Great books touch our minds, hearts and take us to undiscovered lands. But for far too long, literary works have failed to capture the disability experience.
Based out of Minneapolis, MN, Oleb Books seeks to expand representation of disability in literature, or D Lit, by publishing disability stories by emerging and mid-career writers with disabilities.
Oleb Books publishes one to two books a year in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
In novels, we present memorable protagonists with disabilities who are facing modern issues. We also present storylines that accurately capture the disability experience across genres.
In memoir, we bring vivid and piercing accounts of a person’s life. In self-advocacy, we cover topics that will improve the lives of people with disabilities.
Our poetry books evoke emotion and create rhythmic symbols to the disability experience, as well as illustrate the range of expressive diversity that exists within the disability community.
Our goal is to help writers with disabilities get their work read. We produce eBooks, paperbacks, and audio books. For our fiction and nonfiction categories, our word count requirement is between 40k and 90k words. For poetry manuscripts, our sweet spot is between 40 and 60 poems.
Oleb Books only publishes writers who disclose having a disability in their bio or through their work. We do not consider previously published work and pay authors advances and royalties.
We only publish through contests, and release 1 – 2 titles per year. Please check out our contests page to obtain the guidelines for our next review period.
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