Website
Type Of Publisher
Press
Year Established
2018
Address
PO Box 358 Lake Dallas, TX 75065 United States
Mission Statement / Editorial Focus
Madville’s mission is to present language in a playful, imaginative way. English is our first language, but we adore code switching and regionalisms from around the world. We publish poetry, fiction, and nonfiction that straddles borders. While our authors generally hail from the English-speaking academic community, our audience extends beyond the narrow confines of the academy into the popular market, particularly with regard to our fiction, where we have a tendency to stray into adventurous, fantastic, and dystopian realities.
Do You Accept Unsolicited Submissions?
No
Author Payments
royalties, copies
Contests
This varies. We try to offer a poetry, a fiction, and a nonfiction contest each year.
Distributors
Ingram
Do You Have Any Cover Letter Advice?
Be brief. We want to know in a couple of sentences what you'd like us to consider. We'd then like another sentence or two to tell us about you, the author. That's it. If we have time to read or open slots in our catalog, we'll ask for more info.
What Do You Look For In A Submission?
We want finished work, free of grammatical errors. We look for stories and essays in which a complete story arc or compelling concept is explored. Poetry should spark emotion and helps us to see the world in new ways.
What Advice Do You Have For First-time Submitters?
Ideally, first-time submitters will be recommended by someone we know. Query first. OR, better yet, submit through our submittable link.
Do You Have A Favorite Unsolicited Submission Discovery Or Anecdote?
Often our catalog is filled with work that's been recommended to us by authors we admire, so if you know someone who knows us, get them to recommend you!
Who Is Your Ideal Reader?
Our ideal reader is an adult from Baby Boomer to Gen Z with a big heart and a quirky sense of humor.
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