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Type Of Publisher
Press
Genres Published
Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Cross Genre Hybrid, Autobiography Memoir, Environment Nature, Essays, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics, Horror Thriller Suspense, Humor, Sci Fi Fantasy Speculative
Year Established
2016
Address
Cincinnati, OH
Name
Nicola Mason
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Editor
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Mission Statement / Editorial Focus
Founded in 2016 by Nicola Mason, whose intent was to build upon the excellence of The Cincinnati Review, Acre publishes surprising, imaginative, and absorbing books of poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, and hybrid forms that are expertly crafted and reflect a multiplicity of perspectives and styles. A large part of our mission is to bring to the reading public exciting work by debut authors. Through its university affiliation, Acre provides opportunities for undergraduates and graduate students in UC’s English PhD program to learn about the book publishing industry. Under the mentorship of our two main editors, Nicola Mason and Lisa Ampleman, student staffers gain hands-on experience in manuscript selection and acquisition, editing and production, and book distribution, marketing, and sales. Collaborating closely with authors, Acre annually publishes six to seven titles that are supported by the marketing and sales teams at the University of Chicago Press and distributed across the globe by the Chicago Distribution Center. We nominate our titles for major post-publication awards and assist our authors with readings and events, sustaining relationships with our writer family long after their books launch. Our titles are often reviewed in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Foreword, Kirkus, and Library Journal, and have garnered attention in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Review of Books, San Francisco Chronicle, Times Literary Supplement, Shelf Awareness, LitHub, The Millions, Book Riot, National Book Review, New Criterion, and numerous other publications and podcasts. Acre’s accolades include finalist honors from the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Lambda Literary Awards, the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, the Shirley Jackson Awards, the Housatonic Book Awards, the Maine Book Award, the Balcones Prize, the Julie Suk Award, the Philip A. McMath Award, and the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize, longlist honors from the PEN/Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection, and silver and gold medals from the Foreword INDIES and Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs).
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions
no
Author Payments
royalties, cash, copies
Contests
no
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