Website
Type Of Publisher
Press
Genres Published
Audio, Essays, Fiction, Poetry, Visual Art
Year Established
2020
Address
Scottsdale, AZ
Name
Riley Bounds
Mission Statement / Editorial Focus
We are a Christian small press publishing poetry chapbooks and collections, short story collections, novellas, and novels. Our biannual literary journal, Solum Journal, features poetry, short stories, homilies, and visual art. We primarily publish work concerning Christian theology or work which deals with the Christian life, i.e., the trials and triumphs of daily life with God. We hope to uplift young or undiscovered Christian authors, academics, and artists, and provide a space for them to interact and grow from one another. While we generally publish work with Christian themes, our main criteria for publication are honesty and literary merit. God’s truth can be found in all forms of art and literature, just as He’s found in all creation (Psalm 19). So long as a piece doesn’t denigrate the Christian worldview — e.g., espouse worldviews like nihilism or conflicting religious traditions —, then we welcome it. Your work doesn’t need to directly pertain to Christian theology or contain Christian themes for consideration.
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions
Yes
Do You Have Any Cover Letter Advice?
This summarizes our expectations well: https://medium.com/a-writers-life/how-to-write-a-cover-letter-for-a-literary-journal-submission-df0d3687907d
What Do You Look For In A Submission?
An understanding of the form and an author's sincerity of writing which we can intuit from the piece.
What Advice Do You Have For First-time Submitters?
Don’t be intimidated. We treat authors’ works as expressions of their innermost selves, so take heart in knowing we handle your work with solemnity and reverence.
Do You Have A Favorite Unsolicited Submission Discovery Or Anecdote?
There’s always the one that got away. That’s why we painstakingly pore over every submission and treat the piece with the same respect we would its author.
Who Is Your Ideal Reader?
Christian academics/grad students/seminarians and the open-minded skeptic.
