We’re looking for novella length fiction for our new e-book series.
Why E-Books?
We at Bridge Eight have been thinking about accessibility, it’s part of the reason we pivoted from a print literary journal to an online one: we want to give our writers a broader readership. We have also been thinking about our own limitations, both as a small press and as readers.
You see, we at Bridge Eight can sometimes behave like luddites. We abhorr Kindles and Nooks and the like. We instill romance into the texture of print, the object of a book. We can’t help it.
But we think it’s holding us back. E-books are cost-effective (for both us and the reader). They are instantly available. The reader can decide for themselves the manner in which they’d like to read the book.
We also feel that the novella is the perfect form for the e-book. It feels like a marriage we should have seen coming a long time ago.
What are we looking for?
Stand-alone novellas/short novels. This does NOT include collections of short stories, chapbooks, or works outside the length dictated below.
We’re not closed to any genres, but most of what we publish is literary fiction with that “other thing” lingering in the room. We recommend perusing some of the stories we’ve published online to get a feel for the work that resonates with us. That said, we’re always open to being surprised by something new and different, so try us.
Quite simply, we want a book that not only moves our eyes but also leaves us thinking about it. We want something sticky like that, something that hovers about when we’ve finished reading it.
Who Should Submit?
Anyone with a manuscript OR anyone who represents someone with a manuscript. Their ancestors, too.
Guidelines
- Please remove your name from your entire manuscript
- 20,000 – 35,000 words (a little outside this is okay, but nothing crazy)
- Times New Roman, Size 12
- Double-spaced lines
- Numbered pages
Publishing with Bridge Eight Press
We’re a boutique publishing house that produces a small number of titles each year. This means we pour our hearts and souls into each book that moves through our hands—from first edits to marketing and touring. In an industry usually set in its ways, we’re into combining traditional and nontraditional marketing plans to get your words into the hands of as many readers as possible.
As a Bridge Eight author, you become family. You’ll have direct access to your editor and publisher, and be brought in as a collaborator in the production and marketing of your work.
“Bridge Eight Press is staffed with warm, friendly individuals with fine, editorial eyes. They’ve been a pleasure to work with and I feel as though my book couldn’t be in more caring hands.”
Our Previous Titles
I’ll Tell You a Love Story by Couri Johnson (April 2020)
Ghost Engine by Christian TeBordo (November 2019, Winner of the Bridge Eight Fiction Prize)
Alligator Zoo-Park Magic by C.H. Hooks (March 2019)
About Bridge Eight Press
Founded in 2014, Bridge Eight Press is a Florida-based boutique publisher that believes stories build bridges. It publishes a small catalog of titles each year as well as the online (formerly in print) Bridge Eight Literary Magazine. It is also the creator of several literary events in and around Jacksonville, Florida including the Abridged Reading Series and Flash Readings, the self-proclaimed best literary event under 30 minutes.
