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Is your writing journey like mine?

Thousands of GREAT manuscripts are falling through the cracks.

7.13 Books is an independent press trying to do its small part to save a few literary gems.

Check out our novels and story collections, which have been well reviewed by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s, NPR, the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Buzzfeed, and elsewhere.

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We are open now to submissions for publication in 2023 and beyond. We are only looking for writers who have not yet published a book of literary fiction. Due to the volume of submissions, we can’t respond to queries by email, from agents or authors.

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Our titles have been raved about by the likes of NPR, the LA Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Buzzfeed, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and more.

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BORDER LESS longlisted for The Center of Fiction First Novel Award

Congrats to Namrata Poddar, whose debut was longlisted for The Center of Fiction First Novel Award alongside debuts by Vauhini Vara, Jessamine Chan, Fatima Asghar, and more. Check out the rest of the list here.

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WHO STARTED 713?

A MacDowell Colony and Hawthornden Castle fellow, Leland Cheuk authored the story collection LETTERS FROM DINOSAURS (2016) and the novel THE MISADVENTURES OF SULLIVER PONG (2015), which was recently published in translation in China (2018). His newest novel NO GOOD VERY BAD ASIAN is forthcoming from C&R Press in 2019. Cheuk’s work has been covered in The Paris Review, VICE, Poets and Writers, Electric Literature, The Millions, The Rumpus, and Asian American Writers Workshop, and has appeared in publications such as Salon, Catapult, Joyland Magazine, among other outlets.

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