We are currently OPEN to submissions!
Please read these guidelines thoroughly before submitting. Submissions that do not meet these guidelines will not be responded to.
What We Publish
We only publish articles and eBooks about various aspects of writing and publishing.
We pay $50 for most articles. We pay up to $150 for longer special issue articles. Most of our articles are between 300-1200 words in length. We do not negotiate on the price offered.
We also pay $550 dollars for eBooks around 10,000 words.
All payments are in USD even though we are based in Canada.
What We Don’t Publish
We DO NOT publish creative writing. This means NO poetry, NO memoir, and NO fiction. We will not respond to these submissions.
We are NOT interested in any articles about freelance writing.
We also DO NOT publish reprints. We ask for exclusive rights to publish your article, but after six months the rights revert to you. However, we ask that Authors Publish always be credited as the first publisher.
We DO NOT accept publisher reviews, literary journal reviews, or publisher focused list articles from freelance writers without a pitch first.
It should go without saying, but we DO NOT publish plagiarized work. If we catch a submitter plagiarizing we will not publish their work or work with them again in the future.
We DO NOT publish any AI written articles, even with human edits. If you submit an article with any AI written content at all, we will not consider future submissions from you and will delete them unread.
How to Submit to Us
To submit, send an email to submissions@authorspublish.com. You can submit a pitch of an unwritten article in the body of an email. The pitch should be no longer than 70 words in length. If you are submitting a full article you can attach the article as a .doc, .docx, or .rtf file.
You can also copy and paste the article into the body of the email. The subject of the email should include the proposed title of the article and your full name. In the body of the email, include your full name and a short 50 word bio. We try to respond to all submissions within a month. If you have not heard from us in over a month, please query. Do not query before that.
Here’s an overview of what we are currently looking for:
Feature Articles About Writing and Publishing
We are particularly interested in articles about how authors can promote their writing or build their careers. We are interested in articles about the details involved in terms of traditional publishing and self publishing. This includes articles about agents, publishers, conferences, and self promotion. We are not interested in overview articles discussing broad subjects. We regularly publish articles about the mechanics and craft of writing.
Currently we are especially interested in publishing case studies about how authors got their debut book published by a traditional press, small or otherwise. You can read the first article in this series here.
We pay $50 for these articles and they tend to be between 300-600 words in length.
Here are some examples of the types of articles we like to publish:
- Three Types of Publishing: What You Need to Know
- Writing Authentic Historical Fiction
- Lessons from a 3-Year-5-Month Writing Streak
Special Issue Articles
Special Issue articles are longer and on a topic that appeals to a wide range of authors generally. These articles are sent out on their own, so they should be able to get the attention of a wide range of readers. We pay between 100 and 150 dollars for Special Issue articles.
Special Issue articles should be around 1000 words in length.
We prefer detailed pitches of at least 50 words for special issue articles. We accept almost all special issue articles based on pitches, especially if research is involved.
Past successful special issue articles include:
- 26 Literary Journals Open to Publishing Reprints
- 30 Magazines Accepting Book Reviews
- How to Find the Right Agent for your Manuscript
eBooks
We pay around $550 for all eBooks we publish, plus possible additional money from sales (our eBooks are initially given away for free), and new editions. eBooks should be at least 10,000 words in length.
Most of our eBook contributors publish articles with us before pitching eBooks. Our most successful eBooks include Submit Publish Repeat and The Yearly Guide to Manuscript Publishers.
