News from the Wildhouse Fiction Imprint
Wildhouse Fiction 2024 Contest
The superb Rebecca Makkai is judging! Submissions will be acccepted through Submittable only at whp.submittable.com. The submission window will now close on October 7, 2024. Novels and story collections between 50-150,000 words are welcome. First prize is $1,000 plus publication. Two finalists will receive $250, and will also be considered for publication. The fee is $35 per entry. Announcement of the winners will be made before the end of 2024.
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 Fiction is currently closed for submissions. Submissions will reopen again in January 2024.
