You should include your name, contact information, and genre. First and foremost, a good book begins with a good idea and a clear sense of who you are writing it for. We accept submissions for childrens activity books, board books, and picture books. Submissions can be made by agents or authors directly. We are open to most fiction genres, as long as the manuscript has authentic, 3d characters and a strong plot. Many famous romance writers, including mercedes lackey, and nora roberts got their start at harlequin.
Fiction, essays, memoirs, translations, poetry, and books on social and. We have two exciting imprints that are acquiring now. Ncm publishing is soliciting manuscripts in all genres of fiction, non fiction, selfhelp and young adult fiction. Whether its an essay, a philosophy tract, or a novel, a book of verse,send us a sample of your work 2. Are you considering selfpublishing your business book. We hope that this will change in the nottoodistant future. We are open for submissions from authors with or without representation. Science fiction book publishers open to submissions writer. In order for the slightest hope that big publishing houses will show interest, fiction authors must have impressive writing skills and their work must fit the commercial. Jun 26, 2017 top that publishing top that publishing ltd is an awardwinning, book publisher and app developer located beside the river deben in woodbridge, suffolk, uk. Although we are open to prose writing of all styles and sensibilities, we are particularly interested in projects that foreground stylistic innovation and hybridity as a crucial part of their aesthetic. Submissions to blossom spring publishing are confidential.
In gifty non fiction, shes looking for books about the highly visible aspects of popular culture, including tv, movies, celebrities, and selfcare trends. Zondervan reflective books aim to be good, engaging reads that encourage deep reflection, inspire action, and call for a response. We do not accept adult fiction, poetry, or childrens fiction. Mar 08, 2016 baen was one of the first publishers to use the internet as a means of spreading the word about a book or author. Established in 1974, kensington, americas independent publisher, located in new york city, is the foremost independent publishing house in the united states publishing in hardcover, trade paperback, and mass market. Turner publishing turner publishing company is an awardwinning, independent publisher of books. Olympia publishers consider submissions from a wide range of genres, both fiction and non fiction. Mystery commercial literary fiction thriller suspense procedural traditional crime i. If the editor considers the work to be appropriate for our lists, we will put forward an offer of publication, either under a traditional contract or a hybrid publishing contract. Intervarsity press is the publishing arm of intervarsity christian fellowship and operates within the framework of their purpose statement and doctrinal basis. They accept submissions via email and post, but prefer emailed submissions.
The original workman imprint is open to unagented submissions. Heres our list of 84 publishers that publish commercial fiction book. Fiction proposals are considered on a quarterly basis march, june, september, and december. Regal house literary, historical, contemporary fiction, poetry via our terry j. In gifty non fiction, shes looking for books about the highly visible aspects of. To submit material for consideration, please send the material to.
I am happy to receive submissions of both fiction and non fiction, but please read these guidelines first, as they outline what sort of writing i am and am not looking to represent, and what materials your submission should include. Sep 23, 2016 baen books baen books is a science fiction and fantasy publisher. We are happy to accept submissions of longer fiction direct from authors. Non fiction manuscripts for young adult readers 12 and up. As well as publishing manuscripts they also have a literary journal. Porter prize, and our imprints fitzroy books childrens, mg and ya fiction and pact press fulllength fiction, memoirs, essay collections, anthologies, are open for submissions from authors and literary agents.
Kensington and lyrical both publish mainstream novels and seem to put a fair amount of pressure on the authors to promote their books. Publishers who accept unsolicited manuscripts writing. For fantasy, any magical system must be both rigorously coherent and integral to. Writing nonfiction is different than fiction, so dont follow generic selfpublishing advice. From the list of editors and their areas of interest below, determine which editor would be best suited to or most interested in the type of book you are proposing. Submission guidelines for unrepresented authors albert. Harlequin books submissions harpercollins australia. Baen is very accepting of new authors and has a large epublishing department.
Bloodhound books is looking for submissions of new fiction from authors with or without representation. We carefully consider all submissions, but because of the high volume we receive we cannot give individual feedback or editorial guidance. The ending of your book this is the part of publishing a book you will love. Read full profile children learn to read at young ages, and this starts a cycle of readin. Hard scifi, epic fantasy, space opera, military sf, althistory, time travel and more, our main concern is story, story, story. Activity book manuscripts should contain fewer than 15,000 words.
This is a respected publisher of fiction, non fiction and poetry manuscripts, and literary young adults novels. While we are not looking for high fantasy, elements of fantasy or the fantastical are always. While we publish for every age, from toddlers to teens, we are most interested in expanding tanglewoods range of middle grade and ya fiction and narrative nonfiction history or biography. I dont usually handle science fiction, fantasy, horror or romance fiction.
