Solum Literary Press is 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.

Chapbook Submissions:

• Poetry chapbooks shouldn’t exceed 50 pages.  
• All poetry styles are welcome.  
• Ideally, poetry chapbooks should center on a unified theme (e.g., trauma to healing, nascent faith to spiritual maturation, etc.). This isn’t strictly necessary, but it generally works in the poet’s favor.  
• Chapbooks can contain previously unpublished poems.  However, we expect that at least 25% of the manuscript’s content has been previously published.

Poetry Collection Submissions:

• Criteria for publishing poetry collections are more stringent than poetry chapbooks.  Poets submitting collections should have an established repertoire of previously published material.
• We expect at least 40% of the manuscript to have been previously published.
• Poetry collections shouldn’t exceed 200 pages.
• All poetry styles are welcome.

We require the purchase of one of our physical titles for manuscript consideration.  This helps us operate the press and support the work of our contributors.  Please select a physical title from our Publications page and include your receipt of purchase with your manuscript files.

Solum Literary Press is  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.

Novella Submissions:

Novellas should range between 10,000-40,000 words.  We’re generally open to all genres, though we do favor the stylistic conventions of the following:

• literary
• parable/fable
• Southern Gothic
• experimental
• country noir/"grit lit"

Novel Submissions:

Novels should range between 45,000 - 100,000 words.  We’re generally open to all genres, though we do favor the stylistic conventions of the following:

• literary
• parable/fable
• Southern Gothic
• experimental
• country noir/"grit lit"

Short Story Collections:

Short story collections have more flexibility in terms of length and content than novellas and novels.  Collections should range from 40,000-100,000 words.  Collections should contain between 4-10 stories.  We expect at least half of the stories to be previously published.  We’re generally open to all genres, though we do favor the stylistic conventions of the following:

• literary
• parable/fable
• Southern Gothic
• experimental
• country noir/"grit lit"

We require the purchase of one of our physical titles for manuscript consideration.  This helps us operate the press and support the work of our contributors.  Please select a title from our Publications page and include your receipt of purchase with your manuscript files.