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Apocalypse, horror, and fear, oh my! Now, that’s going to leave a mark. Stories about those really bad days.
 We currently are accepting submissions. We’re seeking unforgettable, real, multi-dimensional characters. Enthrall us with psychological, contemporary, supernatural, paranormal, psychic, and humorous horror and splatterpunk. Military and crime thrillers, suspense, mystery, and apocalyptic fiction welcome. If you can hold our interest hostage until we read “The End”, this is the place to submit your work. Full length (80,000 to 120,000 words) and novella length (40,000 to 60,000 words) works only. Series concepts welcome. Please read the full submission guidelines for instructions on how to submit your book.
Assent Publishing is proud to be the first and only publisher to offer Assent Academy, a full curriculum for success, exclusively to our authors.
General Submission Guidelines
If your manuscript is complete and as polished as you can make it, and you think it’s a good match for one of our imprints, we’d like to hear from you. We accept queries for completed manuscripts only. Please do not submit a work in progress. Due to the large number of submissions we receive, your best opportunity for acceptance is to carefully read and follow all submission guidelines. Many of our imprint editors use this criteria as evidence of your professionalism and will delete unread any submission that does not follow these guidelines.
All initial submissions should be electronic. Please note that original materials and artwork will not be returned to you.
It is not necessary to copyright your work prior to submission. You are protected by law as long as it has not been published. Should we accept your book for publication, we will register it with the copyright office at the Library of Congress.
- A standard professional query letter that includes your 25 - 30 word book pitch and the word count of your manuscript
- A 250 word synopsis of the work
- Your marketing plan - we would like to see that you understand who your target reader is and how you would reach them
- The first 50 pages of the work, with your name and the title of the book in the header, and page numbers in the footer; attached as a Word (.doc) document
Manuscripts should be double spaced, saved in 8-1/2” x 11” format with 1” margins. Use 12 pt. Times New Roman font. The body of your submission email will be considered the cover letter. The above four separate appropriately named Word (.doc) documents are required to be attached to your submission email. Please type your name, the title of your book, and the genre in the subject line of your email to Les Denton. We do not accept submissions from literary agents.
The publishing industry has changed drastically over the past decade and because of these changes, authors must now carry the responsibilities of marketing, promotions and publicity for their books. This is a daunting task, and many authors fail, losing their publishing contract or possibly any future contracts. It’s a hard, cold fact … an author’s books must sell and sell well for the publishing machine to keep moving.
  Understanding these challenges, Assent Publishing has taken special efforts to offer success tools for our authors. The Assent Academy was developed specifically for Assent Publishing authors.
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