Rescue Press See other projects related to this listing. About Rescue Press is an independent publisher of chaotic and investigative work.We are an editor-run small press founded in the winter of 2009 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, halfway between Woodland Pattern Book Center and Lake Michigan.At Rescue Press we value experimentation, conversation, care, and idiosyncrasy. We are interested in high-contrast writing that pushes the boundaries of genre. We believe in the form, technology, and potential of the book-as-object, as well as its relationship to the visual, digital, and performative experience.Rescue has put out books both traditional in spirit and those that have been described as “a Marxist love poem,” a “poet-teacher treatise,” “visionary rage-songs,” and “investigative scientific studies.” Rescue remains untethered to a single aesthetic and is governed by a desire to remain flexible, collaborative, and curious. We believe in publishing as a generative process.Our design philosophy prioritizes intent and trust, positioning authors at the center of a cooperative book-making practice. We strive to cultivate a publishing experience that is attentive, personal, and consequential. We seek to make each book beautiful, inexactly, inside and out.Our books have been winners and finalists for CLMP’s Firecracker Award, the Julie Suk Award, the Big Other awards, and the GLCA awards; they have been reviewed at The New York Times, Full Stop, The Believer, Entropy, The New Yorker, Harper’s, The Rupture, Publishers Weekly, and On the Seawall, among other places. Our book covers have been awarded and praised by AIGA’s 50 Books | 50 Covers competition and Poets & Writers.Rescue acquires work through open reading periods, contests, and solicitation. We are a Midwestern press, currently based in Iowa City, Chicago, and Cleveland, with national distribution and readership. Voluntary Fees: This project accepts voluntary fees for submissions with donations. Country of Publication & Year Established United States Established in 2009 Publication Medium Print Publication Print Publication AI Policy Unknown AI policy Collapse section Fiction Temp Closed Audience:Open to a broad Audience.Genres: GeneralLengths: Novella: 25,000 - 40,000 words. Fiction Collection: More than 25,000 words. Novel: No specific word count limits known (our definition: more than 40000 words).Styles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.Topics: Open to all/most Topics.Payment:Unknown advance + Unknown royalties Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.Submissions:Method: Electronic submissions. Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.Media: Text. Collapse section Nonfiction Temp Closed Audience:Open to a broad Audience.Lengths: Nonfiction Collection: More than 25,000 words. Book: More than 25,000 words.Styles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.Topics: Open to all/most Topics.Payment:Unknown advance + Unknown royalties Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.Submissions:Method: Electronic submissions. Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.Media: Text. Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary. Go to publisher's website Report: Submission/Query Correction/Update New Cover ArtSocial:Facebook FacebookInstagram @rescuepressX (Twitter) @rescuepress Support this Publisher: Buy Book(s) For the Editor(s): Request Interview Duosuma Submission Manager Link to Duotrope Rescue Press Submission Statistics The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's admins. 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