Angry Robot is a respected science fiction and fantasy publisher that occasionally dips into related genres (such as urban fantasy, steampunk, and horror). Angry Robot was originally funded by HarperCollins. They offer advances and good royalty rates. The contract they offer covers print, e-book, and audio book rights.
They are based in the UK but have excellent distribution in the US, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. They have published several well-known authors including Chuck Wendig and K.W. Jeter. Books they have published have gone on to win major awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award, as well as the Hugo, Prometheus, Aurealis, and Ditmar awards.
Angry Robot has one open reading period a year, where they consider unsolicited and unagented manuscripts. They have not yet announced when there open reading period will be but it is always listed on their website and on social media. Please monitor both if you are interested.
A number of the award-winning books they have published were discovered during previous open reading periods. They have not announced their next open reading period yet. When the founding editor Marc Gascoigne stepped down there was some fear that they would not keep the open reading period, but they have committed to it.
Beyond normal marketing measures, they also have an effective way of connecting with their fan base which is called the “Robot Army”, a street team of bloggers, reviewers and influential commentators from the science fiction world.
Before you submit, make sure you read all their guidelines here.
At the time of this update they are closed to submissions from unagented authors, except for Black authors. You can learn the details about that call here.
To get a better sense of what they have published previously, browse their catalog here.
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