Fiction Collective Two (FC2) basics:
Fiction Collective Two (FC2) is an author-run, not-for-profit publisher of artistically adventurous, non-traditional fiction founded in 1974, supported in part by Florida State University, the Florida Arts Council, Illinois State University, the Illinois Arts Council, the NEA, and private contributors. FC2 publishes an average of six titles, all of which are fiction. The average print run is 1500 titles.
Managing Editor Brenda Mills completed this profile of the press.
Type of press:
Small, independent, and nonprofit. It’s also a collective, so once we publish you, you belong to the collective and have some say in how it’s run and what we publish.
Two authors/titles representative of the Fiction Collective Two fiction list:
"The Wavering Knife" by Brian Evenson;
"Everyday Psychokillers" by Lucy Corin
What they're looking for:
We publish fiction that is too innovative, challenging or heterodox for the commercial milieu. Our mission is to publish books of high quality and exceptional ambition whose style, subject matter or form pushes the limits of American publishing and reshapes our literary culture.
What they offer writers that commercial presses don't:
Personal attention and titles that remain in print.
Number one thing most likely to put them off a manuscript:
Flat language.
Number one thing most likely to put them off a cover letter:
The promise that it’s a mass market hit.
Number one thing most likely to spark their interest:
A sense that the author is familiar with what we publish.
Address for submissions:
Visit our website for submission guidelines.
Additional advice for writers interested in submitting work:
Know the press you’re submitting to before you submit! If you want to make a lot of money, we’re not the press for you. If you’ve written a biography of your dog, we’re not the press for you. If you write historical romance, we’re not the press for you. You’re just wasting your time and ours if you submit a manuscript to us and don’t know who we are.
