Today I received I think the fifth email advertising the Four Way Books June reading period…I guess it means they really, really, really want you to submit. The only sucky thing is you have to pay a reading fee. Sucky. But you can send them more than one manuscript, your prolific little F—… Enjoy!
JUNE READING PERIOD GUIDELINES
Please read through the General Submissions information below and then read our online or paper submissions guidelines.
Poetry and Fiction Submissions Information
* In June, we read full-length poetry collections and novellas or short story collections. We do not read novels. We do not read translations.
* During our June reading period, manuscripts are not read as anonymous submissions. Manuscripts are selected by the editors of Four Way Books.
* Each manuscript may be mailed or submitted online between June 1 and June 30 2009, midnight PST, accompanied by a $17.00 processing fee made online or by check or money order made out to Four Way Books.
* Poetry manuscripts are generally between 45 – 80 pages of text. Fiction manuscripts are generally between 150 – 250 pages of text. Please submit manuscripts that fall within or close to these parameters, and please review our formatting guidelines carefully before submitting.
* Your bio and acknowledgments and/or a list of prior publications may be included if you’d like.
* If you submitted to our poetry contest, you may also submit during June. We have different readers in June.
* We will notify you of our decision by November 1, by email. We are unable offer a critique of your manuscript. Manuscripts sent to us by mail will not be returned.
Online Submission:
Submitting to us online is easy, saves you money in postage, and saves trees.
* Fill out our online payment form and follow the directions for online credit card payment on our secure site. We currently accept Visa, Mastercard, and Discover. Your reading fee is non-refundable.
* You will be assigned an payment confirmation number. You may then submit your manuscript through our online submissions manager. Please read and follow all directions listed on the submissions manager entry page. (Do not go to the submissions manager until you have completed your payment, you will not be allowed to submit without a payment confirmation number.)
* You will be asked to come up with your own password. Please save that password.
By Mail
* Please make sure that your cover page includes the title, your name, and contact information, including your email address.
* Manuscripts will not be returned. If you want to receive written word of our response, we will respond by email by November 1, if you provide us with your email contact info. We are unable to offer a critique of your manuscript.
* Please include a reading fee of $17.00, either as a check payable to Four Way Books, or in the form of a print out of your online payment confirmation emailed from our web site. (In June, you may go to our Reading Fee Form to pay via credit card. Please note that this reading fee is non-refundable.
* Word-process your manuscript on white, 8-1/2 x 11 paper. Legible typeface (ie. Times, Courier, Garamond).
* Manuscripts should be fastened with a binder clip but should not otherwise be bound.
* Send manuscript and processing fee to:
Four Way Books
POB 535 Village Station
New York NY 10014
Multiple submissions are fine but must be submitted separately. Each submission requires a $17.00 processing fee.
