SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
PressPress is possibly the smallest poetry publisher in the world but we are happy to hear from poets who think we might be interested in their work ... especially if they demonstrate that they take an active interest in PressPress by purchasing even one chapbook.
This is for two reasons: one, obviously, is that PressPress needs to make some sort of income; two, it's important that a prospective PressPress poet know what sort of thing we publish. You need to know what sort of chapbooks we put out: appearance, content, presentation. You won't find them in bookshops: you can only get them at readings, from authors or from this site.
You can also forget the idea that you can pay us to publish you. PressPress is not a vanity press or a self-publishing outfit. The modest chapbooks are chosen by PressPress because they are interesting, demanding in some way, and where the poets are good to work with.
That out of the way ...
How to submit
First look at this site. Browse through the poet's links and read their sample poems to get an idea of the sort of work that has been published in the past, then buy your chapbook.
Next, email PressPress with one or two sample poems mentioning which chapbook you've bought. If your work looks like it might be suitable, you'll be asked to email more; at that time you'll be asked to send a ms of about 40pp. Don't bother emailing whole ms in the first instance - only the first couple of poems will be looked at anyway (and you will have annoyed the reader already).
Under no circumstances post hardcopy ms. Save the trees and use email.
We look forward to seeing some interesting work from you.
Contact
email: info@presspress.com.au
PressPress
PO Box 94
Berry NSW 2535
Australia