Penguin/Random House Open Submission

This rarely happens. The Berkley Open Submission Program (Penguin/Random House, one of the big publishing houses) is allowing writers to submit a ten-page sample of their completed manuscript, NO AGENT NEEDED. "We’re looking for commercial and genre fiction in the following areas: romance, women’s fiction, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, mystery/thriller, science fiction, fantasy, and horror."

Here's the link. It's a REALLY short submission window: Dec 7th, 2021 - Jan 9th, 2022

https://sites.prh.com/berkley-open-submission-program

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Submissions must include a 1-page synopsis, the first 10 pages of the manuscript, an author bio, and a query letter with links to social media platforms, if applicable, and any other information you wish the editors to consider. A query letter is an introductory one page letter that tells an editor something about the story, something about the writer, and why Berkley should publish the book.

Cool. I have nothing to submit, but cool.

Got a new newsletter from Authors Publish today and it has this similarly veined article, but these are publishers who are, at present, always open to submissions. Best known on the list is probably Harlequin, the romance publishing titans. Each entry says a little about the publisher, then has a link to the relevant page on the publisher's website.

https://authorspublish.com/20-book-publishers-always-open-to-submissions/

I have submitted The Nurses. Probably not happen though. 🙄

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I have submitted The Nurses. Probably not happen though. 🙄

No guts, no glory, a wargamer friend used to say.😋

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I have submitted The Nurses. Probably not happen though. 🙄

Good luck. They mention something about providing a critique, so at the very least you might get some good feedback.

I got nothin, though.

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I have submitted The Nurses. Probably not happen though.

Good for you, Anna. If you don't try you never get. Your effort could astound them when placed alongside some of the rubbish they must be used to. Best of luck.

I had five offers when first submitted but I just don't have the five-figure sums they were asking. 🙁