Submissions

Manuscript

We accept unsolicited manuscripts within the genres of theology, literary fiction, contemporary fiction, non-fiction, picture books, children’s books, Bible commentaries, memoirs, homeschool resources and devotionals. We accept both physical and electronic submissions.

• Please send a query letter, one-page in length. Include synopsis of your manuscript, the first five chapters or the first fifty pages, whichever is more.
• Please remove all running headers, footers, illustrations, images and special type from your submission. We request to assess work that is formatted simply.
• Please be aware, too, that we do not provide detailed manuscript feedback to individual authors for which we do not request fulls.

When Will You Hear from Us

While we do our best to offer a timely response, a reply time of two to three months is to be expected.

If we have requested the full manuscript of your work, please take the extra time to read our Full MS guidelines.

Guidelines for Submitting Full MS

Almost every publishing house will have preferences or requirements for how to format and present a manuscript. Professional courtesy means becoming familiar with and following these preferences. Here is what we expect:

• Put manuscript in Word (.doc) file
• Before sending in manuscript, run Spelling & Grammar check
• Set margins to 1.25 inches on all sides
• Double-space manuscript
• Insert page numbers on bottom center
• Use a standard twelve-point serif font (Palatino, Times New Roman, etc.)
• Remove all special formatting (words in italic or bold style are fine). Turn off any automatic formatting, get rid of any internal or external hyperlinks, remove running headers. Please, however, be sure to retain first line paragraph indents.

We really appreciate authors who take the time to make sure their manuscripts are formatted to our expectations. A well-prepared manuscript allows us to review a submission efficiently and indicates its author is genuinely interested in working with us.

Contributing Writing Submission