Artistic nonfiction, memoir, and essay. True stories told with craft, from Baltimore and well beyond.
We read year-round and publish 2–4 works annually, reserving a few manuscripts for development. If your work is accepted, you will receive an advance of $200–$500 along with standard royalties. Work is typically published 3–6 months after we receive the final manuscript.
A $20 reading fee applies. Reading fees don't buy publication; they ensure that every submission is read with care. Fee waivers are available — no questions, no stigma — via the contact form at brickhousebooks.com/contact.
What to include: your full manuscript as a single PDF or DOCX, plus a brief cover letter and bio.
Novels, novellas, and story collections with a distinct voice. Small voices, outside voices, voices locked away — this is where they get printed.
We read year-round and publish 2–4 works annually, reserving a few manuscripts for development. If your work is accepted, you will receive an advance of $200–$500 along with standard royalties. Work is typically published 3–6 months after we receive the final manuscript.
A $20 reading fee applies. Reading fees don't buy publication; they ensure that every submission is read with care. Fee waivers are available — no questions, no stigma — via the contact form at brickhousebooks.com/contact.
What to include: your full manuscript as a single PDF or DOCX, plus a brief cover letter and bio.
Collections and chapbooks with a pulse — formal, free, fearless. Brickhouse has published poets for fifty-five years and is always hungry for more.
We read year-round and publish 2–4 works annually, reserving a few manuscripts for development. If your work is accepted, you will receive an advance of $200–$500 along with standard royalties. Work is typically published 3–6 months after we receive the final manuscript.
A $20 reading fee applies. Reading fees don't buy publication; they ensure that every submission is read with care. Fee waivers are available — no questions, no stigma — via the contact form at brickhousebooks.com/contact.
What to include: your full manuscript as a single PDF or DOCX, plus a brief cover letter and bio.