Black Lawrence Press

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:

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]