I quite Legend Press – they publish some witty books by a friend of mine, Nick Griffiths.

But I was gobsmacked by the submission guidelines for their next collection of short stories.

Must be 9000-12000 words, all actions/thoughts to occur in single room in a stream-of-consciousness style. No genres. Must be inspirational.

Bloody hell! Talk about tough nut to crack. This seems either very brave, to me, or a recipe for producing severe tedium in the reader.

Anyone fancy it?

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That should be, 'I quite like…' Apologies.

That sounds very like Alan Bennett-style monologues.


- NaomiM

I tried last year and thoroughly enjoyed it in the end. I was shortlisted but told I'd just missed out which was frustrating as who else would want a 9,000 stream of consciousness piece!

I think I might have my wires crossed, because of Legend Press sponsoring the You write On POD thingumy, but are they a POD publisher or a traditional small press, whatever that is. And is that good, or bad, or does it just mean small print runs?

Legend Press is a POD - Print On Demand - publisher. No they are not like a traditional publisher that puts out a small print run and takes a hit on any that are not sold.
POD publishers have their place in the market - normally niche markets where small quantities of books are required - and by small quantities, that can be as few as one.

- NaomiM

That helps clear it up for me, thanks Naomi.

I tried last year and thoroughly enjoyed it in the end. I was shortlisted

That's no mean feat, congrats on having been shortlisted, Coffeecup.


To be honest I'm feeling a touch irritated with myself, because I'm disappointed I don't have enough time on this one to make my sub worthwhile. I know that sounds like an excuse, but I've been sketching this out for a couple of days now. Anyway, good luck to those who are entering this year