We recommend that you consult your local bookstore or library. In the eyes of an agent, the presence of these could correlate later on to book sales which are good for their business. The route 7 press poetry team welcomes submissions from anyone writing in the english language, whether living in the united states or abroad. Any unsolicited manuscripts, proposals or query letters that we receive will not be returned, and harpercollins is not responsible for any materials submitted. Daw accepts unsolicited submissions of science fiction and fantasy novels. We now set aside certain times of the year as open submission periods. Fairlight books is open to literary submissions of short stories, novellas between 25,000 and 50,000 words and novels. Chad posts open letter books turns 10 publishers weekly. 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. After that period, please follow up with us via our contact page. Although blydyn square books is open to new submissions january 1 through june 1 each year, authors should be aware that, because we are so small and publish only one or two new titles a year, our publication schedule is currently already full through 2023. Submission guidelines for unrepresented authors albert.
Sourcebooks fire is dedicated to publishing quality, breakout fiction and nonfiction for young adults. Literary submissions direct to publisher fairlight books. Steve donoghue 8 hyde park avenue jamaica plain, ma 02. Open letter is a literary press that publishes ten books annuallymostly novels, but also collections of short stories, poetry, and literary essays. Submission guidelines open letter is a literary press that publishes ten books annuallymostly novels, but also collections of short stories, poetry, and literary essays. The winners in each genre, a runnerup, and a short list will be announced in january 2020. For childrens books aged 010 years, send a complete manuscript along with a cover letter. John blake books has been publishing bestselling books since 1991.
And please note that we only accept electronic manuscripts. We try to respond to all submissions and queries within one month. We are only considering original, completed works that have not been previously. These publishers are actively taking submissions of manuscripts. Open letter searches for international literature that is extraordinary and influential, works that we hope will become the classics of tomorrow. Please address all queries and submissions to david ross. Your himilayan adventures can go into the author profile. Fantasy book publishers open to submissions writers digest. We read submissions from september 1st to may 1st of each year.
Updated march 16th 2020, they are no longer open to direct submissions. We are passionate about producing books with authentic teen voices that create and validate the teen experience in all of its diversity, whether its heartwrenching romance, laughoutloud humor, intense and issuedriven drama, haunting mystery, thrilling suspense, or heartpounding. Oct 05, 2015 for fiction submissions, please include a cover letter with your contact information, a onepage synopsis, an author bio, and the first three chapters of your manuscript. For fiction submissions, please include a cover letter with your contact information, a onepage synopsis. Open letter is a literary press that publishes ten books annuallymostly novels, but also one book of poetry every year. Three hares publishing submissions three hares publishing. They focus on publishing quality poetry, literary fiction, and history for adults, as well as books for children. Guidelines for mcsweeneys internet tendency submissions. Nightboat books internship program the nightboat books team is pleased to announce our open call for the summer 2020 independent publishing internship program. To submit a manuscript to avon impulse or harperlegend, please read the information below. Making a cover letter for manuscript submission is crucial in. Kensington has sweeping and diverse imprints, including kensington, zebra books, pinnacle books. Please read each individual agent profile below to help determine who is best suited to your project.
Open letter books literary translations from the university. These are the questions she thinks might help you learn about the new person reading the poetry submissions at open letter books. The first thing to do is to visit our submittable page to see if we are currently accepting submissions. All other submissions are open from 1 february to 30 november. Chronicle books publishes an eclectic mixture of traditional and innovative childrens books. Collaborative manuscripts are eligible for submission. The chronicle books offices are temporarily closed. Submissions are currently open to all writers and we are buying novels and novellas. Please inform us of a simultaneous submission and withdraw your work immediately if it is accepted elsewhere. Get 23 open letter books coupon codes and promo codes at couponbirds. We have no preconceptions about the types of authors we wish to represent, or the range of books that might interest us. We are currently open for new book project proposals, please see below for guidelines. Our priority is always to maximize the time we spend reading and to give respectful, engaged attention to your submissions.
