We love tenacity, but please just send your submission to [email protected]. Davis-Goff told The Guardian, that the people who address her and Coen as “dear sir” “haven’t stopped to look with a critical eye”. We publish the best writing by new and established authors, and we’re working hard to nurture great talent all the time. Tramp wishes to engage the best practices of traditional publishers – to create lasting editorial relationships with authors in order to support their life’s work, and to provide long-term support and essential criticism, while also employing the opportunities that digital tools provide to publish both in print and online.

People who love books will always want excellent writing. Reading as much and as widely as you can is an essential part of being a great writer. We check each active listing's guidelines page for changes once a month (if compliant). It takes just a few minutes and can be the difference between a good submission and sending your hard work off to the wrong people, which’ll waste their time, and yours. Donal Ryan and Sara Baume are great examples: they’re two successful authors whose first readers are eagle-eyed family members. The publishers highlighted one "really annoying" way they experience sexism as when authors send manuscripts and address them as "dear sirs" and/or declare they do not read books by women in their cover letter. Information in this section is updated a few times per day.

The guidelines also refers writers to Man Booker Prize winner Anne Enright’s recent article in the London Review of Books about sexism in publishing. We list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. It is not unusual for publications to evolve or close without notice. Browser 05: down at the farm with guest Kaite Welsh - June, 2020 - Browser 04: On a fruit buzz . Not in over four years at Tramp, nor in our past publishing lives.

Notes to Self [out of stock] € 15.00 Read more; The Iron Age (paperback) € 10.00 Add to cart; Solar Bones € 15.00 Add to cart; Dubliners 100 € 15.00 Add to cart; Sale! In response, the founders have decided to make "a small but important change" to their criteria for submission. Does your cover letter begin ‘Dear Sirs’?

Does your list of influences only include men/women/books about cheese? We won’t turn you down for these, but remember you’re competing with about ten manuscripts a month whose authors also try to rewrite Flann O’Brien/Charles Bukowski/James Joyce. We sometimes get submissions to our newsletter address; through social media messages; through friends.

4. We won’t reject your work for having the occasional error. Announcing it decision on Twitter earlier this week, the press, which is run by Lisa Coen and Sarah Davis-Goff, said it experiences sexism in "lots of ways all the time, being dreaded women". We audit each active listing twice a year. While many of their titles are literary, they are open to all genres – they are just looking for incredible fiction. The pair continued: “This is a big deal for us – we've always kept the 'slush pile' open lest we let any truly exciting piece of work pass us by because of rules. This advice is from a Tramp Press point of view, so if you’ve read our submissions guide, you’ll know that we’re a fiction-only book publisher. 3. The most interesting manuscripts are always sent by well-read authors.

As hard as it is, you should seek the criticism of a trusted reader. Your work deserves a really high level of attention.