Baen Books, DAW, and Tor Submissions Guidelines

[Carol Rose]

I know we have some sci-fi and fantasy writers in here…

http://www.baen.com/FAQS.asp#Manuscript Submission Guidelines

http://www.penguin.com/meet/publishers/daw/

http://www.tor.com/submissions-guidelines/

 

[Jennifer Stone]

Wonderful, thanks Carol

 

[Carol Rose]

Wonderful, thanks Carol

You're welcome.

 

[Amber Zade]

Thanks.

 

[Alistair Roberts]

Thanks, I send to Baen back in March, but you have to wait 9 - 12 months. DAW (penguin) require 3 months exclusive and a full printed novel. Hm.

 

[Jason Byrne]

I sent to Baen in May; I'm taking a look at the others now!

Tor has a very low word requirement, and DAW only accepts hard-copy submissions. It will be expensive for me to print out my 265k manuscript, but I can hardly expect them to publish it if I won't print it out myself. That used to be the only way to do it, and how awesome would it be for Penguin Books to pick me up!

 

[Jennifer Stone]

Perhaps @Jason Byrne you could print out a sample and explain the magnitude of your book. I can imagine their faces when the largest UPS box turns up on their desk They may decide to allow an email submission for you lol

 

[Jason Byrne]

Perhaps @Jason Byrne you could print out a sample and explain the magnitude of your book. I can imagine their faces when the largest UPS box turns up on their desk They may decide to allow an email submission for you lol

You know what, or e-mail them first and ask them how they handle situations like that. You raise an excellent point. Worse-case, they will just say "don't bother," and I'm not out anything.

 

[Jason Byrne]

Okay, I sent an e-mail off to Peter Stampfel at DAW, to see how — if at all — they would like me to submit.