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 continued promotion.
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.
What We’re Looking For
Novels, Short Story Collections, Some Combination of Those
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.
If we’re being completely transparent, we’d like something that’s got a philosophical tilt about it. Think Sam Pink, Christian TeBordo, Karen Russell, Cormac McCarthy, Etgar Keret, etc.
We are requiring prospective authors to purchase a Bridge Eight title as a “submission fee.” This allows us to support our writers by getting more eyes on their work and more change in their pockets.
Guidelines
We’re not pyschos about it, but here’s what we like to see.
- 45,000 – 90,000 words (a little outside this is okay, but nothing crazy)
- Times New Roman, Size 12
- Double-spaced lines
- Numbered pages
“As the inaugural winner of the Bridge Eight Fiction Prize, I wasn’t sure what I was in for. I knew they made beautiful objects, as I’d read their print journal all along. But my experience has exceeded all expectations — they combine the collaborative working relationships that make small press publishing rewarding, with an efficiency and professionalism that’s rare in the indie world. I’d do it all over again given the chance.”
– Christian TeBordo, author of Ghost Engine
“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.”
– Couri Johnson, author of I’ll Tell You a Love Story
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