Type Of Publisher
Press
Genres Published
Fiction
Year Established
2011
Address
Chippendale, New South Wales
Name
Bronwyn Mehan
Title
Director of Publishing
Mission Statement / Editorial Focus
Established in 2011, Spineless Wonders is a unique indie Australian publishing house which showcases short stories on multiple platforms. It publishes single author collections, novellas and anthologies in print and digital formats. It hosts two annual writing awards, the Carmel Bird Short Fiction Award and the joanne burns microlit Award and each year it publishes emerging writers under 30 via Slinkies, its digital-only platform. The company also auspices Little Fictions, a show where actors read short stories to a live audience and it produces two literary podcasts. In 2016, it formed a multidiscipline artistic collective, #storybombing, which showcases Spineless Wonders’ short stories via installations, videos and interactive media.In 2018, Spineless Wonders established Microflix, a new film festival which awards short films. Spineless Wonders Audio, a audio production house for indie authors and publishers was established in 2021.
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions
No
Author Payments
royalties, cash, copies
Contests
The Carmel Bird Digital Literary and the joanne burns Microlit Awards are open to Australians living overseas.
Distributors
New South, Ingram
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