Patrick McDonald founded Overcup Press in 2011 with his wife, Rachel Bell, after graduating from Portland State University with a Masters in Publishing. Their titles include books about art, travel, food and drink, architecture and design, and some books for the kids. This year Overcup published its first book of literary non-fiction: Volcanoes, Palm Trees and Privilege: Essays on Hawai’i, by Liz Prato, which was named as a New York Times Best Summer Read. In 2020 they are publishing Ground Truth: A Geologic Survey in Essays by Ruby McConnell. Overcup is a home-based business overseen by two cats named Cooper and Dee Dee.
Pitch Preferences
- Longform creative nonfiction
- Narrative journalism
- Regional U.S. Northwest Topics
- Travel (essay, other related)
- Architecture and Design
- Food and Drink, Cannabis
- Contemporary Arts and Culture
- Music / Music History / Long-form Music Journalism
We are NOT currently considering queries or submissions from the following genres:
- Children’s picture books
- STEM titles (middle grade and YA audience-focused)
- Fiction
- Poetry
- Religious books
- Self-help books