Henlopen Press (www.henlopenpress.com) is open for chapbooks.
Submit your fiction, cross-genre, hybrid, experimental, or drama between 3,000 and 7,501 words.
The word count is a general guideline. If you believe your manuscript is a coherent chapbook, you may submit over or under the word count. This applies in particular to chapbooks that are experimental or contain micro stories and/or flash fiction stories when the total word count is below 3,000 words.
Include word count.
If your chapbooks contains sections, include a table of contents at the beginning. This does not count toward your word count.
Please use a standard serif typeface such as Times New Roman or Garamond, size 12.
Do NOT include your name, acknowledgements, or any identifying details (address, social media handles, etc) anywhere in your manuscript. If your name appears in text, please redact it with [AUTHOR NAME].
Decision After the reading period closes, do not query for at least 9 months.
If you do not hear from us within 12 months after the reading period closes, query us.
The decisions are at the complete discretion of Henlopen Press. There is no judge. The editor(s) will select any manuscript(s) to be published.
Henlopen Press complies with the CLMP Code of Ethics.
Rights You keep the copyright to your work. We do not take the copyright.
You have the right to develop your work into a full length book, and have the expanded full length published elsewhere while we continue to publish the chapbook.
Payment We provide two free author copies.
Discounted Copies
We provide additional copies at plus shipping and any taxes.