Submitting Your Manuscript
Current Status: Submissions open on November 15, 2026. The window will remain open until December 31st, 2026. We will not read or process anything received before the open date.
When are open submissions?
2 to 3 times year. Open submissions open and close at the discretion of the reading editor. Open submissions remain open for no less than one month from the date they open.
Check back for submission closure.
What do I submit?
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Query letter in the body of the email
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Full manuscript as a PDF attachment (PDF only).
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We want to know why this story?
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Consider your publishing expectations. Why an Indie Press?
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Standard manuscript format (double-spaced, readable font, page numbers, etc.)
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Word count range 10K to 100K
Submissions are read as blind as possible. I start with the manuscript itself and read parts in the beginning, middle, and end to see whether the story works beyond a polished opening. I only look at the query letter after I have a sense of the manuscript.
How long is the process?
We cannot guarantee our processing times due to the volume of submissions received.
Please hold off contacting us about your submission during the open submission times.*
Where do I submit and who do I address the email?
Once you have prepared your manuscript for submission, please attach it in an email and send to--
Subject line: “Manuscript Submission: Title – Author Name”
Address the email to the reading editor, Stephanie.
What are we looking for?
We are especially interested in strong literary fiction (teen to adult) and rom-com (no smut).
We also consider YA, faith-based fiction, speculative, mystery, fantasy, and dystopian. The story itself is what matters most—we’re open to new ways of telling it.
Our main goal is storytelling.
Where to submit...
We begin reading during the open window. We can not gaurantee an exact read timeframe, but it is after the close of submissions and based on the amount of manuscripts received.
We do not respond to inquiries about status while the window is still open.
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We only accept electronic manuscripts (PDF).
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Submission does not guarantee publication
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Please contact us right away if you want to withdraw your manuscript from consideration.
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Please contact us if you become contracted with another publisher or press, or are publishing elsewhere.
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Note: We are not able to respond right away to every request during "Open Submissions" as we read and consider each manuscript.
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No AI-generated or AI-assisted work. This is a contractual requirement.