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Publishing focus
MadHat Press is a leading publisher of unique and vital contemporary poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and criticism. It seeks to foster the work of writers and poets: explosive, lyrical, passionate, deeply wrought voices that stretch the boundaries of language, narrative, and image, as well as vital and enduring literary voices that sing on the page as well as in the mind.
Selected authors
John Kinsella, Maxine Chernoff, Paul Hoover, Terese Svoboda, Hugh Fox, Carolyn Stoloff, Robert Archambeau, Mark Scroggins, Nin Andrews, Helen Ivory, Peter Johnson, Harry Crosby, Russell Edson, John Yau, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, John Skoyles, Michael Anania, Charles Fort, W.S. Di Piero
Calls & opportunities
3 listedManuscript submissions
MadHat Press accepts submissions via Submittable during specific reading periods, typically announced on its website and social media. Before submitting, read several titles from the catalog to understand the press's aesthetic range—work that is formally inventive, multilingual, or hybrid is favored. Include a brief cover letter that situates your manuscript within contemporary literary conversations, and avoid generic praise of the press. Simultaneous submissions are generally accepted, but notify immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Response times can be lengthy (several months), so patience is advised. For translations, include permissions and a note on the original work's significance.
Currently seeking prose poetry collections and criticism.
Books
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New American Writing issue 44