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Bottom Dog Press / Bird Dog Publishing [1]

Basic Information

Address:

P.O. Box 465

Zip / Postal Code:

44839

Submission Guidelines:

https://smithdocs.net/guidelines.html [2]

City:

Huron

Website:

https://smithdocs.net [3]

Logo or Cover Image (Choose a file, then click upload.):

State:

Ohio

Country:

United States

Contact Information

Contact Title:

Director

Contact First Name:

Larry

Smith

Contact E-mail:

Details

Genres Published:

Poetry

Fiction

Creative Nonfiction

Publishes Through Contests Only:

Reading Period:

Wednesday, January 1, 2025 to Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Response Time:

Less than 3 months

Book Types:

Chapbook

Short story collections

Novel

Memoir

Poetry collections

Formats:

Paperback

Hardcover

E-book

Charges Reading Fee:

Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions:

Yes

Distributors:

Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Alibris, bookshop.org

Tips From the Editor:

We have a reading fee of $20. We do not generally work with agents. We're a strong mid-sized publisher with 220 books.

Titles per Year:

1 to 5

Editorial Focus:

Bottom Dog Press / Bird Dog Publishing is a literary small press with five series: Midwest, Working Lives, Harmony, Memoirs, and Appalachian Writing. They’ve also done some America Zen books. Query online with a concise message describing your book and its possible audience and sales potential. Be practical. Bird Dog Publishing is done publish on demand for select poetry.

Representative Authors:

Julia Watts, Jeff Gundy, Jeanne Bryner, Mary Minick, Joanne Jacobson, Jim Daniels, Larry Smith, Kenneth Patchen, Maj Ragain, Robert Flanagan, Allen Frost, Christina Lovin, Shari Wagner

How many authors debut in each issue?:

Subgenres:

Literary Fiction [4]

Narrative Nonfiction [5]