WHEN WE ARE ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS

WE ARE OPEN TO FICTION AND NONFICTION, REGARDLESS OF GENRE.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR ENTIRE MANUSCRIPT WITH A QUERY LETTER FOR CONSIDERATION. YOUR QUERY LETTER SHOULD INCLUDE WORD COUNT, A BRIEF SYNOPSIS, AND ANY PERTINENT INFORMATION SUCH AS IF THE SUBMISSION IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES, READ-ALIKES, OR IF IT’S A SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSION.

• THE CAVERN PRESS ONLY ACCEPTS ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED MATERIAL. DO NOT SUBMIT WORK THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED.

• FICTION SUBMISSIONS SHOULD BE NOVEL-LENGTH: 10,000 TO 120,000 WORDS.

• NONFICTION SUBMISSIONS SHOULD BE BOOK-LENGTH: 20,000 TO 150,000 WORDS.

• PLEASE ATTACH A .DOC OR .DOCX FILE TO YOUR SUBMISSION FOR REVIEW. WE WILL NOT REVIEW EMBEDDED SUBMISSIONS.

• PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS, MAILING ADDRESS, AND PHONE NUMBER ON THE COVER PAGE OF YOUR MANUSCRIPT.

• PLEASE WAIT A MINIMUM OF 30 DAYS AFTER SUBMISSION BEFORE FOLLOWING UP.

• PLEASE NOTE THAT NOT FOLLOWING THESE SIMPLE GUIDELINES WILL RESULT IN AN AUTOMATIC REJECTION.