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Open Books Press [1]

Basic Information
Address: 
4719 Holly Hills Avenue
Zip / Postal Code: 
63116
Submission Guidelines: 
https://openbookspress.com/query [2]
City: 
Saint Louis
Website: 
https://openbookspress.com [3]
Logo or Cover Image (Choose a file, then click upload.): 
State: 
Missouri
Country: 
United States
Contact Information
Contact Title: 
Publisher
Contact First Name: 
Jennifer
Geist
Contact E-mail: 
Details
Genres Published: 
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Publishes Through Contests Only: 
No
Reading Period: 
Wednesday, January 1, 2025 to Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Response Time: 
Greater than 6 months
Book Types: 
Novel
Memoir
Formats: 
Paperback
Hardcover
E-book
Charges Reading Fee: 
No
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
Yes
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Tips From the Editor: 

Please follow our submission guidelines as closely as possible to ensure your submission is complete. Verify that we’re currently accepting submissions by visiting our Query page, as we are only open to submissions for a limited amount of time once or twice per year. Email subscribers and social media followers will be notified when we have an open submissions period. Emailed submissions will not be reviewed.

Titles per Year: 
1 to 5
Editorial Focus: 

Open Books Press is dedicated to publishing quality books. When they’re open for submissions, they accept adult nonfiction, and fiction for all ages (including some YA and children's). All authors with exceptional work will be given serious consideration.

Representative Authors: 

Kathleen Pooler, Bobbi Carducci, Robert L. Hunton, Matthew Marine, Joy Shayne Laughter

How many authors debut in each issue?: 
3
Publishing type: 
online and print [4]
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir [5]
Commercial Fiction [6]
Cross-genre [7]
Historical [8]
LGBTQ Voices [9]
Narrative Nonfiction [10]
Nature/Environmental [11]
Regional [12]
Temporarily closed to submissions

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

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/small_presses/open_books_press [2] https://openbookspress.com/query [3] https://openbookspress.com [4] https://www.pw.org/category/publishing_type/online_and_print [5] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/autobiographymemoir [6] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/commercial_fiction [7] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/crossgenre [8] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/historical [9] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/glbt [10] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/narrative_nonfiction [11] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/nature-environmental [12] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/regional