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.

Trouble Department: Accepting Manuscript Submissions Until September 30th

Trouble Department is a small literary press, that is open to submissions through September 30th. Every year their open reading period is during the month of September. They started publishing work in 2019. Their goal is to publish 2-4 titles a year. They are based in Colorado. They do not appear to have distribution, but…
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Thread: Now Accepting Manuscript Submissions

Updated October 21st, 2024: A subscriber pointed out that even though Bookouture has been very active, and is still expanding into other imprints, there have been no new publications from Thread in a year. I would not submit to them at this time. Thread is a new non-fiction imprint from Bookouture which is owned by Hachette….
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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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Announcing The Eleventh and Twelfth Recipients of Authors Publish Fund for Literary Journals

In September 2020, we started a new fund for literary journals. You can learn all about this fund here. We selected the recipient of the fund using a random number generator. We are announcing the winners of the July and August. We are sorry they are a little late. Thank you to everyone who has…
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18 Memoir Publishers Open to Direct Submissions

Memoir publishers that don’t require an agent to submit are few and far between. However, there are still options out there.  Some are old and respected, others are new and still figuring things out. Not all the publishers on this list are currently open to submissions, but most are. Persea Books Persea Books is an…
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28 Publishers Seeking Young Adult Novel Manuscripts

Young adult is one of my favorite genres to read, even though when I was a young adult I struggled to find good YA books. These days the young adult genre is profitable, diverse, and covers a wide variety of genres, from science fiction to romance and everything in between. A lot of young adult…
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Rowman & Littlefield: Now Accepting Book Proposals

Updated September 17th, 2025, acquired by Bloomsbury, no longer open to direct submissions. Rowman & Littlefield is a independent publisher based outside of Washington, DC. They focus on educational publishing, academic publishing with a focus on Humanities and Social Sciences, and well as publishing government and official data. Some of what they publish is very…
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Tiny Fox Press: Now Accepting Manuscript Queries

Updated March 2025 Founded in 2015 as a collective of writers, Tiny Fox Press originally focused on publishing work by the editors. This is a form of self- publishing, but they have branched out since then, although they are still publishing some books by the editors. They used to have a regularly updated blog, a…
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24 Publishers that Accept Science Fiction or Fantasy Novels

Most of these publishers are interested in science fiction and/or fantasy. Some publish just one of these genres. Others publish many genres and types of books, science fiction and fantasy just being one genre among many. Some are small companies, others are imprints of major publishing houses. They are not listed in any particular order….
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Amble Press: Now Accepting Manuscript Submissions

Updated November 2022: Even though they don’t list this as part of their submission guidelines anywhere their website, they’ve been turning away authors for not being based in the US. We will be removing them from the next round of the manuscript publishers guide as they are no longer eligible for review as part of…
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Blair: Now Seeking Manuscript Submissions

Updated September, 2025: They either didn’t open to submissions to the poetry prize on the 15th as planned, or they forgot to indicate that they hit submission caps almost immediately.  Blair is a nonprofit press combining the lists of Carolina Wren Press and John F. Blair, Publisher. To learn more about the history of both…
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Duckworth Books: Now Accepting Manuscript Submissions

Update March 2023: Closed to Submissions, but may reopen. Warning: This review briefly discusses childhood sexual assault. Please skip if you want to. Duckworth Books was started in 1898, is one of Britain’s oldest independent presses, and it has published many well-known and influential authors over the years. They have one of the most in-depth…
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Small Town Girl: Actively Seeking Manuscript Queries

Updated September 2025: They have not published a book since 2022, even though their parent company is still active. Brother Mockingbird Publishing is a small independent press committed to discovering writers from the American South, but they are also open to good fiction, regardless of where the author is based. They were founded in 2018….
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Mysterion: Seeking Submissions till July 31st

Mysterion is a Christian-themed speculative fiction e-zine that is currently seeking quality speculative fiction with Christian characters, themes, or cosmology.  They are open to submissions till July 31st 2021. They have two reading periods every year, one in January and one in July. They are run by a husband and wife team and have a…
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29 Literary Fiction Publishers that Accept Direct Submissions – No Agent Required

Literary fiction is one of the harder genres to get published in without an agent. There are smaller presses that specialize in it, but unfortunately more and more of those presses are now charging reading fees. However, there are still good options for authors who are unagented and averse to paying reading fees. The manuscript…
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