Please observe our guidelines.

Please note that due to current market conditions we are temporarily closed to submissions, except from those authors we have previously published. This includes all genres, fiction and nonfiction.

We are not looking for experimental work, porn, picture books, or graphic novels. We do not publish stories that denigrate a specific individual or group. We do not work with AI submissions. 

NHP GUIDELINES FOR QUERIES

FORMAT: Polish your manuscript before you submit it! We do not read submissions that arrive riddled with typos, presented in unparagraphed chunks of dense summary, or are so poorly developed they read like a rough first draft or an outline. Manuscripts should be in a readable font, double-spaced, with reasonable margins, consecutive page numbers, and no line breaks between paragraphs. Please include your name and title in the header. We prefer MS Word files or PDFs, or you may embed your sample pages in the emailed query. See our ADVICE page if you want specifics on formatting.

PAGE/WORD COUNT: In general, for unsolicited queries, we prefer to see no more than one chapter, or about 25 pages maximum. For special open calls, follow the guidelines stated in that particular call for manuscripts. Keep all submissions below 90,000 words!

SUPPORT MATERIALS: Along with the sample pages, please include a cover email that briefly addresses these issues:

A BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT that reveals pertinent writing experience or previous publications, as well as (especially for nonfiction submissions) any related experience, such as relevant personal experiences, travel, and subject specialties like medical degrees.

MARKETING INFO: Include as much detail as you can muster on who you believe to be the TARGET AUDIENCE, and how you will actively ASSIST IN PROMOTING the published work — for example, through social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, etc., and/or author websites or podcasts or blogs or review sites. Why? We love IN-PERSON EVENTS at bookstores, conferences, and festivals, of course. But two-thirds of all books are sold online. Writers with no internet presence, and who are unwilling to help us promote, will not have the visibility to make their books visible as well.

SUBMISSIONS CAN BE SENT TO

Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Historical and Contemporary Fiction: elfairgrace@gmail.com

YA: elfairgrace@gmail.com

Audiobook Matters: edisonpenrow@gmail.com

Lifestyle, Thrillers, Mysteries, Nonfiction, Memoir, and Other: nhp@poyer.com

All other questions and comments can be sent below.

Thanks so much for visiting!

Yours in the Word,

Northampton House Press.