swallow::tale press

"swallow::tale is a Mad press by and for Mad people. A house for weird, antigenre, abandoned, and un(der)desirable stories, s::t publishes full, chapbook, and pamphlet-sized works that challenge sane sensibilities and uplift radical bodymind difference. "

Open:

Response time:

Sim subs:

Yes

Submission fee:

Free

Accept chapbooks:

Yes

Important stuff

swallow::tale prioritizes multiply-marginalized writers. First-time authors, especially those that have survived psychiatric institutionalization/abuse, are particularly encouraged to submit.

Formal diagnosis is not required to submit. An identification with Mad pride, liberation, and technique is enough.

We welcome previously self-published works, including zines. Multilingual submissions also welcomed and encouraged. Translations welcome with explicit consent from the original author.

Genres

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Poetry

No specific limitations

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Hybrid

Unlikely to accept works above 50,000 words.

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Nonfiction

Unlikely to accept works above 50,000 words. Not interested in traditional memoir or traditional academic monographs.

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Fiction

Unlikely to accept works above 50,000 words.

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· Dec 1

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