A publishing project housed in The Soap Factory. Anyone can submit a manuscript for publication!
H.O.T is open August 1 - August 22:
Thursdays, 6 - 8 pm
Fridays, 12 - 5 pm
Sundays, 1 - 5 pm
EXTRA: Open 6pm - 12am, July 29 - August 1 for special bookmaking activities during Artery Twentyten
Visit the official HOT website for more details and for directions on how to submit your manuscript.
Hot Off The (H.O.T.) is a literary and visual art project by Tiff Hockin and Ariel Pate, of Art Review and Preview (ARP!). Driven by a desire to bring the written word back into concrete form, to remember books as objects, and to democratically encourage would-be authors to publish their work, H.O.T. is at once an independent publishing house, library, and reading room. During the month of August, the editors will be in-residence at The Soap Factory, taking submissions, editing works, and printing and binding books. Anyone may submit a manuscript. As many as forty works will be published over the course of the project. All materials will be published in editions of ten and offered for sale in the gallery.
In addition to offering editing and publishing services, H.O.T. will partner with other organizations in a series of special events, ranging from book-binding to book-mending, and much more.
Call for Submissions
We’re in search of some printable matter!
Hot Off The assumes its post at the Soap Factory at the end of July. We would like to open our doors with ten published works (we’ll call these the “Opening Ten”). During the run of our project, we will publish ten items each week with a total of forty works printed.
Works will be accepted on a rolling basis.
email your manuscript or any questions to: editors@hotoffthe.net
What We’re Looking For:
Manuscripts:
During the project: weekly deadlines, please adhere to the following format:
Please submit a manuscript of no more than 25,000 words or 50 pages, in any of the formats listed below. Imagine the possibilities!
Parameters:
25,000 words or 50 pages maximum
(Posters, and other large-format submissions may have separate word/page limitations)
Cover letter: please include a cover letter detailing your submission in 500 words or less. Much like a proposal, your cover letter should give us an idea of what your submission is, what it’s about, and what format you’re adopting. Including excerpts is encouraged.
Include your name, email, and locale
Images: 300 dpi, size dependent upon project. Contact an editor for details.
Ten copies of each book will be printed; one each will go to The Soap Factory, the editors, and the author. The remaining books will be available for purchase at our shop.
WATCH SFG4!
The Soap Factory Gallery 4 (SFG4) is a monthly video that captures behind-the-scenes interviews with artists and curators, and generally keeps you up to date about what's going on at The Soap Factory. Watch the latest episode here:
Soap Factory July 2010 from Soap Factory on Vimeo.