Mad Creek Books
Independent Publisher
Mad Creek Books is the literary trade imprint of The Ohio State University Press. With a mission to foster creativity, innovate, and illuminate, Mad Creek Books champions diverse and creative literary nonfiction, fiction, and poetry.
Highlights
- Acceptance rate: -
- Response time: 6-10 weeks
- Pays: -
- Fee: $7
Accepts simultaneous submissions
Accepts previously published
Active on social media
Publishes
Novel
Short story collection
Fiction - 80000 words max
Max words: 45000
Max words: 80000
Nonfiction - 80000 words max
Max words: 45000
Max words: 80000
Poetry
No specific limitations
Additional info
Submission fee
Currently accepting subs for Machete series: fresh stories, innovative forms, and books that break new ground in nonfiction—memoir, personal and lyric essay, literary journalism, cultural meditations, short shorts, hybrid essays, graphic pieces, and more—from authors whose writing has historically been marginalized, ignored, and passed over.
The Gournay Prize selects one book length collection of essays each year to receive $1,000 and publication in the 21st Century Essays series. The award is open to all writers for first books of essays (writers may have published books previously in other genres). Submissions to The Gournay Prize are accepted annually March 1 - April 30.
The Non/Fiction Collection Prize: Winner of this annual prize competition receives publication by Mad Creek Books and $1,500. Submissions accepted annually February 1-March 15 through The Journal.
The Journal/Charles B. Wheeler Poetry Prize: Winner of this annual prize competition receives publication by Mad Creek Books and $2,500. Submissions are accepted annually September 1-October 12 through The Journal.