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Publishing focus
Assure Press connects authors and artists with the world through inspirational and enlightening poetry, nonfiction, motivational, and educational literature that is mostly, but not only, in the English language.
Selected authors
Ann Howells, Zoë Luh, Kenneth Pobo, Darius Frasure, Talia Ann Green, Murat Boyner, Alan Gann, Celia Lisset Alvarez, Fletch Fletcher, Joan Canby, Michael Minassian, Alexandra McIntosh, Shome Dasgupta, Christopher Grillo, Traci O’Dea, Natasha Deonarain, Alice-Catherine Jennings, Tamra Plotnick
Calls & opportunities
3 listedManuscript submissions
Assure Press accepts submissions year-round via its website, but response times can be slow due to its volunteer staff. They are most interested in hybrid manuscripts that defy easy categorization—work that engages with visual poetics, documentary impulses, or book-as-object possibilities. Before submitting, read several titles from their catalog to understand their range; they value conceptual clarity and a strong sense of voice over polish. Include a brief cover letter that contextualizes your project and its intended audience. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please notify them promptly if your work is accepted elsewhere. They do not charge reading fees, and they offer a modest honorarium and contributor copies upon publication.
We seek original ideas The work does not have to be entirely in English Simultaneous submissions are encouraged ; if the work is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your work and add a note through Submittable
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