Baobab Press
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Last updatedBaobab Press is a literary publisher seeking book-length manuscripts in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry (during a set window), comics/graphic narrative, and children's picture/board books, with a focus on literary quality and a strong sense of place.
Response time info: ~81 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder
Read the full guidelines at baobabpress.submittable.com↗Submission calls
Novels (125-400 pages) and short story collections (125-250 pages) with a literary focus and strong sense of place; genre fiction with a heavy literary bent considered; no YA, Middle-Grade, or fan fiction; $15 submission fee.
Creative nonfiction manuscripts (125-400 pages), including essay collections, memoir, and hybrid forms; literary focus and strong sense of place.
Comics, cartoons, and graphic narrative manuscripts (50-150 pages) with finished artwork; literary focus and strong sense of place.
Children's picture and board book manuscripts (picture books: 30-34 pages); text-only submissions accepted; no YA.
Annual reading period for poetry manuscripts runs from the beginning of February to the end of April; 125-400 page manuscripts; $15 submission fee.
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