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 doesn’t have a specific submission window they can close at any time, and publishers that use Submittable can close at any point because of submission caps (although these publishers generally reopen to submissions at the end of the month).

If a publisher has closed to submissions unexpectedly, please send us an email at support@authorspublish.com.

Please read the full review, which we link to in the publish name, and carefully consider fit before submitting work. I can not stress enough that you should only submit to presses that are a good fit for your work, and that you should carefully read and follow submissions guidelines before submitting that work. Over the past year we had several presses ask to be de-listed because they were deluged by submissions, even after moving to this format. Still more presses have had to temporarily close to submissions because of an influx of inappropriate submissions.

August Books
August Books is one of the three main imprints of Canelo, a UK- based press that was established in 2015. Their books are well-distributed and you can learn more about the company as a whole here. We have previously reviewed Hera Books, which is now an imprint of Canelo. You can read that review here. Their main landing page is here, and as you can see there isn’t much listed there yet, because they were launched in March 2024. We don’t review brand new publishers but we are open to brand-new imprints of established publishers, and that is what August Books is. Martina O’Sullivan has joined to lead the new division as executive publisher, and she has a lot of industry experience. You can read more about the launch here. They are open to unagented submissions of nonfiction in the following categories: History, Popular Culture, Popular Science, Health, and True Crime.

Chronicle Books
Chronicle is an established and respected publisher of children’s books, cookbooks, gift books, anthologies, and various other books, most containing a strong visual element. They are based out of San Francisco. Their books receive a lot of positive attention and acclaim. Many of the top cookbooks in the past five years have been published by them. If you look through your own bookshelf, there are high odds that you own at least one book published by Chronicle. They are not open to Children’s book submissions at this time.

The Feminist Press
The Feminist Press was established as an independent nonprofit literary publisher in 1970. The Feminist Press is the oldest women’s publishing house in the world. They are open to submission from female/female identifying, and non-binary authors. They publish literary fiction and works of nonfiction. They are not open to submissions now, but will reopen to submissions on March 15th, and stay open till April 5th, 2025.

Shadow Mountain Publishing 
Shadow Mountain is an imprint of Deseret Books. Both publishers have their roots in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but Deseret Books focuses more on producing faith-based content. Shadow Mountain publishes primarily fiction and they have published a number of New York Times bestselling books. Because the company is run by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, books have to be approved by in-house censors in order to be published. They are very firm about publishing “clean books only”. However the authors need not be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While they publish general fiction and nonfiction books for all ages, a lot of what they sell is aimed at middle grade readers, or could be categorized as clean romance. They are open to submissions without an agent from March 1 through March 7th. If this deadline requires too quick a turn around rate, it’s important to note that their next submission window is from June 1st and June 7th.

Harlequin Intrigue
Harlequin Intrigue is an imprint of Harlequin Romance, which is an imprint of Harper Collins. Almost all of the imprints, including this, one are open to LGBTQIA+ stories and welcome all gender and identity pairings. Harlequin Intrigue books describes themselves by saying “They are for fans of novels by Sandra Brown, James Patterson and Iris Johansen. They are high-stakes thrillers and procedurals where determined characters go through a spectrum of tensions as they work to solve a crime.”

Sourcebooks Horror
We’ve reviewed Sourcebooks before here, and their Romance imprint here. Their Horror imprint is now a few years old and they have published a lot of books under that imprint now, although it’s hard to know exactly how many because they still do not have a formal Horror section on the site. Their book covers for this imprint are really well done. They have published many of Darcy Coates books, and they all appear to have sold well. The search function has been improved and searching the site for horror, can now bring up a lot of options that are actually in that genre.

Enchant
Enchant is the Romantasy-focused imprint of Entwined publishing, which we have reviewed here. For those unfamiliar with the term, Romantasy is a very popular genre currently, which is focused on a blend of Romance and Fantasy. At my local big box bookstore, Romantasy is currently dominating the fantasy genre by a large margin. They are currently seeking submissions “that transport readers to magical worlds filled with mythical creatures, powerful magic, and epic quests. Whether it’s a spellbinding romance set in a fantastical realm or a heroic adventure intertwined with love, we want stories that ignite the imagination and sweep readers off their feet.”

Graveside Press
Graveside Press is the Horror imprint of Paper Angel Press, which you can learn more about here. It’s important to read that review as well, as it covers more of how the press as a whole operates. They are a relativity new imprint, having been founded in October 2024. You can already get a good feel for the books they have already published, by going here.

ORO editions
ORO editions publishes beautifully presented illustrated books with a focus on architecture, urbanism, landscape, art photography, academia & applied research among other things (they recently published a tarot deck, for example). Before reading any further I would suggest you visit their catalog here. It should make it abundantly clear if your proposal would be a good fit, as it is carefully curated and makes a distinct impression in terms of their focus.

Tuttle Publishing
The Tuttle Publishing company was originally founded in 1832 in Vermont. This makes it one of the oldest American publishers still in operation. In 1948, the company established a publishing outpost in Japan, and since then they have become much more focused on producing English-language books about the arts, languages and cultures of Asia. In fact currently, Tuttle Publishing is only open to unsolicited submissions of work on “Asia-related topics”. This includes Asian languages, cuisines, martial arts, arts and crafts, Eastern philosophies, etc. Do not submit any work outside of those topics to them. They are not interested in any fiction submissions.

In addition,  during the month of March an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada, McClelland & Stewart, is open to submissions from Black, Indigenous, and racialized writers, as well as those of other traditionally underrepresented communities. During the month of March, unsolicited and unagented work can be sent directly to editors within the M&S division. You can learn more about that here.