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.

Harlequin Historical: Accepting Manuscript Submissions

Harlequin Historical is an imprint of Harlequin Romance, which is an imprint of Harper Collins. We have also reviewed a number of their other imprint previously, including Afterglow Books, Carina Press, Mills & Boon, Love Inspired & Love Inspired Suspense. All of the different imprints have clear focuses, and separate submission guidelines, and clear word…
Historical Fiction Manuscript Publishers Romance

Rockpool Publishing: Accepting Submissions

Rockpool Publishing is an established press with international distribution, largely through Simon & Schuster. They are based in Australia and their primary imprint is focused on “Mind Body Spirit; Health and Wellness; Self-help and Gift titles”. They publish books as well as Tarot, Oracle, and Affirmation card sets. Through their Gelding Street Press imprint they…
Manuscript Publishers Non Fiction Self Help Spirtual

Hashtag Press: Accepting Manuscript Submissions

Updated September 2025 Hashtag Press was established in the UK in 2016 by Abiola Bello and Helen Lewis. They focus on publishing “commercial fiction books for young people that are plot driven with relatable, inspiring characters and great friendships”. You can get a feel for what they publish here. They very much prioritize stories about…
Manuscript Publishers Young Adult

Cupid’s Arrow Publishing: Accepting Submissions

Updated December 4th, 2025: Another imprint of Paper Angel Press, Graveside Press is facing significant financial issues. The editor has addressed it themselves here, without going into much details. There are more details on Reddit here and even more on Threads if you search Graveside Press (I wish Threads allowed direct links). While social media…
Manuscript Publishers Romance

102 Poetry Manuscript Publishers Accepting Submissions (2025 Update)

Most traditional poetry manuscript publishers charge their readers a fee to submit. You can read about why that is the case here. This article focuses on a number of poetry manuscript publishers who do not charge submission fees to writers, which is good news for poets. This is the longest and most accurate list of…
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How to Find the Right Literary Agent for Your Book

Researching agents can be a time-consuming process, but you should never submit to an agent without first doing significant research. To me, research is the most important step of the submission process. It is vital because there is no point going through all the work of writing your manuscript and submitting, just to end up…
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The One Simple Tool that Helped Me Sustain a Writing Practice

Over the last few years, I have found it harder and harder to carve time for myself to write. While sometimes I was able to sneak in a poem (or 30 during April, due to a supportive poetry month writing group), I particularly struggled with focusing in on longer manuscript length projects. As someone who…
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10 Manuscript Publishers Open to Submissions in January 2025

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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The Other Side of the Desk: Collected Interviews

In December 2023, I launched a series of interviews that was very different than anything Authors Publish had ever done. We’ve always focused on reviewing presses and literary journals as well as sharing the stories of authors who were submitting and publishing their work. Our focus has never been on the perspective of editors (even…
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A Quick Start Guide to Children’s and Young Adult Publishing

Writing for children and young adults is very different than writing for adults. Audience expectations are different. Picture books, for example, have completely different sub-genres than adult books. Whereas adult books have genres like science fiction and fantasy, picture books have sub-genres like fairy tale, alphabet, and bedtime books. There is a whole body of…
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Verso: Accepting Proposals

Verso is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world. They publish 100 books a year, and have editors based in Brooklyn, London, and Paris. They participate in all of the major book fairs. The majority what they publish is is nonfiction, and they are not open to unsolicited submissions of fiction of…
Manuscript Publishers Non Fiction

Quills & Quartos Publishing: Accepting Submissions

Quills & Quartos Publishing was founded in 2019. They started with a very specific vision, to focus on publishing the best Austenesque romance fiction. This is of course a niche market within a niche market, so if this is not the right fit for your work, please don’t submit or read further. However if you…
Manuscript Publishers Romance

University Press of Mississippi: Accepting Submissions

The University Press of Mississippi was founded in 1970. They are currently the largest and only nonprofit publisher in the state. They are supported by Mississippi’s eight state-run universities. They publish work on a variety of subjects and are open to submissions in all nonfiction categories. They are not interested in fiction or poetry submissions….
Academic Manuscript Publishers

Elk Lake Publishing Inc: Accepting Proposals

Updated September 24, 2025; The no longer appear to be actively publishing books.  This small press’s motto is “Publishing the Positive”. They were founded in 2016 by Deb Haggerty, whom you can learn more about here. Elk Lake focuses on publishing positive Christian books. Their website is a little out of date, and poorly organized….
Children's Books Christian Manuscript Publishers Romance Speculative Fiction

77 Opportunities for Historically Underrepresented Writers (December 2024)

This list of publishers meet our guiding principles, but are only open to free submissions from historically underrepresented writers or focus on publishing content produced by historically underrepresented writers. Some of these publications are open to a wide range of writers including writers of color, gender non-conforming and LGBTQ+ writers, and those living with disabilities….
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