The reading window is currently closed. Thanks to all who submitted work in Fall 2022. Your response to the call for full-length manuscripts is truly inspiring.
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To writers hoping for an opportunity to submit: check this page or subscribe to the mailing list for future updates. Ornithopter Press considers manuscripts received during open reading periods. The press puts out two to four books per year and seeks to amplify a broad range of perspectives and experience. Does your work challenge literary norms? If so, Ornithopter Press might be right for you. If you haven't already done so, it would be a good idea to read some work published by the press before you decide to submit. Further information about Ornithopter Press can be found online and through social media, etc. An independent publisher of poetry that runs counter to the mainstream... yes, that remains true.
When publishing full-length collections with Ornithopter Press, authors can expect:
- no fees of any kind
- help with editing and/or revision
- sophisticated design, with attention given to every detail
- copyright registration
- 12 complimentary copies of their published book
- the option to purchase, with no requirement to do so, further copies at 50% of retail price plus shipping costs
- royalties of 10% of the retail price after an initial 150 copies have been sold
- royalties of 12% of the retail price on all copies sold in excess of 3,150
- guidance throughout the entire process of publishing and promotion
- timely provision of press releases and ARCs to potential reviewers, literary journals and other media organizations
- sales reports at six-month intervals
- books printed and distributed, both in the U.S. and internationally, by Ingram's Lightning Source network
- a contract with a duration limited to ten years, and the option to renew
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If you wish to keep up with Ornithopter Press news, including calls for manuscripts, please scroll down to the bottom of this page and select the "mailing list" button.
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To writers hoping for an opportunity to submit: check this page or subscribe to the mailing list for future updates. Ornithopter Press considers manuscripts received during open reading periods. The press puts out two to four books per year and seeks to amplify a broad range of perspectives and experience. Does your work challenge literary norms? If so, Ornithopter Press might be right for you. If you haven't already done so, it would be a good idea to read some work published by the press before you decide to submit. Further information about Ornithopter Press can be found online and through social media, etc. An independent publisher of poetry that runs counter to the mainstream... yes, that remains true.
When publishing full-length collections with Ornithopter Press, authors can expect:
- no fees of any kind
- help with editing and/or revision
- sophisticated design, with attention given to every detail
- copyright registration
- 12 complimentary copies of their published book
- the option to purchase, with no requirement to do so, further copies at 50% of retail price plus shipping costs
- royalties of 10% of the retail price after an initial 150 copies have been sold
- royalties of 12% of the retail price on all copies sold in excess of 3,150
- guidance throughout the entire process of publishing and promotion
- timely provision of press releases and ARCs to potential reviewers, literary journals and other media organizations
- sales reports at six-month intervals
- books printed and distributed, both in the U.S. and internationally, by Ingram's Lightning Source network
- a contract with a duration limited to ten years, and the option to renew