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Nightboat Books [1]

Basic Information
Address: 
310 Nassau Avenue
Address (line 2): 
Suite 205
Zip / Postal Code: 
11222
Submission Guidelines: 
https://nightboat.org/about [2]
City: 
Brooklyn
Website: 
https://nightboat.org [3]
Logo or Cover Image (Choose a file, then click upload.): 
State: 
New York
Country: 
United States
Contact Information
Contact Title: 
Director and Publisher
Contact First Name: 
Stephen
Motika
Contact E-mail: 
Details
Genres Published: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation
Publishes Through Contests Only: 
No
Reading Periods: 
Thursday, May 15, 2025 to Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Monday, September 1, 2025 to Saturday, November 15, 2025
Response Time: 
3 to 6 months
Book Types: 
Novella
Short story collections
Essay collections
Novel
Memoir
Poetry collections
Formats: 
Paperback
E-book
Charges Reading Fee: 
Yes
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
No
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Distributors: 
Consortium Book Sales and Distribution
Tips From the Editor: 

Poetry submissions are considered through the Nightboat Books Poetry Prize, open September 1 through November 15 each year. Prose reading periods take place in alternate years, generally in the summer, but please check our website for details.

Titles per Year: 
11 to 20
Editorial Focus: 

Nightboat Books publishes work that resists convention and transcends boundaries—books rich with poignancy, intelligence, and risk.

Representative Authors: 

Caroline Bergvall, Tim Dlugos, Gillian Conoley, Kay Gabriel, Fanny Howe, Bhanu Kapil, Rosamond S. King, Dawn Lundy Martin, Douglas A. Martin, Brain Teare, Divya Victor

How many authors debut in each issue?: 
2-4
Publishing type: 
print only [4]
Subgenres: 
Cross-genre [5]
Source URL:https://www.pw.org/small_presses/nightboat_books

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/small_presses/nightboat_books [2] https://nightboat.org/about [3] https://nightboat.org [4] https://www.pw.org/category/publishing_type/print_only [5] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/crossgenre