Olympia publishers accept submissions from a wide range of genres and there are different ways you can submit your work. We only accept submissions and queries by email at submissions at openbks dotcom. An open letter from the editor copper canyon press. They are an imprint of macmillan, one of the big five publishers. Aug 16, 2019 learn how to write the perfect query letter here. We love all books, but we only publish fantasy and science fiction. Submission guidelines open letter is a literary press that publishes ten books annuallymostly novels, but also collections of short stories, poetry, and. We are, however, open to submissions of novels for young adults, as long as. We typically offer two open reading periods each year, although this is subject to change. We appreciate a short cover letter with a concise bio that could be used should we publish the work. We accept simultaneous submissions, so long as you notify us immediately if you are accepted elsewhere. Featuring new work from open letter favorites quim monzo, merce rodoreda, and sergio chejfec, the second part of rodrigo fresan s barnbusting trilogy, israeli novelist and translator michal bennaftali, and brand spanking new translations of rainer maria rilke.
The genre for this submission will be general fiction. Heather cashman is open to submissions at this time. This is our listings of book publishers taking submissions. About once a month, youll receive another new release, along with a letter from the publisher about the book and how we came to publish it.
Fill in your full name, mailing address, city of residence, phone number and email address. As part of this search, we welcome submissions from fiction, nonfiction and childrens book writers who are residents of australia or new zealand. Make sure your query letter makes the right impression with this selection of articles on agent submissions and what not to do. On september 23, the croatian author dubravka ugresic. Include a cover letter on the submission manager in the field where its. Literary agency represents both fiction and nonfiction in a variety of categories. An attachment of the entire proposal as a word document the proposal should include a sample chapter and other proposal components is fine, but please include the cover letter in the body of your email it should be within the proposal too. Our 2019 fallwinter books are now available for perusal and preorder.
A submissions form will appear on this page, where you can upload all your relevant files. The portal will next be open for submissions 24th april 2020. Watch this space or follow our social media accounts, and well let you know when we open for submissions again. Submissions open each year on april 1 and close on may 31. Submissions can be made by agents or authors directly. January, 2020 thank you for your interest in submitting your manuscript to augury books. Submission guidelines open letter is a literary press that publishes ten. We are always looking for talented authors, and welcome submissions from new writers. To submit to us, email your proposal to editor at according to the following guidelines. Submit up to three poems in a single pdf or word document. Getting published children penguin books australia.
Orison books releases all titles in print, and fiction titles in both print and e book formats. Open letter books submission manager poetry submission. Thank you for your interest in publishing with brickhouse books. We are, however, open to submissions of novels for young adults, as long as the themes align with our publishing interests. Aug 09, 2019 learn how to write the perfect query letter here. With the exception of our avon impulse imprint, harpercollins does not accept unsolicited submissions. To submit material for consideration, please send the material to. As of july 11, 2019, we are open to unsolicited submissions.
We regret that we are currently unable to respond to submissions. Submission guidelines for georgiabased literary magazine. Literary submissions how to submit your novel, novella or short story. Candidates are asked to submit a cv and a onepage cover letter as the first pages of their manuscript.
We publish over 600 books annually in both fiction and nonfiction. Submissions persea books 90 broad street, suite 2100 new york, ny 4. We offer a cash prize as well as a standard royalties contract for manuscripts selected as contest winners. We do not wish to see translations at this time nor are we interested in previously selfpublished books. How to submit a book length manuscript to wtaw press. It was created by meytal radzinski back in 2014, and has since spawned numerous articles, events, and even the warwick prize for women in translation weve decided to offer a 40% discount on all open letter titles written by women, along with any book. Projects for older childrensuch as chapter books or ya novelsshould be submitted by query letter, synopsis, and three 3 sample chapters. But we are always open for submissions for law school and for comicsvisual art for the magazine. We are not looking for science fictionfantasy, horror, illustrated books, cookbooks, poetry, screenplays or academic works, and will not consider any submissions within these genres. This list will be updated regularly with new publishers added to the top.
