Gob Pile Chapbook Series

Gob Pile Chapbook Series
Our chapbook philosophy:

We do not charge reading fees for chapbook submissions, but that doesn’t mean you should flood us with manuscripts. Chapbooks are not for everyone. A chapbook is a ultra-slim volume of poems that fit together in a tight weave. Writers should not take a growing collection, once it reaches the twelve-to-fifteen poem mark, and publish it as a chapbook. A chapbook is a collection that doesn’t need to grow more. It’s not a sapling. It’s a full grown tree. It’s lovely and beautiful. It’s just not big.

If that sounds like your group of poems, then great. Read on.

When we go through the process to publish a chapbook, this is what happens:

You submit a query letter along with a brief biographical statement and a writing sample from the collection (say 3-5 poems). These should be a representative sampling of the body of work.

Once per month, we have an editorial meeting at which we discuss the previous month’s queries.

If your work does not pass this stage, you will receive a rejection letter (or email). If your work is rejected, please do not query us again for 6 months.

If your work does pass this stage, you will receive a reply requesting the entire manuscript of your chapbook.

The entire editorial team reads the manuscript.

If we think it fits with our aesthetic, we offer you a publishing agreement. If we do not think it fits, we either a) allow you to work with an editor to clean up any problems; or b) we reject the work entirely, and invite you to submit again whenever you like.

Once we offer you a publishing agreement, you have 15 days to accept or decline.

What to Send:

Cover Letter
3-5 representative poems, single spaced, printed on separate pages or in the body of an email. If your work depends heavily on special formatting, query first.
Suggested Title of Chapbook
Brief Biographical Statement
SASE (if sending by post).

Where to Send:

Email:
editor[AT]amsterdampress[DOT]net

Post:
Amsterdam Press
6199 Steubenville Road SE
Amsterdam, Ohio 43903

What you get:

25 free copies
ISBN number and listing in Books In Print
Monitored inventory
Amsterdam Press Website Listing
Marketing Kit (including discount line sheets for independent book sellers, educators, reading groups, and writing workshop groups; postcard announcement cards; bookmarks; etc.)