Submission Guidelines 

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

Preference will be given to authors who have a completed, edited full manuscript Prior to submitting, please review Agent Bios for specific information about genres, submission windows, word count, and more. If you have a specific Agent to query, please include the Agent’s first name in the query letter. Submit only to one Agent.

 

Fiction

Genres of Interest:

Historical, Multi-Cultural, Cozy Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Suspense/Thriller, Upmarket Women’s Fiction, Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Literary Fiction.

(Adult and New Adult. Please do not send in Young Adult, Middle Grade, or Children’s at this time). Please no submissions over 100,000 words.

Please send us the following (PDF Documents Only):

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

  • Synopsis of the work, preferably one page 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/Economics, Leadership, Diet, Health/Medical, History/Politics/Current Affairs, How-to, Humor, Lifestyle, Memoir, Narrative Non-Fiction, Parenting, Religion/Spirituality, Self-Help, and True Crime. 

 Please send us the following (PDF Documents Only):

  • 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

    • Three sample chapters (minimum, but you can submit more).

 

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