Submission Guidelines 

All documents must be double-spaced, New Times Roman, 12 font size in Microsoft Word.

Preference will be given to authors who have a completed full manuscript to show us.

 

Fiction

Genres of Interest:

Adventure, Fantasy, Historical, Humor, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Paranormal, Suspense/Thriller, Upmarket Women’s Fiction, Young Adult, and select Literary Fiction.

Please send us the following:

  • Your best elevator pitch in a query letter including title, genre, and word count of your manuscript

  • Synopsis of the work, preferably one to five pages long

  • First three chapters of your manuscript 

  • Detailed author bio including a list of publications to date and sales history of previous titles

  • Detailed marketing plan including social media accounts, link to your website, and all professional and personal organizations 

 

Non-Fiction

Genres of Interest:

Advice/Relationship, Biography, Business, Diet, Health, History/Politics/Current Affairs, How-to, Humor, Lifestyle, Memoir, Narrative Non-Fiction Parenting, Religion/Spirituality, and True Crime. 

 Please send us the following:

  • Your best elevator pitch in a query letter. Be sure to include title, genre, and word count of your manuscript.

  • A polished and detailed book proposal which should include: 

    • Book overview

    • Target audience statement

    • Marketing plan including social media accounts, link to your website, and all professional and personal organizations

    • Competitive analysis

    • Author bio including a list of publications to date and sales history of previous titles

    • Chapter outline

    • Chapter descriptions

    • One to three sample chapters

 

Please completely fill out the form below and email your submission to submissions@savvyliterary.com