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.
Marble Press
Marble Press was founded in 2022. It started out with two imprints Marble Books, which focuses on picture books, and middle grade books and Bulooga Books, which publishes books for “our youngest readers”. In 2026, Marble Press expanded its list with the launch of Taltos Books, an imprint born from its acquisition of CamCat Publishing. They will now publish adult and YA fiction, from thrillers and romance to literary crossovers. They are currently only open to three kinds of unagented submissions. All other submissions must be agented. They are open to adult fiction and YA fiction for their Camcat and Taltos Books imprints. They are also open to submissions from scouts and translators of works in translation. They plan to open to graphic novel submissions in June.
White City Press
White City Press is focused on publishing mysteries across a range of sub-genres. They are currently open to cross-genre mysteries (for example scifi/mystery) as long as mystery is the key element. They are also open to mysteries aimed at young adult and new adult readers, as well as mysteries with protagonists over the age of 55. They also accept and publish Historical mysteries based in any time period between 1950-2000. The 1980’s are a time period of particular interest. They also are seeking intentional mysteries ideally taking place outside of the US and England. They state “Africa or South America is a plus”. They are open to novel length work, novellas, and series, and they will consider short story collections.
Harlequin Romantic Suspense
This imprint of Harlequin focuses on publishing books are romance-focused stories with a suspense element. Romance is at the core of the story. They particularly want “Relatable main characters falling in love under extraordinary circumstances. Harlequin Romantic Suspense concentrates on the developing love story more than the suspense. Each character should be a force to contend with—complex, strong and smart.”
Lit Fox Books
Lit Fox Books is a small, Austin-based press founded by Lisa Mottolo. They are currently open to receiving submissions of full-length manuscripts in the following nonfiction categories: Books on the craft of poetry, books about writing, essay collections, flash nonfiction collections, and memoirs.
Turner Publishing Company
Turner publishes books in a wide range of categories and formats—fiction and non-fiction. They publish mainly in print but have electronic options as well. They are a major independent publishing house that has a number of imprints. They publish everything from mystery to self help-books.
Page Street Publishing
Page Street Publishing is a publisher of full color, mostly hardcover, gift books, cookbooks, and craft books, as well as children’s and young adult books. They expanded into the adult horror market a few years ago . Most of them have an important visual component. They are distributed through Macmillan in every country but Canada (where they have a different distributor). They publish around 60 titles a year.
Andrews McMeel
Andrews McMeel is a large publishing house that publishes up to 150 books a year. They are one of the largest publishers that will read proposals by authors that have not been previously published and do not have an agent. leading publisher of general nonfiction trade books, gift books and humor books. Their company’s core publication categories are: cookbooks, comics & humor, and puzzles & games. They are open to some other categories as well; looking through their web catalog is the best way to get a feel for what kinds of books they publish.
Entwined Publishing
Originally named the Totally Entwined Group, this Romance publisher rebranded as Entwined Publishing in 2024.
Timber Press
Timber Press was founded in 1978 and publishes work about the natural world by experts in the fields of gardening, horticulture, and natural history. They were bought by the Workman Publishing Company in 2006. Timber Press is recognized internationally as a leading gardening publisher and their books have received awards from the American Horticultural Society, the Garden Writers of America, the Garden Media Guild, and the National Garden Club of America. They have published a number of bestsellers, including Marta McDowell’s Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life. They are based out of Portland, Oregon.
Blind Eye Books
Blind Eye Books publishes science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and romance novels featuring LGBTQ protagonists. They are a print publisher and their book covers are beautifully designed and really stand out. The books they have published have won and been nominated for a number of awards, including the Lambda. They close to submissions on March 15th, 2026.
Emily Harstone is the author of many popular books, including The Authors Publish Guide to Manuscript Submissions, Submit, Publish, Repeat, and The 2025 Guide to Manuscript Publishers. She regularly teaches three acclaimed courses on writing and publishing at The Writer’s Workshop at Authors Publish. You can follow her on Facebook here.
