Submission Period for Unagented Authors: December 1 - January 31
Option #1: Full-length books
Submit your book to us for consideration. It's free to submit, and you will receive a 40% net royalty on all eBook and print sales. A copy of the publishing contract for your perusal can be downloaded HERE. Please also take a look at our Author FAQ to make sure we are the right publisher for you before submitting your work.
We are looking for: novels and novellas (all genres accepted, but with a literary bent), memoirs/biographies/autobiographies, creative nonfiction, writing/publishing reference books, short story collections, and poetry and vignette collections. For shorter works, such as poetry and vignettes, we will not accept anything shorter than 60 pages.
Submission Guidelines:
If you have a manuscript that you would like us to publish, please answer the following questions (in your head):
Answered 'Yes' to all of the above? Great! Read on ...
Submit your manuscript via Submittable.
ATTENTION LITERARY AGENTS: Please query us directly via email at [email protected].
TIP: MFAs in Creative Writing & essays in The Paris Review won't sell your book to us. In addition to an appealing book proposal, we want to see evidence of a healthy social media presence and an engaging public voice that's going to have readers eat out of your virtual hands. You don't need thousands (or even hundreds) of followers, but we need to see that you are willing to be publicly heard.
RESPONSE TIME: We try our best to respond to your query within two months. If we haven't replied to you within two months, you will definitely hear back in three. If you are desperate to check on the status of your submission, please follow up with the publisher, Jessica Bell, directly: jessica[at]vineleavespress[dot]com.
Submissions written by AI will be rejected.
We are looking for: novels and novellas (all genres accepted, but with a literary bent), memoirs/biographies/autobiographies, creative nonfiction, writing/publishing reference books, short story collections, and poetry and vignette collections. For shorter works, such as poetry and vignettes, we will not accept anything shorter than 60 pages.
Submission Guidelines:
If you have a manuscript that you would like us to publish, please answer the following questions (in your head):
- Do you believe this manuscript is in the best possible shape?
- Is it edited and proofread to the best of your ability (or someone else's ability)?
- Will your book description make us NEED to read your book?
- Does your work suit Vine Leaves Press?
Answered 'Yes' to all of the above? Great! Read on ...
Submit your manuscript via Submittable.
ATTENTION LITERARY AGENTS: Please query us directly via email at [email protected].
TIP: MFAs in Creative Writing & essays in The Paris Review won't sell your book to us. In addition to an appealing book proposal, we want to see evidence of a healthy social media presence and an engaging public voice that's going to have readers eat out of your virtual hands. You don't need thousands (or even hundreds) of followers, but we need to see that you are willing to be publicly heard.
RESPONSE TIME: We try our best to respond to your query within two months. If we haven't replied to you within two months, you will definitely hear back in three. If you are desperate to check on the status of your submission, please follow up with the publisher, Jessica Bell, directly: jessica[at]vineleavespress[dot]com.
Submissions written by AI will be rejected.
Option #2: 50 Give or Take
Do you write flash fiction? Then submit your 50-word story to 50 Give or Take.
We love bite-sized stories to brighten the day, which is exactly why we created 50 Give or Take. If you subscribe, you'll receive daily microfiction of fifty words or less straight into your inbox. Despite popular opinion, the name 50 Give or Take doesn't refer to the amount of words in the story. The title is a metaphor for what we, as readers and writers, give and take emotionally from the written word. So if you decide to submit, make sure your story is 50 words or less. Please subscribe to get an idea of what is published, before submitting your work.
All stories will be published in an annual print collection to be released in November every year.
All you have to do is submit* your:
SUBMIT via Submittable.
*By submitting to 50 Give or Take, you accept and understand that you are handing over non-exclusive rights for Vine Leaves Press to publish your work electronically and in print. You are also giving us the right to remove insignificant words and/or edit to meet word count of 50 words maximum.
Submissions written by AI will be rejected.
All stories will be published in an annual print collection to be released in November every year.
All you have to do is submit* your:
- 50-word story
- one-line bio
- website or social media URL
- a photo of yourself
SUBMIT via Submittable.
*By submitting to 50 Give or Take, you accept and understand that you are handing over non-exclusive rights for Vine Leaves Press to publish your work electronically and in print. You are also giving us the right to remove insignificant words and/or edit to meet word count of 50 words maximum.
Submissions written by AI will be rejected.
