Acre Books
USA – Novels, SS, Non-fiction, Memoir

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There are only a handful of university publishers on our list because by design college presses operate by different rules. There are some we thought fit in, however, with a little less stringent submissions process.

Acre Books is based in the English dept. at the University of Cincinnati. While Acre Books is not an old press, it has been around since 2016.

Acre publishes approximately six to seven titles per year. They work closely with the sales and marketing team at the University of Chicago Press, and are distributed by the Chicago Distribution Center. They are also publishing partners with Seagull Books.

Titles are often in review at such major publications as:

– Publishers Weekly
– The New York Times
– The Boston Globe
– The San Francisco Chronicle
– The National Book Review

and numerous other publications and podcasts.

Acre’s accolades include finalist honors from the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Lambda Literary Awards, the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, PEN/Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection, and silver and gold medals from the Foreword INDIES and Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs).

Acre Books Submissions

Unsolicited submissions welcome. No agent required.

Acre books is open to most any subject or form. Acre isn’t looking so much for formulas as they are for books that exude energy and command of language. Basically: if it’s good, they’re interested.

Acre is looking for books of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Unsolicited ms welcome, but query first. Send synopsis and sample chapters. New and emerging authors welcome..

NOTE: They do not consider incomplete manuscripts, chapbooks, novellas, or children’s books. They do not consider previously published books, which includes self-published books.

Acre 2025 titles

– Common Disaster by M. Cynthia Cheung
– Range of Motion by Brian Trapp
– Special Election by Brock Clarke

2026 titles

– ARA’LUEBO: The Immigrant Monologues by KÁNYIN Olorunnisola

Meet the Publisher

Acre Books was founded by Nicola Mason. Nicola worked for many years at The Southern Review and Louisiana State University Press before moving to Cincinnati and also founding The Cincinnati Review in 2003.

Acre Books in the news…

Longlist for Julie Suk Award

Acre Books announces Jose Hernandez Diaz and Carolyn Oliver were longlisted for the 2024 Julie Suk Award for poetry. Additionally, two Acre Books titles were named finalists for the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.

See if your book fits in with these Acre Books titles.

Acre Books
248 A&S Hall
Department of English
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221
USA

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