Written by April 1st, 2026

Affinity Rainbow Publications

This small press focuses on publishing lesbian and women’s fiction, mostly within the context of the romance genre. They do not publish work outside of these genres. They publish in two formats: eBooks and print on demand.

You can go to their shop to see how many books they’ve published over the years, but the most recent books are hard to find on that page. Instead it’s easier to find them on the main page under the new releases banner. Their current covers do not seem like professional quality to me, but they have improved from their earlier covers.

The website is a little buggy but well organized. Their About page shares very little about the company.

Their submission guidelines appear at first very bare bones as you should be able to see in the image below:

You have to press on the ‘Click Here for Submission Guidelines’ button to see their full and very detailed submission guidelines.

Their guidelines include a prohibition against head hopping, clear perimeters around dialogue formatting, storytelling suggestions, and other formatting details. Please read them carefully before submitting.

They make it clear that submissions not following their guidelines will be deleted unread.

They are open to work of most lengths, but only manuscripts that are over 50,000 words will be published as a printed book and an eBook. Manuscripts under 45,000 words will be published as eBooks in most situations.

All manuscripts should be submitted electronically. They ask that authors include the following: “a one-page plot summary including a working title, the genre, and the word count. Complete author biography, and synopsis for back of the book. Author information: name, mailing address, and email address. Include any previous publications including free to public forums on the internet.”

They do appear to be open to previously published work as they say, “Advise us if the manuscript was published previously. If so, let us know the status of the manuscript with the previous publisher.”

To learn more and to see their complete submission guidelines, go here.


Emily Harstone is the author of many popular books, including The Authors Publish Guide to Manuscript SubmissionsSubmit, Publish, Repeat, and The 2025 Guide to Manuscript Publishers. She regularly teaches three acclaimed courses on writing and publishing at The Writer’s Workshop at Authors Publish. You can follow her on Facebook here.

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