Turner Publishing is currently accepting submissions of fiction and non-fiction manuscripts. Submissions can be made by agents or authors directly. Due to the volume of submissions received, we are unable to respond to every submission.
*Please note, we are not affiliated with Turner Book Writers and will not request any money from you to submit your work to us.
To submit material for consideration, please submit a query form via Query Tracker:
https://QueryTracker.net/query/turnerpublishing
If you are an existing Turner author or an agent who has worked with us previously, please submit your submission to your Turner editor via email.
We do not accept physical submissions. Any submissions not sent following these guidelines will not be reviewed. Thank you for understanding.
Your query must include:
- Author details (if relevant, please include social media platform, following, qualifications, etc.)
- A query letter
- A synopsis of the book
- Pertinent marketing details, including intended audience and the sales angle of the book
- FICTION: Your completed manuscript as an attached Word Doc.
- NONFICTION: A detailed proposal, including an estimated word count and anticipated manuscript completion date.
While we are open to reviewing all types of submissions, below is our current acquisitions wishlist.
Non-fiction:
- History
- Current events
- Business/Economics
- Psychology
- Science/Medicine
Fiction:
- Contemporary Romance
- Upmarket
- Romantasy
- Fantasy
- Sci-fi
- Dystopian
- Thriller
- Horror
At this time, we are not accepting:
- Picture books
- Children's books (juvenile and middle grade)
- Novellas
- Short story collections
- Fiction anthologies
We receive a large number of submissions and because of that please note the following terms and conditions apply when making a submission. By making a submission you agree to these terms and conditions:
Turner is under no obligation to provide any communication related to the status of a submission. If Turner is interested in publishing the submission, we will contact you.
Turner is under no obligation to return any materials submitted, so please do not send anything that you want returned.
We are sorry that it has to be that way, but the volume of submissions makes it impractical to answer and have time to review them. Thank you for your understanding.
