Deadline: August 31st, 2024
Payment: Advance of $500 to $2000 and TBD set of contributors copies
Theme: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Literary Fiction

Announcing Open Submission for the month of August

Who We Are

Dark Age Press is a small, independent publisher. We presently focus on Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Literary Fiction.

Our mission: to support local, independent bookstores and pop-up bookstores, and, as such, we only sell to those bookstores.

Our goal is to publish two works per year.

Open Submissions

We have open submission twice per year during the months of August and January.

We only accept completed works. Authors wishing to submit a work must send a PDF of the first three chapters to: [email protected], and mail a print version of the first three chapters to the address below.

The email subject line should say: Attention Submissions – [Name of Author] [Title of Book].

Authors wishing to have the printed work returned should include a self-addressed, stamped envelope (S.A.S.E.).

Submitted works must be postmarked during the month of open submission to be considered. Works submitted outside the submission window that include a S.A.S.E. will be returned. Those submissions that do not will be destroyed.

We will respond by the end of December for the August submission window, and the end of May for the January submission window. If we have not responded by the end of the respective period, you can query us regarding the status at [email protected].

All correspondence will come from DarkAgePress.com.

Our mailing address is:

Dark Age Press
Attn: Submissions
P.O. Box 470292
Fort Worth, TX 76147-0292

For Authors

An author who is selected will receive:

• an advance of $500 to $2000;
• cover art;
• and a set amount of books to use in promotion of the book.

Authors will be contractually constrained to selling only at in-person promotions or events for two years.

For Bookstores

If you own, represent, or purchase for these types of bookstores and would like to be informed of our offerings, you can write to us at [email protected]

Via: Dark Age Press.