Kathryn Fay
Modern Artist Press
My Manuscript Wish List®
My Manuscript Wish List® Items
Editor at Modern Artist Press, an indie press looking to expand and explode the definition of a modern artist by publishing literary fiction
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be emailed to submissions@modernartistpress.com
Writers with completed manuscripts are invited to submit the following:
- the first 25 pages of your manuscript in a Word document
- a 1-page description of the overall story
- a half-page author biography
- initial ideas for marketing the published book
Vital Info
Favorite sub-genres:
African Diaspora, Art history, BIPOC, Caribbean Literature, Expat/Exile Literature, Feminist, Hybrid, Immigrant Voices, LGBTQ+, Latinx stories, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Multicultural, Muslim, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Underrepresented Voices, character-focused fiction, diverse heroines, family stories, historical, literary, queer
I’d like the next…
- linked short story collection or novel-in-stories (Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions, My Monticello, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies).
- multi-generational novel (America is Not the Heart, A Place for Us, The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing).
- story that incorporates speculative, magical realism, horror, or genre elements (Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, Chain-Gang All-Stars, Sharks in the Time of Saviors, Her Body and Other Parties, Nightbitch).
- art history novel (Loot).