We accept manuscripts for fiction, nonfiction, short stories, novellas and childrens stories with illustrations. See our submission guidelines for fiction and nonfiction books. Due to the majority of chronicle books staff working from home, any submissions received at this time will remain under consideration at. Editorial, sales and marketing colleagues will then make an informed decision based on all the documentary information available as to whether the book is a good fit. We dont have requirements on the amount of material you submit, but you must include a query letter. Prospective authors should submit a book proposal that. Unlike most publishing companies, we do not require you to be affiliated with a literary agent. Once your submission is received it is considered for publication by an editor, who will assess content, subject matter and suitability under one of our imprints. We are an adult non fiction publisher and are happy to read manuscripts from potential new authors. Kensington has sweeping and diverse imprints, including kensington, zebra. Cox poetry award, memoirs, short story collections via our w.
Barricade books publishes quality non fiction manuscripts preferably that lean toward the controversial. They are currently open to submissions of literary novellas between 25,000 and 50,000 words and novels. We respond to every submission we receive within 3 months. Polis books is an independent publishing company actively seeking new and established authors for our growing list. By joining bloodhound books your work will be showcased alongside award winning authors, new york times, usa today and amazon bestsellers including rob sinclair, betsy reavley, dreda say mitchell, rob ashman and anita waller submissions guidelines. There are a lot of fantastic nonfiction books out there that deserve attention but wont get the publicity of sarah palins controversial christmas book. Though harlequin is mainly known as a romance publisher, carina press publishes a wide range of adult fiction genres and features books from talented authors in all genres, including romance, science fiction, fantasy, mystery and more. We cannot reissue books that one of the larger publishers has dropped, or a selfpublished book. Bbq, on the splendid table, parts unknown, its alive, and eater, and in the new york times and conde nast traveler, among other publications. He has been featured in the netflix series chefs table. If you are an author who would like to submit directly to quirk, please submit your.
They focus on publishing exclusively nonfiction books for children and adults, as well as calendars. House, fitzroy books and pact press are currently accepting new submissions. Bloodhound books are one of the uks leading independent publishers of commercial fiction. Sadly, we are unable to accept any author submissions for fiction at present, whether that be childrens, ya or fiction for adults. Theres always a lot of talk about bestseller lists and that includes books in the. This inbox is monitored by our editorial assistant, jessica yang. Lyrical press offers authors an opportunity to break out fresh content to a wide audience with the personalized publishing experience of an independent house. Literary submissions how to submit your novel, novella or short story. Heres exactly what you need to know to selfpublish your next book. Jun 19, 2018 interestingly, they also publish poetry. At aethon books, were open to all genre fiction, with a focus on science fiction and fantasy. Polis books is an independent publishing company actively seeking new and. Harlequin books submissions if you have a strong commercial work of fiction, memoir or non fiction australian stories for adults, we would love to hear from you.
Thank you for choosing to submit your book proposal to oneworld. Nonfiction editors require a full proposal, which means you will have to submit detailed chapter descriptions, explain how your book will fit into. Historical fiction that is immersive and engaging with an assured sense of time and place. Submissions blossom spring publishing is one of the few publishers who accept unsolicited manuscripts that is, those that are not presented to us by an agent and selfpublished authors. Submissions olympia publishers consider submissions from a wide range of genres, both fiction and nonfiction. Per our guidelines we do not accept single poems or single short stories. Joffe books is one of the uks leading independent publishers of excellent commercial fiction, especially crime and mystery fiction. Manuscript submissions we currently accept unsolicited book proposals for the following imprints only. That said, do note that the company doesnt publish genre fiction, selfhelp titles, textbooks, or titles for kids. They do not accept unsolicited picture book submissions. Tupelo press is now reading submissions of fiction including novels and short story collections and creative nonfiction yearround.
Please note that some of these publishers accept unsolicited and unagented submissions, while others only accept submissions from literary agents. Ebooks in particular can be relatively costeffective to pr. The imprints include large established companies like algonquin books. Coventry house publishing, llc is a traditional publisher of adult fiction and non fiction titles. What does a book publisher do book publishers take responsibility for all aspects of book publication. We will reply to you within 4 8 weeks if we would like to offer you a publishing agreement. Non fiction texts for juvenile picture books 5 and up school curriculum related, non fiction texts for older readers 8 and up school curriculum related, and. And it looks like 2021 will be yet another year thats perfect for shattering all of your reading challenge records on every bookworms favorite social network goodr.
