Submissions

While we've never charged a reading fee to consider manuscripts during our Open Reading Period, the current economic times are affecting how many books we're able to publish.  We're inviting writers who send in manuscripts during this period to consider a tax-deductible donation (most are choosing $5-10), though this will in no way affect how your manuscript is considered.  Every submission is carefully considered and read by more than one editor.  Literary merit is our primary interest, first and foremost.

From February 1 - Dec 1 of each year, C&R will consider submissions of the following:

• Nonfiction (primarily memoirs and essay collections, up to 200 pages)
• Novels (up to to 250 pages)
• Short story collections (up to 200 pages)

Though we used to accept unsolicited poetry submissions throughout our reading period, we now only consider first books of poetry through our annual De Novo contest and other books of poetry by invitation only.

Unpublished fiction and nonfiction writers are welcome to submit manuscript at any time, though we accept less than 1% of manuscripts received.

Because C&R is a green company, we are seeking ways to reduce our environmental impact.  To keep with this mission, we prefer not to see hard copy manuscripts.  Please send all manuscripts and/or proposals as attachments (MS-Word or .pdf) to Chad Prevost, Editor, at crpress_org (at) yahoo.com

Thank you for your interest in C&R Press!  

For those who want to know more about us and how we operate, click HERE for our FAQ sheet.

If you have any questions about whether your manuscript or proposal is suitable for C&R, take a look at our other titles. Also feel free to contact us via email.  We're always happy to look at a short proposal or a couple of paragraphs about a prospective new project.