Submissions are now open, but please note that our publishing schedule is full until mid 2022.
Please do not submit your work if you wish for your release date to be before then.
Want to be published by Vine Leaves Press? Here are your options:
Option #1: 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 (all genres accepted, but with a literary bent), memoirs/biographies/autobiographies, creative nonfiction, and writing/publishing reference books, and short story collections.
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 ...
We are looking for: novels (all genres accepted, but with a literary bent), memoirs/biographies/autobiographies, creative nonfiction, and writing/publishing reference books, and short story collections.
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 query letter make us NEED to read your book?
- Does your work suit Vine Leaves Press?
Answered 'Yes' to all of the above? Great! Read on ...
- Email a query letter, the first ten pages (attached as an Word Document), and a biography to submissions[at]vineleavespress[dot]com. Please write ''Query: Your Book Title' in the subject line. We do not accept snail mail. You will get an automatic response. If you didn't get one, check your spam. If it's not in spam, send it to us again.
- 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 see evidence of a healthy social media presence and an engaging public voice that's going to have readers worship you! Times have changed, folks. No more hiding. Get yourself out there.
- We will respond within two months. If we haven't replied to you within two months, please follow up.
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Option #2: Enter your Vine Leaves Vignette Collection. Submit a 50 to 60 page manuscript (poetry: 60 poems max; prose: approx 800 words maximum per piece, 20,000 words max in total; each vignette must begin on a new page. Collections may be a mixture of both poetry and prose.
The Vine Leaves Vignette Collection is one of a kind, and Vine Leaves Press is the only publisher in the world (as far as our research shows) who frequently publishes this kind of book. If your manuscript is accepted, it will be published by Vine Leaves Press, in paperback and eBook. The author will receive 3 copies of the paperback, worldwide distribution, and promotion through Vine Leaves Press social media accounts. The author will receive a 40% net royalty on all eBook and print sales, and 40% off retail price with free shipping for bulk paperback orders.
Manuscripts are evaluated by our Vine Leaves editors, Theresa Milstein, Melissa Slayton, and Alana King. If a manuscript receives a thumbs up from all four editors, then the Publisher, Jessica Bell, will read the manuscript and decide if she wants to publish it. Submissions are open to vignettes in English (poetry and/or prose), written by authors anywhere in the world. Individual pieces in a manuscript may have been previously published in magazines, print or web journals, or anthologies, but the work as a whole must be unpublished (this includes previously self-published books.)
Manuscript Requirements & Submission Instructions
Submit a 50 to 60 page manuscript (poetry: 60 poems max; prose: approx 800 words maximum per piece, 20,000 words max in total; each vignette must begin on a new page. Collections may be a mixture of both poetry and prose.
Email a query letter, the full manuscript (attached as an Word Document), and a biography to submissions[at]vineleavespress[dot]com. Please write ''Query: Vignette Collection' in the subject line. We do not accept snail mail.
Manuscripts are evaluated by our Vine Leaves editors, Theresa Milstein, Melissa Slayton, and Alana King. If a manuscript receives a thumbs up from all four editors, then the Publisher, Jessica Bell, will read the manuscript and decide if she wants to publish it. Submissions are open to vignettes in English (poetry and/or prose), written by authors anywhere in the world. Individual pieces in a manuscript may have been previously published in magazines, print or web journals, or anthologies, but the work as a whole must be unpublished (this includes previously self-published books.)
Manuscript Requirements & Submission Instructions
Submit a 50 to 60 page manuscript (poetry: 60 poems max; prose: approx 800 words maximum per piece, 20,000 words max in total; each vignette must begin on a new page. Collections may be a mixture of both poetry and prose.
Email a query letter, the full manuscript (attached as an Word Document), and a biography to submissions[at]vineleavespress[dot]com. Please write ''Query: Vignette Collection' in the subject line. We do not accept snail mail.
Simultaneous submissions to other publishers or contests are permitted, as long as you withdraw your manuscript from us immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.
Before you submit a manuscript, please consider reading a couple of the other collections we've published to familiarize yourself with the kind of work we are looking for.
Kindly refrain from requesting an individual response to confirm receipt of your manuscript. You will receive and automated confirmation so please check your spam. We receive thousands of submissions each year and can no longer offer individual acknowledgments beyond these. Thank you for your understanding.
We will respond to your submission within three months. If you haven't heard from us in three months, please inquire.
Before you submit a manuscript, please consider reading a couple of the other collections we've published to familiarize yourself with the kind of work we are looking for.
Kindly refrain from requesting an individual response to confirm receipt of your manuscript. You will receive and automated confirmation so please check your spam. We receive thousands of submissions each year and can no longer offer individual acknowledgments beyond these. Thank you for your understanding.
We will respond to your submission within three months. If you haven't heard from us in three months, please inquire.