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Beacon Press

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Beacon Press submission guidelines and market information

Beacon Press Submission Guidelines

Submission Address

25 Beacon St.
Boston MA 02108-2892

Phone: (617)742-2110

Fax: (617)723-3097

Submitting Your Work to Beacon Press

Before submitting to Beacon Press

The Market List recommends you verify the market is active and accepting submissions before sending your manuscript via regular mail. You may verify a market status by either visiting their website, calling their listed phone number, or comfirming via regular mail that the market is still active before sending them your work.

To be sure your submission is appropriate for this market, we recommend you familiarize yourself with Beacon Press by reading at least one of their titles before submitting.

If you have recently submitted to Beacon Press or have experience with this market, please submit a comment below. Recent submission response times are always welcome and helpful to other writers.

From the Beacon Press guidelines:

Submission Guidelines Details for Beacon Press

Market Type: Book

Accepts: Titles in the areas of activism, biography, and social justice

Web Address: www.beacon.org

From the Guidelines

Beacon Press publishes a range of titles in areas such as activism, biography, and social justice, welcoming submissions relevant to these themes. Prospective authors must first familiarize themselves with their mission and submit a 250-word email query to editorial@beacon.org, as hard-copy submissions are not accepted. They do not review submissions for new poetry or self-help books at this time.

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