HarperCollins Accepts Unsolicited Romance Submissions

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This week is about HarperCollins.

Big Six publisher HarperCollins has over 30 imprints within the U.S.

Avon Romance and Avon Impulse are HarperCollins's romance imprints.

Avon Impulse is digital original, meaning if your digital book sells well Avon may distribute it in print.

Avon Romance is mass market original. This is the original Avon Romance imprint and books published with Avon Romance are released in mass market paperback and in digital format at the same time.

The call for romance submissions is on Avon's homepage. (Scroll down, glance right.)

Avon submission guidelines state all manuscripts can be submitted online. Avon Romance and Avon Impulse share the same staff. (The manuscript lengths listed in the guidelines differ from the online submission form.)

The guidelines and online submission form are plainly written and user friendly, however a summary of what's being requested is below.


Avon Romance and Avon Impulse

Agented or Unagented submissions.

Submit manuscript online.

Manuscript lengths accepted: 10-25k, 25-50k or 50-100k

Romance genres accepted: General, Contemporary, Fantasy, Gothic, Historical, Regional, Regency, Short Stories, Time Travel, Suspense, Paranormal

Romance subgenres accepted: Gothic, Steampunk, Shifter, Vampire, Ghost, Magical, Futuristic, Time Travel, Western, Small Town, Suspense, Fantasy, Other

Must provide best scene or first 1k words. (Less than 1k words in length.)

Must provide query letter. (Less than 750 words in length.)

No special formatting required.

What might get you noticed:

Sexy alpha heroes who give heroine everything she needs so they can be together.

Smart, brave heroines who take chances in life and love.

Great story setting.

Series potential.

Dark and dramatic.

General response time: 3 months

Avon isn't just historicals. Rachel Gibson's editor Lucia Marco talks about that and more in her October 2012 interview with RomanceUniversity.org.


Read Related Articles:
Grand Central Publishing's romance submission guidelines; and 
MacMillon's paranormal romance submission guidelines. 

Written by: Kristin Anders, The Romantic Editor


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Macmillon US Accepts Unagented Paranormal Romance Submissions

Every Tuesday The Romantic Editor 

posts research on publishers and submissions.

This week is about Macmillon US.

Without getting too technical... 

Macmillan US belongs to a worldwide publisher that is part of publishing's Big Six. Macmillan US has five book publishers under its umbrella.

Of those five publishers, four publish (or published) romance. Of those four, two actively publish romance and only one accepts unagented submissions.

St. Martin's Press 

Publishes romance.

Agented submissions only. Guidelines are not online. 

St. Martin's Press recommends authors find an agent at Literary Market Place Online.

View St. Martin's Press's FAQ section. 

View romances published by St. Martin's Press.

TOR/FORGE

Also known as Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
Publishes romance.

Agented and Unagented submissions.

Read complete TOR/FORGE's submission guidelines for unagented submissions.

Unagented submission (summarized) guidelines:

First three chapters, standard manuscript form on white paper (under 10k words);

Synopsis;

Dated cover letter with all contact information; and

Self-addressed, stamped, business-size envelope for reply letter.

Do not send query letter.

Do not send submissions via fax or email.

Do not send disks or only copies or cover art or author photo or promo or food or bribes.
General response time: 4-6 months.

Send submissions to:

Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
175 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10010

Address paranormal romance submissions to:
Paranormal Romance: Acquisitions Editor, Paranormal Romance

Read last week's post about Grand Central Publishing's submission guidelines.

Written by: Kristin Anders, The Romantic Editor


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Grand Central Publishing Accepts Unagented Submissions

“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

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.

View Forever's website

Forever Yours

Forever yours was launched in 2012 and publishes almost any length romance. 

Forever Yours publishes digital only.

Submission Guidelines: 

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.

View Forever Yours's website

Written by: Kristin Anders, The Romantic Editor


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