Pro Se Productions, a leader in Genre and New Pulp Fiction,
announces today that as of April 1, 2013, no further unsolicited novel or
collection submissions will be set for publication in 2013.
“The reason is,” Tommy Hancock, Partner in and Editor in
Chief of Pro Se Productions explained, “we simply have more than enough Genre
goodness scheduled to come out this year.
Pro Se has truly become a force as an independent press and a large part
of that has to do with the writers and staff that have already had work
published and/or developed with Pro Se. The quality of work that Pro Se puts out
has brought an unprecedented amount of submissions to our door, many of those
from authors, both established and new, who know of Pro Se’s reputation and
want their work with us. We
definitely want the best in Genre Fiction under our banner as well, but there
comes a point to where you have to be fair to everyone involved, including the
company itself. So, Pro Se is not
closing submissions, but we are not scheduling any other unsolicited works for
publication in 2013.”
“As for 2014,” Hancock stated, “that calendar is filling up
quickly as well, both with new works as well as follow up novels to existing
Pro Se material. We intend
to publish an unprecedented amount of books this year, but do not intend to
repeat that next year necessarily.
So, although space is open for 2014, we also already have books on our
2015 schedule as well.”
Hancock states that this is not a typical closing of
submissions. “We’ve had a lot of
inquiries,” he stated, “as many as two a week in the last two months. And it’s simply come up that we feel it
necessary to establish that although we’re very much interested in reviewing
your novel or collection for publication with Pro Se, we also have to be honest
and up front about when your book will likely see print.”
Any projects accepted prior to April 1, 2013, Hancock stated, are still scheduled for dates provided in private correspondence, if such dates have been set. This announcement does not affect any project that has been accepted by Pro Se prior to April 1, 2013.
Hancock also emphasized that this does not include stories
for the now quarterly PRO SE PRESENTS Magazine. “You can send in stories if you’re seeking publication in
the magazine and they will, upon acceptance, be send to Lee Houston, Jr., the
managing editor of the magazine, and then scheduled for inclusion.”
“This also,” Hancock maintained, “does not include calls for
submissions made by Pro Se for anthologies or future works. If we put out the call, most
definitely we seek submissions for that specific work.”
All submissions as of April 1, 2013 will need to be sent to
Morgan Minor, Director of Corporate Operations for Pro Se at Tommyhancockpulp@yahoo.com. Morgan then will start each
proposal/manuscript through the submission process within Pro Se.
Pro Se reminds all potential authors that submission
standards are as follows-
Story must be Pulp in Style, regardless of Genre
Single Spaced, Double Between Paragraphs
Times New Roman, 12 point type
No paragraph indentions
Five Asterisks (*****) between scene breaks
Submissions must include Name, Contact information, and Word
Count.
For any questions concerning submissions, please email
Morgan Minor at Tommyhancockpulp@yahoo.com.
