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 Full details  Submissions Editorial Philosophy We do not chase trends. We publish enduring works—crafted with excellence and chosen for their ability to move readers. The process of publishing with Silent Clamor is as thoughtful and intentional as the work itself. Our authors are treated with dignity, and their vision respected. We champion great stories in all their forms—fiction or nonfiction, historical or speculative, structured or untamed. What We’re Seeking Thank you for considering Silent Clamor to publish your work. We are currently accepting submissions of complete manuscripts. Our vision is simple: we’re seeking exceptional stories—works that are emotionally resonant, structurally whole, and unafraid to explore what lies beneath the surface. What unites our catalog isn't form but purpose: compelling storytelling that transforms how readers see themselves and the world. We seek writers who u...

  Full detail  Single works of fiction or nonfiction, including scripts and screenplays, from 17,501 to 29,000 words should be submitted using this form.  Graphic novels should run 41 to 85 pages.  A single poem between 16 and 20 pages is also accepted.  Story, essay, and poetry collections are not accepted in this category. Submissions that do not meet these guidelines will be declined without review.  

Full details  Good news from What Books Press: We now set aside certain times of the year as open submission periods. The first thing to do is to visit  our Submittable page  to see if we are currently accepting submissions.  If we are, send us a query letter, along with a sample of 10 to 20 pages. We are especially intrigued by works that challenge and hybridize genres, that play with convention, that make the reader sit up at vivid passages. Additionally, the majority of our authors are, like What Books Press, Californian, and we always take a keen interest in work that originates in, mirrors, fantasizes on, disassembles, et cetera, our special left coast circumstances. Please consider submitting if this geographical and cultural dimension of the press resonates with your own circumstances. Whether our submission period is open right now or not, be sure to click the catalogue button on the left and go through our list in order to fine-tune your underst...

  Full details  OUR VISION & what we’re looking for We’re looking for honest work with literary merit : elevated work which acknowledges present realities. We encourage work that isn’t sanitized or buttoned-up. Scripture is brutal and real. Ezekiel was called to bake his bread by fire fueled by human excrement (Ezek 4:12), the psalmist called for the death of his enemies’ children (Ps 137:9), and Christ’s own death was horribly violent and described in graphic detail (Matt 27:26–56). Life is not tame and neither is Christianity; we want to meet people where they are. Further, we believe God’s truth can be found in all forms of art and literature, just as he’s found in all creation (Ps 19). Your work doesn’t need to directly pertain to Christian theology or contain Christian themes. Solum journal submissions We welcome unsolicited submissions. We accept both previously unpublished material and reprints. Simultaneous submissions are welcome so long as we...

  Full details  The 2025 DRF Writers Award Applications for the 2025 DRF Writers Award are now invited. £10,000 will be presented to a first-time writer whose submission demonstrates outstanding literary talent and who needs financial support to complete their work. The two runners-up will each receive £1,000.         Submissions should take the form of 15,000-20,000 words of a work in progress, fiction or non-fiction, which is not under option or contract. Applicants may not be under contract to any publisher for any work or title in any language. Applications are open to writers who have not previously published a full-length book of their own prose writing (including self-published or published on-line) excluding a collection of their own poetry.  They may have published short prose writing within a magazine/anthology. Entrants must write in the English language and reside within the British Commonwealth or Eire. Submissions should be ...

  Full details  Creature accepts both agented and unsolicited submissions of feminist horror, dark speculative fiction, women-driven thrillers, spooky fantastical fiction, literary fiction, or genre-defying prose. We are looking for books that celebrate fluidity—the ability to cross boundaries and inhabit more than one category at once. Our definition of feminist horror is broad and inclusive, and we welcome writing that pushes boundaries. We are interested in: unreliable narrators, unlikeable female characters, the monstrous, your nightmares, dystopias, psychological suspense, unraveling minds, unraveling social constructs, possession, intersectionality, metafiction, dark nights, and writing on sexuality/the body, gender, race, class, disability, technology, religion, and anything and everything that makes our spines tingle. If you are an agent, please email directly at editors@creaturehorror.com . If you are a writer or author, please send your work during our op...

