The Gob Pile Chapbook Series
Chapbooks are not for everyone. A chapbook is a ultra-slim
tightly-woven volume of poems that fit together to make a cohesive
small object. Writers should not take a growing collection, once it
reaches the twelve-to-fifteen poem mark, and publish it as a chapbook.
A chapbook is a collection that doesn’t need to grow anymore.
It’s not a sapling. It’s a full grown tree. It’s
lovely and beautiful. It’s just not big.
If that sounds like your group of poems, then great. Read on.
When we go through the process to publish a chapbook, this is what happens:
You submit a query letter along with our reading fee ($10), a brief biographical statement, and a manuscript.*
Once per month, we have an editorial meeting at which we discuss the previous month’s queries.
The editorial team then reads the introduction and manuscript and if we think the overall product fits with our aesthetic, we offer you a publishing agreement. If we do not think it fits, we either a) allow you to work with an editor to clean up any problems; or b) we reject the work entirely, and invite you to submit again without paying our reading fee.
If your work does not pass this stage, you will receive a rejection letter (or email). If your work is rejected, please do not query us again for 6 months.
If your work does pass this stage, you will receive a reply with a publication agreement. Once we offer you a publishing agreement, you have 15 days to accept or decline.
What to Send:
*If your work depends heavily on special formatting, query first.
Where to Send:
Email:
editor[AT]amsterdampress[DOT]net
Post:
Amsterdam Press
6199 Steubenville Road SE
Amsterdam, Ohio 43903
What you get:
If that sounds like your group of poems, then great. Read on.
When we go through the process to publish a chapbook, this is what happens:
You submit a query letter along with our reading fee ($10), a brief biographical statement, and a manuscript.*
Once per month, we have an editorial meeting at which we discuss the previous month’s queries.
The editorial team then reads the introduction and manuscript and if we think the overall product fits with our aesthetic, we offer you a publishing agreement. If we do not think it fits, we either a) allow you to work with an editor to clean up any problems; or b) we reject the work entirely, and invite you to submit again without paying our reading fee.
If your work does not pass this stage, you will receive a rejection letter (or email). If your work is rejected, please do not query us again for 6 months.
If your work does pass this stage, you will receive a reply with a publication agreement. Once we offer you a publishing agreement, you have 15 days to accept or decline.
What to Send:
- Cover Letter including title of manuscript
- $10 reading fee (send a check with your snail mail manuscript or order through our Etsy shop).
- Introduction and Manuscript
- Brief Biographical Statement
- SASE for response only (if sending by post)
*If your work depends heavily on special formatting, query first.
Where to Send:
Email:
editor[AT]amsterdampress[DOT]net
Post:
Amsterdam Press
6199 Steubenville Road SE
Amsterdam, Ohio 43903
What you get:
- 25 or more free copies of the chapbook, depending on the size of the print run
- ISBN number and listing in Books In Print
- Monitored inventory
- Amsterdam Press Website Listing
- We send out copies for review at no charge per your request for one year after your book is released