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Blair / Carolina Wren Press [1]

Basic Information
Address: 
811 Ninth Street
Address (line 2): 
Suite 120-137
Zip / Postal Code: 
27705
Submission Guidelines: 
https://blairpub.com/submissions [2]
City: 
Durham
Website: 
https://blairpub.com [3]
Logo or Cover Image (Choose a file, then click upload.): 
State: 
North Carolina
Country: 
United States
Contact Information
Contact Title: 
Publisher
Contact First Name: 
Lynn
York
Contact E-mail: 
Details
Genres Published: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Publishes Through Contests Only: 
No
Reading Periods: 
Saturday, November 15, 2025 to Thursday, January 15, 2026
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 to Sunday, June 15, 2025
Friday, August 15, 2025 to Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Response Time: 
3 to 6 months
Book Types: 
Short story collections
Essay collections
Novel
Memoir
Poetry collections
Formats: 
Paperback
Hardcover
E-book
Audio
Charges Reading Fee: 
No
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
Yes
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Distributors: 
Consortium (a division of Ingram)
Tips From the Editor: 

Please read our mission statement and submissions page on our website. We do not accept genre fiction, religious writing, or children’s stories. We do not accept unsolicited fiction and poetry outside of our contests.

Titles per Year: 
11 to 20
Editorial Focus: 

Blair is a nonprofit independent book publisher. They strive to publish quality writing, focusing on authors and subjects historically neglected by mainstream publishers, including women, people of color, authors with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ authors. True to their roots in North Carolina, they look to the many voices of the South—and beyond—as sources of work and inspiration.

Representative Authors: 

Evie Shockley, Jeanne Leiby, Jaki Shelton Green, George Elliott Clarke

How many authors debut in each issue?: 
2
Publishing type: 
print only [4]

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

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/small_presses/blair_carolina_wren_press [2] https://blairpub.com/submissions [3] https://blairpub.com [4] https://www.pw.org/category/publishing_type/print_only