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Black Lawrence Press [1]

Basic Information
Address: 
326 Bigham Street
Zip / Postal Code: 
15211
Submission Guidelines: 
http://www.blacklawrence.com/submissions-and-conte... [2]
City: 
Pittsburgh
Website: 
http://www.blacklawrence.com [3]
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State: 
Pennsylvania
Country: 
United States
Contact Information
Contact Title: 
Executive Editor
Contact First Name: 
Diane
Goettel
Contact E-mail: 
Details
Genres Published: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Reading Period: 
Thursday, January 1, 2015 to Saturday, December 31, 2016
Reporting Time: 
3 to 6 months
Charges Reading Fee: 
No
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Accepts Electronic Submissions: 
Yes
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
Yes
Tips From the Editor: 

Black Lawrence is a selective press. Number of previous publications is unimportant; what matters is the quality of the work. Please send your best work. Black Lawrence Press only accepts submissions via Submittable.

Editorial Focus: 

Black Lawrence Press seeks to publish intriguing books of literature: novels, short story collections, poetry, and translations (from the German). We hold open reading periods during the months of June and November. We also hold several contests each year.

Representative Authors: 

Fiction: Jacob M. Appel, Marcel Jolley, Christopher Torockio, Jen Michalski, Tracy DeBrincat
Poetry: Abayomi Animashaun, Mary Biddinger, Bruce Cohen, Matthew Gavin Frank, Brent Goodman, Laura McCullough, Marc McKee, Frank Montesonti, Charlotte Pence, Kevin Pilkington, Marcela Sulak, Michele Battiste, Sarah Suzor
Multiple Genres: TJ Beitelman, Helen Marie Casey, B.C. Edwards, Carol Guess, Daniele Pantano, David Rigsbee, Joe Wilkins

How many authors debut in each issue?: 
4-8
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir [4]
Cross-genre [5]
Experimental [6]
Feminist [7]
Flash Fiction [8]
LGBTQ [9]
Prose Poetry [10]
Regional [11]
Narrative Nonfiction [12]
Literary Fiction [13]
Translation [14]

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/small_presses/black_lawrence_press
[2] http://www.blacklawrence.com/submissions-and-contests/
[3] http://www.blacklawrence.com
[4] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/autobiographymemoir
[5] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/crossgenre
[6] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/experimental
[7] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/feminist
[8] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/flash_fiction
[9] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/glbt
[10] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/prose_poetry
[11] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/regional
[12] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/narrative_nonfiction
[13] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/literary_fiction
[14] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/translation