [9]
Temporarily closed to submissions

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

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/small_presses/coffee_house_press [2] https://coffeehousepress.org/pages/submissions [3] https://coffeehousepress.org [4] mailto:submissions@coffeehousepress.org [5] https://www.pw.org/category/publishing_type/print_only [6] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/crossgenre [7] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/experimental [8] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/literary_fiction [9] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/translation