In the interest of making ordering as effortless as possible, we are happy to announce that all five of our beautiful titles are now available on Amazon. Browse below to find the links to your favorite Augury poetry books and get to clicking. More functionality to come shortly! In the meantime, we still offer other ways to order. Get details anytime on our Orders Page.
While we’re here chatting, remember that Augury Books’ reading period is open for another 15 days only. Read our guidelines and send us your manuscripts here!
We’re halfway there, friends, in our reading period for poetry books and short story collections. Many thanks to those of you who have already sent us your manuscripts. If you’re still cracking, no worries — you have another full month (until June 30, 2013) to get those poetry books and short story collections together to submit to Augury.
A few words about what we’re looking for: We gravitate toward pieces that are expertly written and keep us intrigued. We are not particular when it comes to content, as we have fallen in love with work from many different traditions and on many different topics, as well as work that defies tradition and “topics.”
We do, however, want to fall in love with it, so it should justify that kind of devotion. If you have fallen in love with it, we consider that a great place to start.
Now you know. Tell your friends, loved ones and acquaintances. We’ll be seeing you all within the next month!
For exact guidelines and to submit your manuscript, click here.
Welcome, and thank you for your interest in submitting to Augury Books. Our reading period will last between May 1, 2013 & June 30, 2013, and we have something special for you! For the first time, we are opening submissions in two categories: poetry manuscripts and short story collections.
Please read our guidelines for each category carefully, as manuscripts that do not adhere may not be considered. To submit your manuscript, click on the link at the bottom of the page. Use the same link for both categories; you will be prompted to choose your category on the next page.
Do not forget to upload your file on the submission form before completing the process! To return to this information anytime before June 30, bookmark our Submissions Page.
—Augury Books
GUIDELINES FOR FULL-LENGTH POETRY MANUSCRIPTS
We are seeking your best full-length poetry manuscripts for our 2013 poetry selection.
—Submissions are open to anyone.
—Manuscripts should be 45-80 pages.
—Page requirement does not include front and back matter (title page, table of contents, acknowledgements, notes, etc.).
—Please include a brief (under 300 words) bio in your Submittable cover note.
—Acceptable formats PDF, DOC and DOCX.
—Reading fee is $10.00 through Submittable (universal link below).
—Multiple submissions (meaning full poetry manuscripts) are accepted, but must be submitted separately with separate reading fees.
GUIDELINES FOR FULL-LENGTH SHORT-STORY COLLECTIONS
We are seeking your best short story collections for our 2013 fiction selection.
—Submissions are open to anyone.
—Manuscripts should be 80-180 pages in length.
—Collections should include a minimum of three short stories.
—Page requirement does not include front and back matter (title page, table of contents, acknowledgements, notes, etc.).
—Please include a brief (under 300 words) bio in your Submittable cover note.
—Acceptable formats PDF, DOC and DOCX.
—Reading fee is $10.00 through Submittable (universal link below).
—Multiple submissions (meaning more than one entire collection of short stories) are accepted, but must be submitted separately with separate reading fees.
All funds Augury Books receives through Submittable will go toward the title’s production fees and the maintenance of our catalogue. We are unable to accept manuscripts from international authors or offer royalties for accepted titles at this time. Complimentary copies will be available to authors of accepted titles.
Clear your calendars for the afternoon of Saturday, April 27, 2013, between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. for the Phoenix Reading Series at the 9 Bleecker Street Yippie! Museum and Cafe.
The winner of Augury’s 2012 Editors Prize, David Joel Friedman, will be reading as part of the Phoenix Reading Series, and we will be there, selling copies of his hot, new Soldier Quick with Rain (also currently available on our ORDERS page), sipping espresso and getting seriously into it.
Augury Books is very happy to announce that we’ve been invited to this summer’s New York City Poetry Festival, hosted by the Poetry Society of New York and scheduled for July 27 & 28 on Governors Island.
However, the event’s Kickstarter campaign is in dire need of financial support or the event MIGHT NOT HAPPEN! Help keep the literary summer spirit alive—dig deep into your poetry coffers (everyone has those, right?) to see if there’s anything lurking down there.
Thanks to all of you who made Augury Books’ launch party on Monday night a huge success. Here are a few highlights from the wonderful readings offered by Maureen Alsop, author of Mantic, and David Joel Friedman, author of Soldier Quick with Rain and the winner of our 2012 Editors Prize. Thanks also to Mark Connell and Botanica Bar, and our fabulous photographer, Dave Bledsoe of FreeVerse Photography. To order the new titles by Alsop and Friedman, click here.
Maureen Alsop shares poems from ‘Mantic’
David Joel Friedman reads from ‘Soldier Quick with Rain’
Geoffrey Nutter greets pal David Friedman
Our board and new authors (L-R): Matt Cunha, Kate Angus, Kimberly Steele, Maureen Alsop, David Joel Friedman
Editors Kimberly Steele (L) and Kate Angus (R) with ‘Family of Many Enzos’ Author Paige Lipari (C)
Augury’s launch party for our first books of 2013, Mantic by Maureen Alsop and Soldier Quick with Rain by David Joel Friedman, the winner of our Editor’s Prize, is just around the corner, and we hope you will come to help us celebrate putting these fine works out into the world.
Everything you need to know:
Who: Augury Books (Kate Angus, Kimberly Steele, Matt Cunha), presenting readers David Joel Friedman and Maureen Alsop
Why: New books, old friends, new friends, great poetry, drink specials that last ’til 9 p.m (and generally inexpensive drinks all night), gossip, weird haircuts (inevitable), mingling, celebration, support of small presses, happiness
When: Monday, February 25, 2013 at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Back room of Botanica Bar, 47 E Houston Street, New York, New York 10012, (b/w Mulberry St. & Greene St., near trains B, D, F, M, N, R, 4, 6)
What: Augury Books’ Launch Party 2013! Reading, book sale, drink specials, hanging out … You really should know this by now.
How: …. do you get in on the drink specials? Just tell the bartender your “Augury” password when you order.
Come at 6:30 to secure your copies of these fine books. The readings will begin at 7:00 p.m., and the rest of the evening is for drinking and socializing, so feel free to show up later to say hello and be among the first to own the latest additions to Augury’s catalogue.
We know how much you love poems, new books, and looking forward to stuff, so we wanted you to be the first to know about our upcoming launch party on Monday, February 25, 2013. We will be celebrating (and selling!) the brand-new, hot-off-the-presses Soldier Quick with Rain by David Joel Friedman, the winner of this year’s Editor Prize, and Mantic by Maureen Alsop.
We promise poetry readings, drink specials, friendly faces, handshakes, hugs and … did we mention NEW BOOKS? … all in the cozy back room of Botanica Bar on Houston Street in Manhattan at 6:30 p.m. You can RSVP to our Facebook invitation.
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We would also like to extend another mammoth and monolithic thank you to anyone and everyone who supported these books and other upcoming Augury endeavors during our Indiegogo campaign, be it with donations, word-of-mouth, moral support or good vibes. You are dazzling and darling individuals.
To pre-order Soldier Quick with Rain and Mantic, click here. RSVP to our book launch party on Facebook here.
A little taste of one the poems by Patrick Moran in his The Book of Lost Things, one of the books available as a PERK when you contribute to Augury Books’ fundraising campaign … 21 days left! http://www.indiegogo.com/AuguryBooks2013
“He’s become his favorite target. When
he sees himself coming, he feels for his
wallet with his left hand while the right
grabs his left by the wrist and calls for
the cop he’s been trying to avoid for so
long.”
— The Retired Pickpocket by Patrick Moran
