All works submitted to Storm Moon Press must be unreleased works. We are only interested in acquiring first English language rights. This means if a work has been self-published, published by a subsidy press, on a website, journal, or other public forum, those rights have already been used and we cannot accept your submission.
We accept submissions for:
* Novellas (20,000 to 49,999 words)
* Novels (50,000 to 100,000 words)
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Storm Moon Press is always looking for M/M er0tic romance of all genres and themes, but especially the following:
* Bears – stories where one or more partners is big, burly, and hairy
* Urban fantasy or high fantasy – stories involving magic users or psychic abilities, no paranormal romances please
* Bad boys – stories with guys you wouldn’t take home to meet the family, rough and tough alpha males who send that shiver of danger down your spine while making your toes tingle
* Alternative history – stories of how the world might have changed had any one major event in history been just slightly different (John Wilkes Booth wasn’t just Lincoln’s assassin, but his jilted lover, anyone?); note: these must be believable with fully realized world building to support the skewing of history
* International romances – stories that do not take place in the United States and do not star more than one American as one of the heroes
Submissions must be sent electronically, through email. Please do not send hard copies of manuscripts to our place of business as we will not return them, nor will they be reviewed. The only thing we do via the traditional mail system is our contracts. Send all queries to submissions @ stormmoonpress.com.
Within the body of your email should be your query letter. We ask that it be relatively short (no more than 300 words). This should include information about you, the author, as well as the work you are submitting, genre, and word count of your manuscript. We accept submissions for the following genres:
When submitting your files, please ensure they are named as follows: TITLE_AUTHORNAME and SYNOPSIS_TITLE_AUTHORNAME. We are sticklers for organization and this will ensure your files do not become lost in the shuffle.
Submission Requirements:
* Send submissions to submissions @ stormmoonpress.com (remove the spaces when surrounding the @ sign when emailing us)
* Email subject should read: SUBMISSION TITLE AUTHOR NAME
* Cover page of your synopsis should include the following: working title, word count, genre, series name (if applicable), author's legal name, author's pen name (if applicable), address, phone number, and e-mail
* Submissions must be sent as a RTF attachment, the file names TITLE_AUTHORNAME and SYNOPSIS_TITLE_AUTHORNAME
* Author name and book title on the first page of the manuscript
* Double spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman, 1" margins, do not indent your paragraphs
* Page break before all new chapters
* Marketing plan
Again, please only contact us about completed manuscripts that have been polished to the very best of your ability. We will respond to your query within 24 hours of receipt simply to confirm we have received it. Allow two (2) weeks for us to contact you about either sending a full manuscript submission or our passing on your query.
Should we ask for a full manuscript to review, allow eight (8) to twelve (12) weeks for a personal reply.
If you have any questions, feel free to email us at editor @ stormmoonpress.com
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