Soft Skull Press, an imprint of Counterpoint, publishes contemporary fiction, graphic novels, and non-fiction.
Soft Skull Press Submission Guidelines
Submission Address
Editorial Submissions - [Fiction] or [Nonfiction]
Soft Skull Press
1919 Fifth Street
Berkeley CA 94710
Phone: (510) 704-0230
Fax: (510) 704-0268
Submitting Your Work to Soft Skull Press
Before submitting to Soft Skull Press
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From the Soft Skull Press guidelines:
Here at Soft Skull we love books that are new, fun, smart, revelatory, quirky, groundbreaking, cage-rattling and/or/otherwise unusual.
Nonfiction: Please send a cover letter describing your project and a full proposal along with two sample chapters.
Fiction: Please send a cover letter describing your project in detail and a completed manuscript.
Submission Guidelines Details for Soft Skull Press
Market Type: Book
Email: info@softskull.com
Accepts: Contemporary, current affairs, erotica, essay, gay/lesbian, graphic novels, literary, mainstream, memoirs, plays, poetry, pop culture
Web Address: www.softskull.com