If possible, please attach your submission or query in a word file and save the file in your name. The platform is currently open for submissions and you can always send them a copy of your manuscript with a cover letter. Read our full submission guidelines dedicated for authors. In this post, ive collected recently spotlighted book publishers who are accepting science fiction or sf submissions. All manuscripts in every genre are considered for publication through our full length open general submissions or one of our genre prizes. We only publish books in translation and do not publish childrens or young adult literature, plays, selfhelp books, or. Wtaw press accepts submissions of book length manuscripts for publication, including. Please remove all running headers, footers, illustrations, images, and special type from your submission. We are closed to unsolicited submissions of novels in 2020, but we are always open to agented submissions. In the body of the email provide a covering letter with the following information. Submission s after a decade of disturbance, were hitting pause on our annual open submission period. Submissions containing cover letter, author background and publication history, synopsis and sample chapter may also be sent via email. When possible, we offer a small advance against royalties for books accepted for publication through our open submission periods.
If you want additional advice or variations on formatting, take a look at harold underdowns excellent the complete idiots guide to publishing childrens books, available in bookstores or at your library. Open letter books literary translations from the university of. If you have multiple project proposals, please note that we will not accept more than three 3 submissions by the same author andor illustrator during the same 6month period. Mar 30, 2017 14 no fee chapbook publishers and other chapbook listings. Please refer to the guidelines below to see how best to submit your work to us, and also our top tips for a successful submission. Avon impulse is the digitalfirst publishing imprint of avon books. We are closed for nonfiction submissions for our website, as we are changing our online publishing approach and generally streamlining our editorial model. Is vup currently open to manuscript submissions from new authors. During busy submission seasons, our reply times increase. What is the first thing an agent or publisher sees when they open your submission package. They also have a music imprint, a childrens dinosaur imprint and an imprint dedicated to history, art, humor and gift books.
All information in these listings are from the publishers. Poetry submissions are addressed further down this page, and do not belong on our submittable site. For young adult novels, include a synopsis and the first three chapters of your manuscript. Mar 24, 2019 hogs back books is a small publishing house that publishes picture books and ya novels. A query letter, a onepage synopsis of your story, and the first three chapters of your novel or the first fifty pages, whichever is more. Please dont submit thrillers, horror, nonfiction, etc. We are currently particularly looking for non fiction, commercial women fiction and general fiction.
We only publish books in translation and do not publish childrens or young adult literature, plays, selfhelp books, or howto guides, etc. You may insert this cover letter at the beginning of your file in front of your manuscript for the open reading period only. This is only a barebones guide to writing a cover letter. Open letters new poetry editor, anastasia nikolis, interviewed herself so that you wouldnt have to. New poetry editor at open letter and call for poetry submissions. Upon submitting, you will be sent an automated confirmation email within 510 minutes.
All manuscripts are run through advanced plagiarism checking software to certify originality. The program is designed to engage interns in all aspects of literary publishing. They focus on nonfiction, particularly on massmarket autobiographiesmemoirs. No matter what industry youre in, or what content you aim to collect, submittable has a solution designed to fit your needs. The average length of the novels we publish varies, but is almost never fewer than 80,000 words. The next scheduled open reading periods are listed below. General guidelines since we acquire first north american rights, submissions should be works previously unpublished in north america. Email us with your ideas and suggestions, and lets start talking about it. We are happy to accept submissions of longer fiction direct from authors. Science fiction book publishers open to submissions writer. Ghostwoods books is currently only accepting complete manuscripts in answer to one of our calls for submission or in response to a request from one of our editors well be calling for various things from time to time so check the calls regularly if youre interested in working with us. Our poetry editor is looking for contemporary poetry from around the world that is unique, distinctive, and that will have a significant impact on world literary conversations. We are keen to acquire exciting fiction for our list.
