Sea Crow Press

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Sea Crow Press is an independent literary publisher focused on place-based fiction, poetry, and contemplative nonfiction, seeking book-length manuscripts rooted in landscape and the natural world.

Response time info: 8–12 weeks for initial review

Read the full guidelines at seacrowpress.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryMysteryPays: Standard royalty terms: 8–12% on print, 25–35% on ebooks

Place-based fiction: ecofiction & climate fiction, coastal & regional fiction (especially New England), historical fiction where landscape shapes the story, literary fiction with strong sense of place, literary mystery & quiet suspense driven by setting. Manuscript should fit the pillar of…

nonfictionPays: Standard royalty terms: 8–12% on print, 25–35% on ebooks

Contemplative & women's spirituality: nature memoir, contemplative nonfiction, spiritual essays grounded in place, ritual, or seasonal living, and books on women's spirituality and feminine wisdom traditions. Submit first three chapters or up to 25 pages. No self-help, business, or how-to…

poetryPays: Standard royalty terms: 8–12% on print, 25–35% on ebooks

Place-based poetry: eco-poetry, coastal & regional poetry, lyrical collections rooted in landscape, season, and the natural world. Submit 10 representative poems. Only one collection published per year; highly competitive. No chapbooks.

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