If you follow these guidelines, your manuscript submission will be read by one of our editors. Please send only one manuscript at a time! Look at our list carefully and choose only the manuscript that you think would intrigue us the most. For example, are there any other authors or books you would compare your manuscript to? We would also like to know how you would classify the genre and where it fits in the market.
If you have previous publications or other relevant experience, please feel free to include it in the letter and also write a paragraph about yourself and your interests if you wish. Include a cover letter in the body of the email with your name, the title of your manuscript, your contact details (including email address and phone number) and the word count of your project. Typos really put us off and we don’t want to turn away an otherwise fantastic project because we have spotted a simple mistake in the first paragraph. Please proof-read thoroughly and always let someone else read it too before sending us your manuscript. You can attach it as a separate document or make it the first page of your submission. You should not make it a mystery or an enticing blurb. This is not needed for picture books) where you tell us about the main movements in the story, its themes and how it ends. Please also include a synopsis of your manuscript (if it’s a longer work. Choose Times New Roman or another easy-to-read font. We want digital manuscripts with 1.5 or double line spacing. Send the first 20 pages only! If we are compelled to read more, we’ll ask for the rest. Please attach your manuscript as a Word document titled, ‘Name: Manuscript Title’ (eg. Please send a digital copy of your manuscript to Please include a subject line stating your name, the title of your manuscript, and its genre (eg: Jane Doe, ‘High Tea’, Picture Book). MidnightSun is currently accepting submissions. Please read the updated guidelines below before submitting! It’s a waste of their time and yours…and a writer’s time is precious! If you’ve got what they are looking for, follow the submission guidelines exactly! This will set you apart from about half of the submissions right out of the gate.MidnightSun Publishing is open for submissions. For instance, if they say they want novels of 80,000 words or more, don’t send them your 20,000-word novella. If a publisher isn’t asking for your type of work, don’t bother submitting. If you know of a reason I should not include a publisher on this list, or if you believe I should add a publisher, please notify me via a private message at The name of each publisher below is a live link to their submission guidelines. I haven’t done extensive research on these houses, so you should do that yourself before signing anything with them. I’m including publishing houses that have open calls now and again, even if they’re not open to unagented submissions at the moment. Most of them are smaller houses, but a few are pretty big names.
But what if you haven’t been able to find an agent? Or you suspect what you’re writing is a little weirder or more niche than what agents are looking for, or if you’re just in a hurry? Here’s a roundup of publishers who accept unsolicited manuscripts. If someone is considering representing you, it’s going to be awkward to explain to them that four publishers have already turned you down.) Signing with a great agent can feel like winning the lottery, but even then, it can be a long road to the contract of your dreams. (And don’t submit to publishers while you’re looking for an agent. If an author’s hoping for a big book deal, it probably makes sense to try to find an agent first. I did a post like this a couple of years back, but it needed updating! Many publishing houses won’t accept submissions except through agents.
Hey there! I know many of my readers aspire to publishing a novel, and many of them write fantasy and science fiction, so I put this post together to help them.
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