Submission Window: January 1st – 31st, 2025
Payment: Royalties
Theme: Science Fiction, Fantasy, or horror

We are currently closed for submissions. However, we will open for one month next year to fill in the gaps in our 2026 schedule. So polish your manuscript and follow the directions below. We can’t wait to explore what you create during January of 2025. (If you send in a manuscript before January 1, 2025, it will be automatically rejected.)

Manuscript Submission Guidelines – January 1-31, 2025

When we reopen for submissions in January 2025, we’re looking for complete, previously unpublished manuscripts in the speculative fiction genre that have series potential. Speculative fiction encompasses horror, fantasy, and science fiction—and all the niche categories under those large umbrellas.

Requirements:

• Full-length novels between 40K and 100K. If it’s shorter or longer, please don’t send it to us
  • No middle grade
  • No picture books
  • Spice is perfectly acceptable
• Must be formatted in standard manuscript format
  • https://www.shunn.net/format/story.html
• Email queries to [email protected] with a subject of “{Specific Genre} – {Author Name}” For instance, “Epic Fantasy – Brandon Sanderson” or “Space Opera – Kevin J. Anderson”
  • query letter in the body of the email
  • first three chapters attached as a .doc or .docx file
  • synopsis attached

January will be here quicker than we imagine. So get to those manuscripts. We can’t wait to work with you in the future!

Via: Cursed Dragon Ship Publishing.