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xidraconis.org/mission-statement/
SUBMISSIONS
Book Submission Status
Our reading period for the 2021 production year is currently open. We are also looking for an additional manuscript to publish in the latter half of 2020.
Before Submitting
We encourage you to check out our Mission Statement, Podcast and Videos, and Author Interviews pages before submitting it. You should also order a book from our Publications page. They’re free for everyone!
Checking out what we do will give you an excellent idea of what kind of literature we publish.
Genres
We accept book-length submissions of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We also accept cross-genre book-length works. Please refer to our mission statement for the quality of work in which we are interested.
FICTION
Novellas
We accept novellas from 10,000 to 50,000 words in length. We do not accept shorter works of fiction.
Novels
We accept novels between 50,000 and 100,000 words in length. Longer works, though of interest to us, will take considerably longer to read and reply to.
Short Story Collections
We accept short story collections between 150 to 350 pages in length (as written in twelve-point, Times New Roman font, with double-spaced leading). We do not accept single stories or collections shorter than 150 pages.
NONFICTION
Essay Collections
We accept essay collections of 150 to 350 pages in length (as written in twelve-point, Times New Roman font, with double-spaced leading). We do not accept single essays or collections shorter than 150 pages.
Memoirs
We accept memoirs up to 100,000 words in length.
Lyric Memoirs and Collections
We accept book-length works of nonfiction written in the lyric mode. Length may vary greatly.
POETRY
Long-Form Poems
We accept long-form poems of at least sixty pages in length.
Poetry Collections
We accept poetry collections of at least fifty poems.
Formatting
Submit all manuscripts in a twelve-point, legible font with double-spaced leading. (Do not double-space poetry submissions.) Send all submissions attached as a Word document to xidraconissubmit@gmail.com. Include “book submission: title, genre” in the subject line.
For all manuscripts, please include, in the body of your email, a 250-word overview of the subject, theme, and (if applicable) plot of your submission. The overview is extremely important, so please don’t forget to include one.
Response times vary, though give us at least six months before you panic.
Cover Letters, Bios, and Query Letters
Don’t include any of these. Just send us your manuscript.
Simultaneous Submissions
We do accept simultaneous submissions. In fact, we think it’s crazy when a press doesn’t. If you’ve submitted work to us and it gets accepted elsewhere congrats. Just send the editor an email at xidraconisbooks@gmail.com. Include “simultaneous submission” in the subject line.
Compensation
If your book is accepted, you will receive eight author copies and $100. We would like to offer more, but we can barely afford even this meager amount.
Book Submission Status
Our reading period for the 2021 production year is currently open. We are also looking for an additional manuscript to publish in the latter half of 2020.
Before Submitting
We encourage you to check out our Mission Statement, Podcast and Videos, and Author Interviews pages before submitting it. You should also order a book from our Publications page. They’re free for everyone!
Checking out what we do will give you an excellent idea of what kind of literature we publish.
Genres
We accept book-length submissions of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We also accept cross-genre book-length works. Please refer to our mission statement for the quality of work in which we are interested.
FICTION
Novellas
We accept novellas from 10,000 to 50,000 words in length. We do not accept shorter works of fiction.
Novels
We accept novels between 50,000 and 100,000 words in length. Longer works, though of interest to us, will take considerably longer to read and reply to.
Short Story Collections
We accept short story collections between 150 to 350 pages in length (as written in twelve-point, Times New Roman font, with double-spaced leading). We do not accept single stories or collections shorter than 150 pages.
NONFICTION
Essay Collections
We accept essay collections of 150 to 350 pages in length (as written in twelve-point, Times New Roman font, with double-spaced leading). We do not accept single essays or collections shorter than 150 pages.
Memoirs
We accept memoirs up to 100,000 words in length.
Lyric Memoirs and Collections
We accept book-length works of nonfiction written in the lyric mode. Length may vary greatly.
POETRY
Long-Form Poems
We accept long-form poems of at least sixty pages in length.
Poetry Collections
We accept poetry collections of at least fifty poems.
Formatting
Submit all manuscripts in a twelve-point, legible font with double-spaced leading. (Do not double-space poetry submissions.) Send all submissions attached as a Word document to xidraconissubmit@gmail.com. Include “book submission: title, genre” in the subject line.
For all manuscripts, please include, in the body of your email, a 250-word overview of the subject, theme, and (if applicable) plot of your submission. The overview is extremely important, so please don’t forget to include one.
Response times vary, though give us at least six months before you panic.
Cover Letters, Bios, and Query Letters
Don’t include any of these. Just send us your manuscript.
Simultaneous Submissions
We do accept simultaneous submissions. In fact, we think it’s crazy when a press doesn’t. If you’ve submitted work to us and it gets accepted elsewhere congrats. Just send the editor an email at xidraconisbooks@gmail.com. Include “simultaneous submission” in the subject line.
Compensation
If your book is accepted, you will receive eight author copies and $100. We would like to offer more, but we can barely afford even this meager amount.
xidraconis.org/submission-guidelines/?utm_source=newpages&utm_medium=cad&utm_campaign=20-21_production_cfs&utm_content=xi_draconis
MISSION STATEMENT
Xi Draconis Books seeks to publish literary works of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry that rebel, that rail against social injustice, against hatred, poverty, hunger, privatization, the celebration of ignorance, objectification, racism, exploitation, sexism, and commodification. We seek works that explore how these perversions warp the human mind, that humanize, where our culture and society would dehumanize. We seek works that complicate, where biased groups would simplify. We seek works that empathize, where others would malign.
