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"the savant garde workshop, ISBN # 1-878998, is a publishing subsidiary of THE SAVANT GARDE INSTITUTE, a tax-exempt educational foundation. P.O. Box 1650, 6 Union Street, Sag Harbor, NY 11963-0060. Juried Acquisitions proceed from personal recommendations usually from academic and artistic colleagues.

Vilna Jorgen II, publisher.
Editorial referees: Joanne Blondin, Robert Neil Carpenter, Charles Collins, ArtemisSmith, Christine Stanley,Cigdem Tankut

Established in 1940.

Literary and fine arts multiple media publisher and archiver. Publishes on demand hardcover and paperback originals and e-books. Accepted living authors must be able to produce camera-ready copy suitable for printing and distribution through Ingram/LightningSource, as well as for upload to Nook and Kindle. Accepted and archived titles are listed free in R.R. Bowker's bowkerlink.com, as well as in author pages at barnesandnoble.com and amazon.com

Focus is on identifying,archiving, and making available outstanding works of literature, art and scientific philosophy that would otherwise be lost for lack of commercial establishment interest. As budget allows, the publisher's parent organization, THE SAVANT GARDE INSTITUTE, also provides grants and honoraria to historians preserving the works of deceased or disabled genius on the internet.

Needs: "We are open to the best, whatever it is. Only works of literature, art, and scientific philosophy of astounding calibre and potentially world-historical significance. No mediocrity or pot boilers. Publishes and archives the complete works of ArtemisSmith (link: artemissmith.com), Vilna Jorgen, Billie Taulman, more soon! Rare desktop-produced manuscript collectors' editions, signed and numbered, include "Monographs of The Savant Garde Institute" and "Artists Limited Editions."

How to Contact: Do not send unsolicited mss, they will be rejected at the post office!
We are understaffed, underfunded, and swamped with applications. Unless you are on your deathbed or living in an extreme outback, query only by email, including an outline, the URL at which your work can be seen and evaluated, a complete and verifiable vita, and recognized references. If you are accepted you will receive a reply.

Email submissions to VilnaJorgen@hotmail.com

Advice: Commercial fiction is discouraged. Terms are set by direct individual arrangement with the author as copyright-owner. No vanity press services are tolerated - works must be original and not co-authored or otherwise ghosted. We are only open to real artists of eventual Nobel Prize calibre. Works are assigned a free ISBN and are published by 'the savant garde workshop' as soon as they can be made ready by the authors themselves for pre-press uploading to Ingram/LightningSource.

Accepted authors receive one free copy of their book; additional copies for their use and promotional use will have to be purchased through 'the savant garde workshop's account (at 30% below-retail plus shipping) from LightningSource. Due to our being short-staffed, authors are encouraged to volunteer their time in helping to create their own promotional author pages promoting their e-book sales in Nook and Kindle formats at BN.com and Amazon.com and through Ingram and R.R. Bowker.

Due to lack of sufficient staff, this page is still under construction.



SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR NEW AUTHORS "the savant garde workshop, ISBN # 1-878998, is a publishing subsidiary of THE SAVANT GARDE INSTITUTE, a tax-exempt educational foundation. P.O. Box 1650, 6 Union Street, Sag Harbor, NY 11963-0060. Juried Acquisitions proceed from personal recommendations usually from academic and artistic colleagues. Vilna Jorgen II, publisher. Editorial referees: Joanne Blondin, Robert Neil Carpenter, Charles Collins, ArtemisSmith, Christine Stanley,Cigdem Tankut Established in 1940. Literary and fine arts multiple media publisher and archiver. Publishes on demand hardcover and paperback originals and e-books. Accepted living authors must be able to produce camera-ready copy suitable for printing and distribution through Ingram/LightningSource, as well as for upload to Nook and Kindle. Accepted and archived titles are listed free in R.R. Bowker's bowkerlink.com, as well as in author pages at barnesandnoble.com and amazon.com Focus is on identifying,archiving, and making available outstanding works of literature, art and scientific philosophy that would otherwise be lost for lack of commercial establishment interest. As budget allows, the publisher's parent organization, THE SAVANT GARDE INSTITUTE, also provides grants and honoraria to historians preserving the works of deceased or disabled genius on the internet. Needs: "We are open to the best, whatever it is. Only works of literature, art, and scientific philosophy of astounding calibre and potentially world-historical significance. No mediocrity or pot boilers. Publishes and archives the complete works of ArtemisSmith (link: artemissmith.com), Vilna Jorgen, Billie Taulman, more soon! Rare desktop-produced manuscript collectors' editions, signed and numbered, include "Monographs of The Savant Garde Institute" and "Artists Limited Editions." How to Contact: Do not send unsolicited mss, they will be rejected at the post office! We are understaffed, underfunded, and swamped with applications. Unless you are on your deathbed or living in an extreme outback, query only by email, including an outline, the URL at which your work can be seen and evaluated, a complete and verifiable vita, and recognized references. If you are accepted you will receive a reply. Email submissions to VilnaJorgen@hotmail.com Advice: Commercial fiction is discouraged. Terms are set by direct individual arrangement with the author as copyright-owner. No vanity press services are tolerated - works must be original and not co-authored or otherwise ghosted. We are only open to real artists of eventual Nobel Prize calibre. Works are assigned a free ISBN and are published by 'the savant garde workshop' as soon as they can be made ready by the authors themselves for pre-press uploading to Ingram/LightningSource. Accepted authors receive one free copy of their book; additional copies for their use and promotional use will have to be purchased through 'the savant garde workshop's account (at 30% below-retail plus shipping) from LightningSource. Due to our being short-staffed, authors are encouraged to volunteer their time in helping to create their own promotional author pages promoting their e-book sales in Nook and Kindle formats at BN.com and Amazon.com and through Ingram and R.R. Bowker. Due to lack of sufficient staff, this page is still under construction.	STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION