Anthology Winners A little nightingale tells us that it’s time. For months, we have gathered authors willing to take the plunge into our inaugural anthology of rot and evil. We are thrilled to announce our final contests’ winners. We blind judged and championed your stories. Given the talent gathered here, we judges did not always […]

Writing Contest Shortlist & Art Contest Winner Dear Writers, First and foremost, we want to thank you for participating in the writing and art contest for our inaugural anthology, Les Oiseaux du Mal – Birds of Evil. As a young publishing house, only four months old, we had no idea what to expect. 50 submissions

Meet our brand ambassadors in a short introduction to their writing Welcome to the next installment of our Ambassador Introductions. If you’ve missed the previous one, you can read it here: Edward.Marlo.Ruiz – The Nightingale Ambassadors If you’ve been here through it all, let’s dive right into the next one! Introducing Lila Lila is best known

Meet our brand ambassadors in a short introduction to their writing A few days ago, we have started introducing our Ambassadors, beginning with Asteria Geisterblum—you can check that post out here: Asteria Geisterblum – The Nightingale Ambassadors In today’s installment, we’re going to look at the next in line. Introducing Edward.Marlo.Ruiz Asteria is a tough act

Meet our brand ambassadors in a short introduction to their writing If you’ve been following Nightingale Press & Publishing for a little while, you probably heard of our inaugural Brand Ambassadors. We chose them to represent the different voices we want to publish and to reflect the style we are going for. If you happen

Though the dark fiction that we love often basks in unlit, unexamined corners, we want the authors of those stories to be seen. One of our core missions at Nightingale Press & Publishing is to bring overlooked writers out of the shadows. Publishing as an industry has prioritised easily repeatable success over art and creativity.

We’re not even going to make you write a query letter. Rumor has it you’re curious about manuscript submissions. Well. Strap in. We’ve been pretty upfront about the fact that we’re not a traditional press. So it shouldn’t surprise you that we’re also not doing a traditional submissions process. Instead, we’re hosting a pitch event.

Brand ambassadors, flash fiction, and the inaugural anthology Welcome to the first official post from Nightingale Press & Publishing. We have a few announcements—including open submissions—so buckle in. Our Brand Ambassadors We started Nightingale to support writers we actually believe in. Today, we signed the first few. These authors represent the integrity and craft that

The real numbers behind our 50/50 model. I know what you’re thinking. Fifty-fifty? No fees? Author-first? Sure, Nikki. And my last query letter got a same-day response with hearts in the margins. I get it. I genuinely do. You’ve been in this industry long enough to know that when something sounds too good, it usually