Audacities Press Submissions
Independent publisher · established 2026

An independent press for books that were going to be written anyway

We acquire, edit, design, print, and distribute. Print and ebook, to bookstores and libraries worldwide. Authors keep their name on the spine and their voice in the room.

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Narrative nonfiction

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Audacities Press
The category

Narrative nonfiction

Reported and researched books that hold a subject long enough to be changed by it. We are looking for a question the writer could not put down.

Formats
Hardcover, paperback, and ebook
Reading
Open reading, no agent required
Response
Eight weeks to a reply
Rights
World

What a book gets here

Five stages, in order
01AcquireWe read everything that comes in and answer all of it, including the passes.
02EditDevelopmental first, then line, then copy. Three passes, three sets of eyes.
03DesignCover, jacket, interior typesetting. Set to be read, not to photograph well.
04PrintHardcover, paperback, and ebook, printed to a specification the author sees first.
05DistributeTrade wholesale to bookstores and libraries, plus worldwide ebook retail.

Most of what makes a book work happens before anyone can see it. We do that part in house, and we tell authors what is happening at each stage rather than asking them to wait and hope.

For authors

What you keep

An independent press is only worth choosing if the terms are better than the alternative. Ours are written down before you sign anything.

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For booksellers, libraries, and rights

Trade terms

We supply the trade on standard wholesale terms with returns accepted, and our titles are orderable through the usual channels rather than direct from us.

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Submissions

Open reading. No agent required.

Send the first thirty pages and a page telling us what the book is and why it had to be you who wrote it. We publish a small list, so most answers are no — but they are answers, and they arrive within eight weeks.

  • TakeLiterary and narrative nonfiction, memoir, essays, literary fiction.
  • PassPoetry collections, screenplays, and anything already published elsewhere.
  • CostNothing. We never charge a reading, editing or publication fee.

Submit a manuscript

Eight weeks to a reply, every time.

Attach the first thirty pages after you send this — we'll reply with the address.

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