manuscripts – Cajun Mutt Press

Happy New Year from Cajun Mutt Press!! I hope y’all had a wonderful time over the holidays. Time to start making and breaking resolutions. 2022 had its ups and downs. CMP published a treasure trove of literature by several talented writers and awesome people in general. I lost some close friends because of invites to the proverbial open mic in the sky. Watched the world burn a little more— from a distance. Went through my own personal bullshit, but made it through another year. If you’re reading this, so did you. Congratulations. Honored to have you with me on this ever-evolving journey into the wierderness of life. I have some excellent reading lined up for y’all in 2023.

First things first. Below you’ll find the January featured writer lineup. I’m always open for submissions. Send 1-3 poems to cajunmuttpress@gmail.com along with a bio and author photo. Looking forward to another year of reading your work!

Our first 2023 book release will be Shooting Myself in the Dark by Carrie Magness Radna! I updated the cover and I’m waiting on a new copy. Hopefully, we can stick with the Jan. 17th release. Stay tuned for updates.

Manuscript submissions are now officially OPEN until April 1st as well. 50-100 pages in a word doc set to 6×9 are the only guidelines. Other than that, go wild. I read them as they come in, so please be patient if it takes me a little while to respond. I’m also actively working on a handful of manuscripts: Tales From The Rotten Land by Efe Tusder, Vital Decay by Timothy Dodd, Holding the Door for Barbarians by Mark Berriman, After the Fall by William Teets, and Beneath Napalm Crushed Bones by Merritt Waldon. So be on the lookout for a steady stream of outstanding reading material in 2023.

I’ll be doing another Halloween zine this year as well. More details about that coming soon. I want to start on it earlier than I did last year.

Feel free to ask if y’all have questions about anything listed.

Love Y’all, Write On,
JDCIV
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CMP Books:
https://cajunmuttpress.com/2021/06/08/cajun-mutt-press-bibliography/

CMP FeaturedWriters, Jan. 2023:

Right on.
by Rob Burton
01/02/23

Surrogate Mother
by Ivan de Monbrison
01/04/23

Affection for You
by Guna Moran
01/06/23

Thanksgiving Morning Thoughts About Death
by Alexander Poster
01/09/23

2 poems
by Colin James
01/11/23

Lifeis(un)prettyrelentlessthennot
by Allan Lake
01/13/23

Whistle and Die
by Peter F. Crowley
01/16/23