Author Submissions
No, I'm not accepting submissions. Sorry, I'm not a publisher.
And no, I haven't submitted anything yet. I believe I have to finish something first.
However, I do subscribe to a weekly newsletter from Writer's Market, and in their newsletter today I found the following:
3 SCIENCE FICTION BOOK PUBLISHERS
WritersMarket.com lists hundreds of book publishers for writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children, and more. Here are three looking for science fiction submissions:
DAW Books, Inc., is one of the few imprints of Penguin that accepts submissions directly from authors. This imprint specializes in science fiction novels-most of their titles have at least 80,000 words. Potential authors should submit their complete manuscript with a cover letter.
Edge Science Fiction & Fantasy Publishing accepts novels of 75,000-100,000 words on average. Extensive submission guidelines can be found on the Edge website, but they include the first three chapters, a synopsis, a cover letter, and other extras.
TOR Books considers submissions from writers as well. Length guidelines are not provided, but submission preferences are, including the first three chapters, a synopsis, and more.
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WritersMarket.com lists more than 8,000 publishing opportunities, including listings for contests, magazines, book publishers, literary agents, conferences, and more. Log in or sign up today to start submitting your work.
--From the "New from WritersMarket.com" Newsletter e-mailed out on 4/20/2012
I was surprised to see that DAW and TOR accept submissions directly from authors. I was under the impression that pretty much everything goes through agents these days --especially at the bigger houses-- so reading that made me wonder if the entry above is still accurate. And if I didn't have a million things to do (and sleep to catch up on) I'd check that out.
And no, I haven't submitted anything yet. I believe I have to finish something first.
However, I do subscribe to a weekly newsletter from Writer's Market, and in their newsletter today I found the following:
3 SCIENCE FICTION BOOK PUBLISHERS
WritersMarket.com lists hundreds of book publishers for writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children, and more. Here are three looking for science fiction submissions:
DAW Books, Inc., is one of the few imprints of Penguin that accepts submissions directly from authors. This imprint specializes in science fiction novels-most of their titles have at least 80,000 words. Potential authors should submit their complete manuscript with a cover letter.
Edge Science Fiction & Fantasy Publishing accepts novels of 75,000-100,000 words on average. Extensive submission guidelines can be found on the Edge website, but they include the first three chapters, a synopsis, a cover letter, and other extras.
TOR Books considers submissions from writers as well. Length guidelines are not provided, but submission preferences are, including the first three chapters, a synopsis, and more.
(NOTE: If you're unable to access the listing, it means you either need to log in or sign up for WritersMarket.com first.)
WritersMarket.com lists more than 8,000 publishing opportunities, including listings for contests, magazines, book publishers, literary agents, conferences, and more. Log in or sign up today to start submitting your work.
--From the "New from WritersMarket.com" Newsletter e-mailed out on 4/20/2012
I was surprised to see that DAW and TOR accept submissions directly from authors. I was under the impression that pretty much everything goes through agents these days --especially at the bigger houses-- so reading that made me wonder if the entry above is still accurate. And if I didn't have a million things to do (and sleep to catch up on) I'd check that out.