 Full details         OUR VIBE Fringe is the exotic, the chaotic, a twisted mind-blowing concoction. We’re looking for novels , novellas , and short stories primarily in the thriller/horror/sci-fi vein that bleed from genre to genre and can’t be neatly put into a box. Work that is visual, plot-heavy, and potentially adaptable to film and TV—screenwriters welcome and encouraged to submit! If your work is non-fiction and fits the criteria, send along. We encourage BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and voices from all over the world. SUBMISSION PROCESS Email the following to submissions@fringepublishers.com : Simultaneous submissions are A-OK, but please query using separate submission emails. In the body of your email, paste your complete query letter—word count, genre, paragraph synopsis, comp titles, and bio. Attach a 1 to 3-page synopsis, which discloses the ending (even if it’s a surprise twist). Attach you...

  Full details  All material must be submitted as a .rtf document. Please follow standard manuscript formatting when submitting: Manuscripts should be double-spaced. Indicate scene breaks with # or another symbol - but please be consistent throughout. Please use tabs or paragraph settings to indent the first line. Make sure you include your contact information on the first page of the manuscript. The body of your email should include the following information: Contact information Title of manuscript Approximate word count Genre Brief Synopsis of the story A general idea of how you will be marketing and promoting your book. We are looking primarily for Science Fiction and Fantasy Novellas and Novels, but will consider other genres except children's and erotica. For YA - we prefer books that are geared for older teens that might also appeal to adult readers as well. Our minimum word count is 25,000 and our preferred maximum word count is 80,000 words. ...

 Full details  Applications for the 2025 New Writers Awards are now open. The deadline for applications is 31 July 2024 at noon. The awards are free to apply to, all travel expenses are covered and awardees are chosen by a panel of judges. We have an Access Fund to help support our awardees with any barriers they may face. The programme is flexible and we work closely with awardees to help them participate as fully as possible. Apply for the New Writers Awards 2025 How it works The Awards will run from January 2025–January 2026. During the programme, awardees receive: A £2,500 cash award, allowing them to focus on their work (the bursary will be paid in two instalments) Tailored personal development opportunities, which can include mentoring from writers and industry professionals PR, performance, social media and presentation training The opportunity to showcase work to publishers and agents A week-long retreat offering time, space and the freedom to create new work i...

  Full details  Skywatcher Press welcomes novella and novel length submissions from all authors. We publish novels in the Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror genres, as well as action, adventure, and mysteries. We are seeking well written and edited manuscripts with strong plots and developed characters in any and all facets of these genres. The most important quality we are seeking is to open your manuscript and be taken on a thrilling journey. How you pull that off is uniquely yours, and our goal is to only publish the absolute highest quality books which stand out in the genre. We produce books which suck the reader in and compel them from start to finish. If you want to send us a genre niche like TEOTWAWKI, SHTF, Kaiju, Zombies, Sword and Sorcery, Steampunk, etc… then bring something unique to the table, change the rules, blow our minds with your awesomeness. Or deliver it to us with such an unrepentant cast of intriguing characters and cleverness that we s...

 Full details  The Shortish Project is a new publishing program dedicated to short novels -- original fiction from 75 pages to 200 pages (or so) in length. (Or about 14,000 words to 42,000 words or so.)  Our standards are high, but the Shortish Project is open to all styles & genres. We encourage everyone to join in! Titles published by The Shortish Project are distributed in paperback and ebook editions. The process is streamlined and designed to support each author's own marketing plan. We can move fast or slow. Read more below (or press the "Submit" button to expand the viewable text). Or learn more at http://theshortishproject.com , including links to 600 acclaimed short novels from the past 200 years. Welcome Thank you for your interest in The Shortish Project Publishing Program, dedicated to promoting and publishing short novels.  The Shortish Project is a new initiative produced by Outpost19, developed in response to ...

 Full details  How to submit fiction We accept submissions for novels, novellas and short story collections. We love work that sits in that sweet spot between literary and commercial fiction, especially genre-busting fiction that leans towards magical realism, romance, speculative and fantasy. Please send a synopsis of your novel or novella, the first three chapters of your work (up to 10,000 words), and a cover letter. For short story collections and micro books, please provide a proposal and two examples of your writing as .docx or .pdf files, plus a cover letter to submissions@erropress.com. How to submit poetry We are currently open to submissions for poetry pamphlets of up to 22 pages only. The minimum pamphlet length we will consider is 16 pages.  Please send us a cover letter, proposal and at least ten poems as an example of your work to submissions@erropress.com How to submit non-fiction We will consider essa...