“Grand
Central Publishing will nearly double the releases from its romance imprint
Forever
and its eBook-only counterpart Forever Yours this year.”
- Excerpt from Forever and Forever Yours acquiring article
written by GalleyCat’s editor, Jason Boog, on February 21, 2013
written by GalleyCat’s editor, Jason Boog, on February 21, 2013
Grand
Central Publishing is the only publishing group owned by Hachette—one
of the publishing Big Six—to have romance imprints. In
fact, it has two: Forever and Forever Yours.
Forever and Forever Yours will publish more than 120
titles in 2013 and 190 titles in 2014. What does this mean for authors? It means Grand
Central’s imprints are likely looking for submissions.
Agented
authors can submit to both imprints.
Unagented
authors can submit to the Forever Yours digital only imprint.
Forever
Forever
was launched in 2003 and has since published authors such as Margaret Mallory, Jessica
Shalvis, and Elizabeth Hoyt. Forever publishes in print and digital.
Submissions Guidelines:
Agented only.
First-time
authors must submit a completed manuscript.
Published
authors may submit a proposal and three sample chapters.
85-95k
word manuscripts.
All
subgenres of romance welcome: paranormal, sensual historical,
contemporaries, romantic suspense, westerns, erotic romance.
Forever Yours
Forever
yours was launched in 2012 and publishes almost any length romance.
Forever Yours
publishes digital only.
Submission Guidelines:
Agented and Unagented.
Agented and Unagented.
Query letter introducing yourself, your genre, and
work word count.
A detailed 3-5 page synopsis.
Completed manuscript saved as an RTF file.
8-100k word manuscripts.
Formatting.
Do not include headers, footers, page numbers, or graphics. All MS must be in
Times New Roman font.
Please include the following information
on the first page of all submission package files:
title of the MS, author name, email address, phone number, and word count of
completed MS.
Send submissions to:
ForeverYours at hbgusa dot com
Will
receive auto-response, then allow 6-8 weeks for response.
All subgenres of romance welcome.
Including, but not limited to: contemporary,
romantic comedy, romantic suspense, western, historical, inspiration,
paranormal, sci-fi/fantasy, futuristic, urban fantasy, steampunk, time-travel,
and erotica.
Not accepting:
YA, mystery, general fiction, non-fiction, or poetry.
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