News from the Wildhouse Fiction Imprint
Wildhouse Fiction 2024 Contest Winners
Wildhouse Publishing would like to wish a heartfelt congratulations to 1st Prize Winner of the 2024 Fiction Contest, Kaethe Schwehn, and her winning novel, The Gospel of Salome.
We also would like to congratulate our two finalists, Anna Schachner and Brandy O’Briant. Anna’s collection of short stories, The Lovely Woods Are Yours and Brandy’s novel, No Grotesques in Nature, are the two runner-up winners.
The Winding Way Home
The Winding Way Home by Wesley J. Wildman has been published. Read more about this unique novel here.
Praise for The Winding Way Home
As a one-time English professor, having absorbed countless works of fiction, I have never read a novel more devastating nor more beautiful.
—Patricia Browne, Professor of English, St. Catherine’s University, St. Paul, Minnesota
Disturbing, inspiring, daring, heartwarming, this is a novel of family, of terrible events, of deep and patient love (the erotic is not neglected), and of ultimate experiences and mysteries. The prose is engaging, the storytelling deft and resourceful, the vision of life opening into a larger vision of Being itself.
—Brian Jorgensen, Professor Emeritus, Department of English, Boston University
Wildhouse Fiction Imprint Editor, Rebecca Johns
About the Wildhouse Fiction Imprint
“As you read a book word by word and page by page, you participate in its creation, just as a cellist playing a Bach suite participates, note by note, in the creation, the coming-to-be, the existence, of the music. And, as you read and re-read, the book of course participates in the creation of you, your thoughts and feelings, the size and temper of your soul.” – Ursula K. Le Guin
Novels and stories are not simply a series of events, they are a series of emotions that enlarge and enliven our own experiences. To make a reader feel is the pinnacle of the storyteller’s art. Wildhouse Fiction seeks to publish books that go beyond plot into the secrets of the human heart. We look for a strong sense of voice and a playfulness with language, character, and ideas that makes the book a joy to read. We look for connection across time and space.
As James Baldwin wrote: “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
The novels and stories we seek invite that connection. We are open to all genres, as long as the book reflects Wildhouse Publications’ commitment “to bring transformative spiritual insights to readers for whom traditional religious expressions may not fit.”
Books from Wildhouse Fiction
Submissions to Wildhouse Fiction
Proposals for the attention of Wildhouse Fiction should be submitted through whp.submittable.com. Look for Wildhouse Fiction General Submissions.
An initial inquiry should include a sample of at least three chapters together with a synopsis, a short (3-4) list of comparison titles, and a publication plan that elaborates on the author’s readiness to publicize their work via social media platforms, readings, and other appearances. Upon invitation by the Wildhouse Fiction Editor, novelists and short-story authors will be asked to send the entire novel or story collection for consideration to the editorial team.
Note: Wildhouse Crossings is currently OPEN for submissions. Submissions will close February 28, 2025.