Rodney scott is the chef and coowner of rodney scotts bbq in charleston, south carolina, birmingham, alabama, and atlanta, georgia. Persea is currently accepting submissions for your fiction, nonfiction, and poetry titles. Book publisher, book publishers taking submissions, fiction book publishers, lgbt, literary book publishers, pics, small publisher, texas book publishers. Xi draconis books seeks socially engaged, book length works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for its 2020 and 2021 production years. If you have a strong commercial work of fiction, memoir or non fiction australian stories for adults, we would love to hear from you. Kensington continues to be the foremost american publisher of romance novels. It accepts unsolicited manuscripts for all books and prefers electronic submissions through its manuscriptsubmission form. Book publisher, book publishers taking submissions, fiction book publishers, literary book publishers, texas book publishers. Future house is not accepting picture book or early reader chapter book submissions. Even if the publisher has declared it out of stock there will still be copies around with wholesalers and distributors for years to come, at heavily discounted prices, and bringing out the same book with a different isbn invariably causes confusion. Their aim is to attract good authors and publish books that achieve commercial success. This is the fantasy and science fiction division of penguin books.
Yorkshire publishing accepts fiction, non fiction, plays, collections of short stories or poetry, devotionals, and childrens books. Tom chalmers founded this fiction wing of legend times group in 2005. Submit a detailed outline, a writing sample, and an illustration sample where appropriate via email to the address below. Literary submissions direct to publisher fairlight books. We are renowned for working closely with authors from across the world to create fantastic books and turning them into bestsellers. This independent press only publishes up to three titles per year, but welcomes. Fairlight books is open to literary submissions of short stories, novellas between 25,000 and 50,000 words and novels. One could argue reading is the quintessential socially distanced activity. Tanglewood accepts manuscripts from agents as well as unsolicited manuscripts. However, the chronicle childrens group remains open to unagented submissions, sent in hardcopy.
Home about submissions books authors latest news contact us. Our stellar romance imprint goes from strength to strength, publishing the nations bestloved brand names as well as exciting debuts. He won the james beard award for best chef southeast in. At the time of writing this, their literary journal is open to submissions of short fiction. Aug 09, 2019 founded in 2016 by two lifelong friends, parvus press is a science fiction and fantasy publisher thats currently open to submissions from writers. We accept unsolicited adult non fiction manuscripts only. Youve got an idea burning in your head and want to write a nonf.
Were especially looking for series with 3 or more books. The ending, or the completion of your manuscript will be something you. Porter prize, and our imprints fitzroy books childrens, mg and ya fiction and pact press fulllength fiction, memoirs, essay collections, anthologies, are open for submissions from authors and. If your book has elements of such genres and would be shelved in the general fiction section of a bookshop, rather than in those separate categories, it may have sufficient mainstream appeal to be of interest, but specialist genre fiction is not for me. We receive a large number of submissions and because of that please note the following terms and conditions apply when making a submission. Book publisher, book publishers taking submissions, fiction book publishers, non fiction, north carolina book publishers, poetry book publishers, short story book publishers, small publisher. We love nothing more than to discover an unpublished, talent ed author with a wonderful manuscript, or a published author whose latest work has brilliance not recognized by other publishers. Send an outline, one or two chapters, and a selfaddressed stamped envelope sase to carole stuart, barricade books, 2037 lemoine avenue, fort lee, nj 07024. Science fiction with powerful plots with solid scientific and philosophical underpinnings are essential for science fiction submissions. Whether your book idea is speculative or fullyformed we would be delighted to discuss it with you.
Plenty of authors have gone ahead of you, working to prove that highquality books can hold their own in the marketplace without the support of a traditional publisher. Feb 14, 2017 nonfiction submissions bear little similarity to fiction submissions. Fiction editors focus on plot, writing, and mass market appeal, which means they will want to see sample chapters and a synopsis. We are currently acquiring titles in the genres listed below. The goal for books in this imprint is to be part of the conversation, to engage readers, and to explore from historically orthodox. Please keep in mind that while polis books does accept unsolicited submissions, due to the incredibly high volume of unsolicited material we receive, we will only respond to queries if we have interest in the submission. We are accepting unsolicited manuscript submissions. We will invite the entire manuscript submission only if we are interested. Fictionnonfiction submissions thank you for thinking of tupelo press for your manuscript submission.
We publish over 600 books annually in both fiction and non fiction. Science fiction book publishers open to submissions. Ill do my very best to reply to all submissions within eight weeks, and i have no objections to writers submitting to other agents simultaneously. Turner publishing is accepting submissions of manuscripts andor proposals. Whether youre an aspiring novelist or a smallbusiness owner who wants to educate your customers on your products and services, you may have thought about selfpublishing a book. Thanks to the latest nonfiction releases, you can learn valuable life lessons and selflove from the likes of amy schumer and glennon doyle melton, meet the team of brillia. In narrative nonfiction, shes looking for books about the less visible people and forces that have shaped our culture in unusual andor meaningful ways. The chronicle books offices are temporarily closed. Joffe books, independent publisher of bestselling crime. Felony books accepts submissions from aspiring authors interested in publishing their novels, novellas, and short stories. Daw has published authors such as marion zimmer bradley and roger.
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