Articles by Emily Harstone

Emily Harstone is the pen name of a published writer. Her work has been published in ten countries, four continents, by over fifty different journals. She is a professional submissions adviser and editor. If she owned a dog it would be named Wystan.

Exposit Books: Accepting Book Proposals

Exposit Books is an imprint of McFarland & Company Inc. Exposit books focuses on publishing work that focuses on a popular topics, like serial killers, and approaches that subject seriously. They encourage proposals for nonfiction manuscripts on a wide range of true crime subjects, including but not limited to: murder, serial killers, heists, robberies, abductions, kidnappings,…
Manuscript Publishers Non Fiction

72 Specialized Publishers Open to Manuscript Submissions

All of the presses on this list meet all of our guiding principles, but some of them have such a specific focus that we cannot justify writing a full review and sending it to our full list of subscribers. Some of them we have full reviews on. There is no particular organization to this list….
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Fifteen Wonderful Canadian Literary Journals

Authors Publish was founded in the United States, but has since moved to Canada. Our subscribers are based all over the world, with a majority based in the United States. A lot of the journals and publishers we cover are still based in the United States for two reasons. Some of the journals on this…
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Querencia Press: Seeking Manuscript Submissions

Querencia Press is a small press that describes themselves by saying “Querencia Press is an independent publisher from the Chicago-land area amplifying marginalized voices & creating a safe space for writers and artists to share their stories. We are especially interested in work that has been looked over in the past and challenges conventional genre…
Literary Fiction Manuscript Publishers Non Fiction Poetry

Harlequin Special Edition: Seeking Manuscript Submissions

Harlequin Special Edition is an imprint of Harlequin, which is an imprint of Harper Collins. We have also reviewed a number of their other imprints previously, including Afterglow Books, Carina Press, Mills & Boon, Love Inspired & Love Inspired Suspense, Harlequin Historical, Harlequin Heartwarming, Harlequin Medical Romance, and Harlequin Intrigue. All of the different imprints…
Manuscript Publishers Romance

Lund Humphries: Seeking Book Proposals

Lund Humphries’ tagline is “Publishers on Art, Architecture, and Design since 1939”. It is easy to get a feel for what they publish here. They are an established and respected independent publisher. Their books are beautiful and widely distributed. They publish books by Visual Arts scholars, professionals, students and art enthusiasts. It’s easy to see…
Academic Art Book Manuscript Publishers Non Fiction

Castle Books: Seeking Book Proposals

Castle Books is an imprint of the Quarto Publishing Group. While you can still submit to the publishing group as a whole, their submission guidelines encourages authors to determine which imprint is the best fit for them, and to include that information as part of the submission process. Castle Books says “our mission is to…
Manuscript Publishers Non Fiction

84 Manuscript Publishers with Geographic Limitations

We generally only review presses that accept work without geographic limitations on who can submit, but this list includes many publishers who do have geographic requirements. We have never fully reviewed most of these presses because of their geographic limitations, but they are still good presses. Most of the presses on this list accept work…
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Shepheard-Walwyn: Accepting Proposals

Shepheard-Walwyn is a UK based nonfiction publisher. They were founded in 1971. The areas they most interested in are: Ethical Economics, Politics, Society and Social Change, Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Art History, Literary Criticism, Environmental issues, Self-Help, Personal Development, Autobiography, and Literary Memoirs. You can get a feel for what they have published in the past…
Manuscript Publishers Non Fiction

Why and Where You Should Start Submitting Your Writing This September

“I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged… I had poems which were re-written so many times I suspect it was just a way of avoiding sending them out.” — Erica Jong Starting to submit your work to literary journals is a hard task. Before…
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Ten Manuscript Publishers Open to Direct Submissions in September

This list focuses on ten publishers that we are excited about that are open to submissions this month. Some are only open for a short period of time, others will be open the whole month and beyond. At least four of these are presses we have not covered previously. Please note that if a publisher…
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Three Types of Publishing: What You Need to Know

First off, I’m going to be clear, this is not a piece written by someone who is unbiased. I’ve spent the last 10 years reviewing traditional presses, and receiving hundreds of emails a year from authors who’ve worked with vanity presses and traditional presses, and those that have self-published. This has helped shape me as…
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Carolina Academic Press: Accepting Manuscript Proposals

Carolina Academic Press was founded over 50 years ago, focusing on publishing non fiction books aimed at lawyers. They are still primarily a law publisher, but they’ve also published titles in other areas for a long time now, including titles on history, sociology, criminal justice, education and politics. You can learn a little more about…
Academic Manuscript Publishers Non Fiction

Egret Lake: Seeking Manuscript Submissions

Egret Lake was founded by Tess Jones. They are a small publisher based in near Seattle. They focus on publishing romance and women’s fiction. Egret published their first book in 2023, and their initial focus appeared to be on publishing poetry but it has since shifted to the current genres.  You can get a good…
Manuscript Publishers Romance Uncategorized Women's Fiction

Type Eighteen Books: Seeking Manuscript Submissions

Type Eighteen Books was founded by Mary Vensel White. She says in the About Us section of the site: “I founded Type Eighteen Books as a home for fiction that demonstrates a love of language and a mastery of its tools, stories with empathy and a striving for understanding, and attention to what my favorite…
Fiction Literary Fiction Manuscript Publishers Young Adult

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