Swampland has been releasing music and writing on the fringes of the underground since 2001. Initially, a hardcore punk/industrial noise label specializing in cassettes and vinyl (releasing artists such as Hive Mind, LHD, The Rita, Treriksröset, Moth Drakula and Surpriseyrdead!). As well as publishing art and photography zines.
Swampland Noise shifted to Swampland Press in the early 2010’s focusing its efforts on writings of romantic nihilism, the macabre, weird and strange.
Swampland Press operates as an independent/DIY publishing house. Sharing the same ideology and spirit of labels formed in the underground hardcore punk scene. Such as Touch and Go, SST, 31G and Ebullition Records.
Submission Window: OPEN (for essays and short story writing ONLY)
Payment: Initial - 10% royalty copies for author, Secondary - capital split 50/50 once Swampland Press recoups cost of printing (additional terms may be discussed if applicable to project)
Theme: Stories that are literary; uncanny, dark, weird, horrific, existential, esoteric, and terrifying.
Strange pulp runs through our veins. Stuffy academia does not.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Note – Manuscripts must be original and previously unpublished anywhere, in any format, on any platform. Please do not query about reprints.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome. We will not print any stories that have been accepted by other publishers. Please let us know if the story we plan to print has been accepted elsewhere before production.
Rights: Writer owns all rights to the printed work. Although, we kindly ask you to wait until the story has gone OOP from our catalog before submitting to other publishing houses for reprint. Also, mention of Swampland Press in later reprints of your published story is greatly encouraged and appreciated.
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Swampland Press only publishes a few projects a year. Regrettably, we may have to turn down good work.
We publish currently in the following forms: -chapbook (stories, poems) -zine (essays, etc.) -paperback
We accept submissions from anyone—regardless of race, gender, or sexuality—we want to publish work that speaks to us and we feel others need to be exposed to.
WHAT WE WANT: -Short fiction (2,500-8,000 words) -Essays (5,000-8,000 words) -Poems (email for more info)
WHAT WE DON’T WANT Anthology pitches. Short story collections. Novels. Novellas.
SUBMITTING YOUR WORK NOTE – No multiple submissions. Please send only 1 manuscript (we will follow up with a Thank you email and further information). Submit manuscripts in Standard Manuscript Format (a mailing address is not required) as a Word document and email as an attachment to: swamplandpress [at] gmail [dot] com
Please format the subject line of your e-mail: Submission – Manuscript Title – Author Name
In your cover letter please provide a brief synopsis.
Please query if you have any questions.