Meadowbrook Press Anthologies question

Has anyone worked with them before or know about working with them on their anthologies? In my search for an appropriate pub to send my NF proposal, I checked them out, and found that while they're not a good fit for my WIP, they are looking for short submissions for their next set of "Funny-but-True" anthologies.

(Here's the link: http://www.meadowbrookpress.com/aboutus.aspx?nid=288 )

So I said to myself, "Eh? Why not? I've got a few of those." I e-mailed the editor for samples of the pieces from their forthcoming book to make sure that I was in the right framework. Got a reply back and the samples and I think I'm a fit. (Of course, it's up to them to ultimately decide that.)

But before I send it off (the deadline's Sept. 1), is there anything that I need to know? I checked Backgrounds and Bewares and didn't find anything particularly sketchy about them.

TIA for any help anyone can provide!

I think that it's the same Meadowbrook. I'm not sure if he's still the owner, but he is still listed as one of their best-selling authors.

Tymolee said:

Just bumping this up.... Wordsmith, did you ever submit to them? If you did, have you heard anything back? I'm just curious because I submitted for their baby/toddler anthology and haven't heard anything yet and it's been about 2 months, i believe.

Thanks!

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Hi Tymolee,

I did decide to submit--also to the baby/toddler anthology. I got a reply back from the editor after submission, which was surprising, b/c I figured that she'd be too swamped. She said that they would be making decisions in January about which title will be next in the series and that I'd hear back from her then. I wouldn't worry if you haven't heard anything yet, I guess decisions will partly have to do with which book they do next as well as the quantity/quality of the material submitted. (I know nothing, that is just my opinion based on what the e-mail said.) So, in the nutshell, I wouldn't worry yet about not hearing back from them.

How cool would it be if we both made the cut and that the next one they do is the B/T anthology?