The press is coming back from hiatus and is now open to submissions of new manuscripts. Unagented manuscripts only. Send a query e-mail of a few paragraphs including brief biographical information, and up to 50 pages of completed fiction or nonfiction, a book proposal with sample chapters, or poetry in PDF or DOCX format. Include your name and contact information on the first page of your manuscript. Prose submissions should be double-spaced. Send e-mail with attachment to publisher@strangeviolineditions.com. Include the word “submission” in the subject line of the e-mail.
Manuscript wishlist:
- Novels from 30,000 to 90,000 words in length of literary fiction, humorous fiction, or literary-quality historical fiction, speculative fiction, romance, gothic fiction, fairy tale retellings, or genre-mashups (no short story story collections, sorry)
- Poetry collections from 50-125 manuscript pages
- Completed nonfiction manuscripts or essay collections, or book proposals with up to three sample chapters, from 30,000 to 90,000 words in length
- Nonfiction submissions of memoir, nature writing, travel and adventure stories, accessible philosophy for the general reader, or intellectually stimulating reflections on philosophy, literature, culture, history, society, economics, psychology, religion, spirituality, or scientific research, written for a general audience
- Political nonfiction supportive of civil society, rule of law, good governance, liberal democracy, tolerance, and moderation
We are currently NOT considering the following. Please do NOT submit:
- Manuscripts or translations produced with the assistance of AI
- Works by authors who are not United States residents or citizens and who are citizens of countries whose tax treaties with the US do not exempt literary royalties from tax withholdings
- Children’s and young adult submissions