This rebellion may come in a variety of forms and voices. Both experimental and traditional techniques are welcome. Tragedy, satire, and things in between are to our liking. Works philosophical or minimal, hyperbolic or understated, are all of interest to us. Our one stipulation is that the work we publish must be socially conscious.
We rebel against the gods not because we are monsters, but because they are.
II
Though the work we publish does not follow any one political line, our ethos is that of the anarchist. We believe that both the state and the profit motive should be abolished. Forms of direct participatory democracy and free sharing should replace these systems, and laws should be enacted by all citizens of a community to safeguard equality and freedom. In addition, we believe that getting rid of the state also means getting rid of capitalism, as the two are inextricably linked. We are not libertarians.
Relevant anarchist readings include Bertrand Russell’s Proposed Roads to Freedom, Murray Bookchin’s works on eco-anarchism, George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia, Peter Kropotkin’s The Conquest of Bread, Bakunin’s essays, Emma Goldman’s essays, and Noam Chomsky’s On Anarchism.
Again, though the books we publish are not necessarily anarchist, anarchism does inform our strategy as a press. First, we endorse the creation of more democratic publication space. Currently, large publication houses and distributors hold sway over most of that literature to which the public has access. This is to the detriment of literature and to new authors attempting to find an outlet for their voices. Nor are such houses and distributors even necessary in the digital age. A simple list of links to publishers and authors, offered in a conspicuous place, would enable anyone to find any kind of book she wanted to read.
Second, we believe that publishers should act as sources of critical feedback for their authors, but this practice has lessened as literature has become commodified. XDB seeks to keep this relationship between publisher and author alive while rejecting the role of a capitalist middleman. As such, XDB works with its authors to make sure that their manuscripts are in the best shape possible before publication and offer its books for free. If readers wish to donate to support the press, they can do so here, but we believe that placing a monetary value on art tarnishes it.
We believe that presses should operate not as capitalist businesses but rather as curators, as stewards in the task of preserving and disseminating excellent literature. They should stop attempting to saturate the market with bestsellers by big-name authors and instead seek out as many new authors as possible. They should order smaller print runs so they have more resources to work with new writers. They should downsize and treat literature as part of the commons, not as a source for capital exchange. A community of tiny presses not beholden to business interests is the only way to achieve plurality—and that is the model that XDB attempts to follow.
Xi Draconis Books seeks to publish literary works of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry that rebel, that rail against social injustice, against hatred, poverty, hunger, privatization, the celebration of ignorance, objectification, racism, exploitation, sexism, and commodification. We seek works that explore how these perversions warp the human mind, that humanize, where our culture and society would dehumanize. We seek works that complicate, where biased groups would simplify. We seek works that empathize, where others would malign.
This rebellion may come in a variety of forms and voices. Both experimental and traditional techniques are welcome. Tragedy, satire, and things in between are to our liking. Works philosophical or minimal, hyperbolic or understated, are all of interest to us. Our one stipulation is that the work we publish must be socially conscious.
We rebel against the gods not because we are monsters, but because they are.
II
Though the work we publish does not follow any one political line, our ethos is that of the anarchist. We believe that both the state and the profit motive should be abolished. Forms of direct participatory democracy and free sharing should replace these systems, and laws should be enacted by all citizens of a community to safeguard equality and freedom. In addition, we believe that getting rid of the state also means getting rid of capitalism, as the two are inextricably linked. We are not libertarians.
Relevant anarchist readings include Bertrand Russell’s Proposed Roads to Freedom, Murray Bookchin’s works on eco-anarchism, George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia, Peter Kropotkin’s The Conquest of Bread, Bakunin’s essays, Emma Goldman’s essays, and Noam Chomsky’s On Anarchism.
Again, though the books we publish are not necessarily anarchist, anarchism does inform our strategy as a press. First, we endorse the creation of more democratic publication space. Currently, large publication houses and distributors hold sway over most of that literature to which the public has access. This is to the detriment of literature and to new authors attempting to find an outlet for their voices. Nor are such houses and distributors even necessary in the digital age. A simple list of links to publishers and authors, offered in a conspicuous place, would enable anyone to find any kind of book she wanted to read.
Second, we believe that publishers should act as sources of critical feedback for their authors, but this practice has lessened as literature has become commodified. XDB seeks to keep this relationship between publisher and author alive while rejecting the role of a capitalist middleman. As such, XDB works with its authors to make sure that their manuscripts are in the best shape possible before publication and offer its books for free. If readers wish to donate to support the press, they can do so here, but we believe that placing a monetary value on art tarnishes it.
We believe that presses should operate not as capitalist businesses but rather as curators, as stewards in the task of preserving and disseminating excellent literature. They should stop attempting to saturate the market with bestsellers by big-name authors and instead seek out as many new authors as possible. They should order smaller print runs so they have more resources to work with new writers. They should downsize and treat literature as part of the commons, not as a source for capital exchange. A community of tiny presses not beholden to business interests is the only way to achieve plurality—and that is the model that XDB attempts to follow.
xidraconis.org/mission-statement/