We’ve promised publication in past Literary Awards Programs, but the fact was that SFWP is a very small indie press. I went into massive debt to publish our first four titles, starting in 2005, and am just now moving out from under that. And it’s a good time to be doing so… The publishing industry [...]
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2013 Literary Awards Program — Eligibility
January 15, 2013 – 10:42 am
Last time, we met the judges, now let’s take a look at eligibility. This is always a question, and I tried to clear it up a bit this year by creating this page. Basically, everyone is eligible, as long as you aren’t receiving the support of a major publisher or you’ve won the SFWP award [...]
Project 2013: Meet the Books
January 4, 2013 – 8:00 am
The Friday before the holidays, I talked about what I’m calling “Project: 2013,” where I’ve approved three full-tilt-boogie frontlist releases for 2013. Considering how all-consuming it is for a little press like SFWP to release one book a year, doing three a year should probably be carefully documented so we can supply material for the [...]
Project: 2013
December 21, 2012 – 8:10 am
I’ve long promised to do a sort of “anatomy of a book” here on the blog and follow the development of a frontlist title from inception to launch. It’s a weird journey — sometimes terrifying, sometimes exhilarating, and usually full of deadlines met at the 11th hour (or, occasionally, missed). SFWP didn’t have a frontlist [...]
2013 Literary Awards Program — The Judges
December 17, 2012 – 8:09 am
We’ve updated our Literary Awards Program pages for 2013. The contest officially starts in the New Year, but we’ve opened up the gates now…you’re free to submit your work and get the ball rolling. I’ll be going into the contest in more detail in the weeks to come, taking a look at each page on [...]
Book Sale in Paradise!
December 14, 2012 – 10:50 am
Between now and February 1st, we’re offering a special deal for folks who order direct from our distributor, the Independent Publishers Group. Order a copy of Paradise, or, Eat Your Face via this link and you’ll get a copy of The Fires for free. Remember, when you checkout, to enter the promo code “Alanpromo.” That’s [...]
Richard Currey’s The Wars of Heaven
November 29, 2012 – 10:31 am
On December 1st, we’ll be releasing our latest ebook — Richard Currey’s The Wars of Heaven, bringing this stunning collection of short stories back into print (virtually speaking) for the first time since 1999.
Christmas & Heaven
October 18, 2012 – 10:57 am
Okay…looking back to my post earlier this month, let’s see if we can knock out some of the news. We’ll start with the books. On October 1st, our sister company, Alan Squire Publishing, released Billy Christmas from first time British author Mark Pritchard. Here’s the blurb:
October News & Events
October 4, 2012 – 6:33 am
I’m a bad blogger. I know. There are lots of things I want to talk about… It’s getting to the point where I don’t even know where to begin. There’s the October 1st release of Billy Christmas from our sister company, Alan Squire Publishing. It’s exciting. It’s a YA fantasy. It’s selling out left and [...]
The Wars of Heaven
September 4, 2012 – 10:15 am
On our Facebook page, I recently posted the final cover for the Anniversary Edition of The Wars of Heaven — Richard Currey’s extraordinary collection of short stories, published just over 20 years ago. These are stories that include Pushcart and O. Henry prizewinners. Publisher’s Weekly calls it eloquent, Library Journal said it was lyrically and [...]