Algonquin Books

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Mailing Address:

Editorial Department
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
P.O. Box 2225
Chapel Hill, NC, 27515.

Queries: MAIL

Submissions Guidelines

Phone: 919-933- 0272

Unagented Submissions: YES

Include with Query

Query Letter

Synopsis

20 sample pages

SASE

Preferred Genres

Previously unpublished writers: YES

Mainstream fiction, SS collections, Poetry, non-fiction. In non-fiction, they like cookbooks, life-style, real-life adventure. A great title by Algonquin is Big Fish by Daniel Wallace. If I could write like this guy, I wouldn't have time for doing this.

Number of titles per year: 20+

Simultaneous Submissions: YES

Response Time Query: 4-6 weeks

Response Time Submission: 3-4 months

Preferred Length: Not Specified