Website
Type Of Organization
Press
Mission Statement / Editorial Focus
Catalyst Press is an independent publishing company founded in 2017. Books are a spark for change in the world. We publish books that reveal the world from different perspectives, tilting or reversing or tweaking our own understanding of what’s real, true, necessary, or beautiful. Catalyst’s publishing program emphasizes books emerging from the African continent and about Africa but not exclusively; we plan to expand to publishing indigenous writers from other parts of the world, all with the goal of publishing literature that exposes the truth and pursues justice and peace.
Social Media Platforms Used
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
Is Your Group Affiliated With A University, Portal Or Other Agency?
no
Primary Editor/Contact Person
Jessica Powers
Contact Title
Publisher
Submissions Policy
Catalyst Press is currently only interested in manuscripts authored by African writers or set authentically and realistically in an African location or among the African Diaspora anywhere in the world. We are primarily interested in books featuring African protagonists ("Africans" can be black, white, Asian, mixed race, etc, and culturally may be African, Euro-African, Asian-African, etc--but they will generally have grown up on the continent or among the African Diaspora). We are willing to consider exceptions in certain cases but we seek to publish African and African Diasporan points of view, realities, and understandings of the world we live in. A key word for us is "authentic"--but diversity is also key as there is no singular African culture, belief system, or experience. On the adult side, we publish crime/mystery, thrillers, literary fiction, non-fiction, memoir, children's and young adult novels. If you believe you have a manuscript that we would be interested in, please send a short description, a bio, and approximately 10 pages to info [at] catalystpress.org. We can't promise a short response time but will do our best to respond within two months.
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions
Yes
Submission Guidelines URL
Simultaneous Submissions Accepted
yes
Reading Period
Year round
Reporting Time
weeks
Year Founded
2017
Number Of Books Published Per Year
4-8
Titles In Print
50
Number Of Issues Per Year
1
Back Issues Available
yes
Unsolicited Manuscripts Accepted
yes
Format
perfect
Publish Print Anthology?
yes
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