Open letter, february 28 calls for submission and upcoming deadlines. Visit this page to find out about the submission guidelines in detail. Chad post founded open letter books in 2008 and continues to serve as publisher. Farrar, straus and giroux fsg is open to direct submissions. For nonfiction, platform and qualifications are very important, so.
After 40 years of publishing books that came in over the transom, we were concerned that making such a change might jeopardize a highly valued tradition of inclusion and discovery. Our editors are looking for contemporary literary fiction from around the world that is unique. For authors we are closed to unsolicited submissions of novels in 2020, but we are always open to agented submissions. If you see information that needs to be changed, please contact us. If we are, send us a query letter, along with a sample of 10 to 20 pages. Open reading period submissions must include a detailed two page cover letter outlining your bio, publishing history, and marketing plan along with your manuscript. For a fiction submission, ensure the letter is more about the book than you. Underdown includes many sample letters for manuscripts. We cannot consider short stories, short story collections, novellas, or poetry. We are happy to be opening up submissions for poetry during the month of january, 2020. They are also open to picture books, fiction and nonfiction books for kids and teens that help them deal with grief and loss, health and wellness, depression as well as other mental illnesses, stress, social skills and friendship, anger management, lgbtq issues.
Each month our goal is to build an exciting list of fresh, exciting voices, which means were always looking for. The vinyl 45 chapbook contest is open to poetry, prose, and mixed genre chapbook manuscripts, 2030 pages in length including title page and table of contents. Restless will accept only electronic submissions by way of our submissions manager. Click to enjoy the latest deals and coupons of open letter books and save up to 20% when making purchase at checkout. While submissions are open, please send along manuscripts that meet the following criteriawe remain, as always, incredibly excited to read your work. Query letter and synopsis youve finished your manuscript and youve made the decision to look for a literary agent. All submissions should be typed, and all prose should be doublespaced. January 2020 submissions are open three hares accepts solicited and unsolicited submissions. Please include a cover letter indicating your name and address, the title and genre of your submission, and the scope or nature of the larger manuscript it represents. Open letter books submission manager fiction submission. Currently open, we will accept submissions until we find enough books to fill our 20182019. If your submission is about the coronavirus crisis and is not related to a specific news item or event of the last 24 hours or so, please send it to the general, lists, or open letter submission emails, not the timely submissions email. The person opening your submission package is someone whom you hope to build. Theres no better way to read the newest and greatest international literature in english transla.
We receive a large number of submissions and because of that please note the following terms and conditions apply when making a submission. Book publishers taking submissions book publishing companies. All manuscripts are run through advanced plagiarism checking. Publishing ten titles in translation each year and running an online literary website called three percent, open letter searches for works that are extraordinary and. We accept only electronic submissions via submittable. Because it reminded me of a friend who once published an open letter in a magazine, which was often put in o. We do not accept playsscripts, poetry except childrens stories written in verse, educational text books, or unagented submissions from outside australia, new zealand or oceania unless the author has a connection to the region such as citizenship or residency. The cover letter should address the candidates background as a writer, experience as an immigrant, and inspiration for the submitted work. To submit please visit our online submission manager. Start your newor renew your current6month or 12month subscription right here. What you can do though is to write another manuscript and mention in your pitch letter the other book. Women in translation month is always an exciting time to discover, read, discuss, and celebrate books by women from around the world.
In this post, ive collected recently spotlighted book publishers who are accepting fantasy fiction submissions. At this time, we do not publish books for young children picture books or young reader books. We only accept submissions and queries by email at submissions at open bksdotcom. We dont have an exact date when theyll reopen, but wed suggest checking back in a few months. To stay current with our open reading periods and other news, sign up for our. Instead of turning in that direction, we developed our current open reading period system and online submissions method.