Raven Canticle Press Is Open To Novels And Novellas

WHAT WE WANT

• We love fiction from diverse, under-represented perspectives and cultures, well-researched and written by fresh and exciting voices.
• Speculative fiction in the following genres
   
  • Fantasy
  • Horror
  • Espionage/Thriller
  • Science Fiction
• Up to 80,000 words, minimum of 15,000 words (novellas)
• Submitted to our submission email (submission AT ravencanticlepress DOT com)
• Only one submission per quarter, no simultaneous submissions, no submissions of previously rejected material without prior approval. Please wait until the next quarter (January 1^st, April 1^st,  July 1^st, October 1^st) before submitting anything again.
• Please only send RTF, DOC or DOCX files, and must adhere best practices in manuscript formats: https://www.shunn.net/format/classic/
• We’re open to previously published fiction in short story collections or other formats. Please provide a detailed list of previous publication (if necessary).

WHAT WE OFFER

• An advance based on the size of the work, as well as other factors.
• Ongoing royalties (author friendly) for single author works: 
  • 15% net on retail sales, with increases based on copies sold up to 25%.
    • In this case, net means the cost of printing is counted against the profits, but nothing else is (such as editing, layout, etc. which is all carried by Raven Canticle Press.)
  • 50% net price of all ebook and electronic formats. Generally net price is less any payment processing fees or platform fees. Whatever we get here, you get half of.
• Anthologies or products with multiple authors have different terms (generally a lesser commitment in terms of publishing rights and a one-time fee).

WHAT WE DON’T WANT

We want horror, dark or gothic themes to carry the stories. If the story doesn’t have those, we likely aren’t the best fit for it.

We also don’t want partial, incomplete, or short stories (an exception to the short stories rule is anthologies).

No simultaneous submissions, please.

THE CONTENT OF YOUR SUBMISSION

What’s fine?

• Profanity (to a reasonable degree, as long as it serves the story).
• We strongly prefer horror, dark, or gothic fiction, set in any genre (Gothic science fiction? Great! Heroic science fantasy? We’re likely not the publisher for this).
• Submissions from anywhere in the world are fine.

What to keep an eye on?

• Sex and violence should be narratively and artistically justifiable. Nothing explicit just for shock value.

What’s not?

• Manuscripts you’ve already submitted to us.
• Multiple submissions (this bears repeating.)
• We generally won’t publish stories that feature sexual violence or bigotry.