Red Earth Productions & Cultural Work is a community arts organization. In addition to our projects, we partner with other cultural and community arts organizations and foundations to create artivism. Our projects include Prickly Pear Publishing & Nopalli Press, and Poets Responding. Soon we hope to have a music and sound production component partnering with Hawk Beatz' The Nest legacy.
Specific calls for submissions are based on projects undertaken by our organization and the ones we partner with.
We accept submissions of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, essays, memoir, visual art, photography, and on occasion - music and video. Please see specifics in each of the calls for submissions below.
Some of the organizations we have partnered with are Cloud Women's Dream Society, FlowerSong Press, the Francisco X. Alarcón Literary Arts Foundation, and the Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival.
Red Earth Production & Cultural Work believes in the artist as activist and is committed to including all voices who believe that a better world is possible.
SUBMISSIONS
A notice from Prickly Pear Publishing & Nopalli Press
FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2023, WE ARE ACCEPTING MANUSCRIPTS BY INVITATION ONLY. YOU ARE STILL WELCOME TO SUBMIT THEM, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE REVIEWED UNTIL THE 2024 PUBLISHING SCHEDULE BEGINS, WHICH IS IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 2023.
Simultaneous manuscript submissions are not allowed.
Be ready to tell us why you write, if it is to become famous and rich, this is not the press for you. If you write because you must and want to get your poetry, stories, and ideas out into the world, then yes! By all means, submit. We are a small independent press, so if you are lucky enough to join our publishing family, you become part of a team. This means being ready to get out there and promote your book. We give much better royalties than most other presses, so we expect you to work on loving your book and making it known to the world. If you are OK with just selling your book to your family, friends, and community, we are also OK with that. It's really up to you. But we support and encourage the promotion of all the fantastic books we publish and expect authors to take on the lion's share of this endeavor.
To see some of our published author's books, please go to Prickly Pear Publishing & Nopalli Press.
We prioritize work by BIPOC writers whose voices have been systematically and historically excluded. Prickly Pear Publishing believes the world is better when all voices are included, and BIPOC's stories are told in their own words and fashion. For centuries our voices have been marginalized at best and excluded at worst.
We accept books in languages other than English, send us a note about your project, and we will decide if it is for us.
Please submit a final proofread and well-edited manuscript; if accepted, we will ask you to submit other details.
Some questions for you to consider before submitting your work. What do you envision your book's dimensions, and how do you want the cover to look? What other authors or community leaders can you ask to read your manuscript and give you a good blurb for the book's promotion? Where and how do you plan to promote and market your book?
If you need guidance on these questions, please do some research first, check in with other writers, and re-read some of your favorite books by other authors - check the formats of their books for ideas. If you're still stumped, send us a note we will get back to you.