Submissions

Submissions are closed. Thank you for your interest.

General Submission Guidelines

• Submit a .docx or .doc file in Shunn manuscript format in Times News Roman font. No need to include your physical mailing address or phone number on the manuscript. If your submission is selected for publication, we’ll ask for that information in the contract.
• Style scene breaks with three asterisks without spaces *** and with no additional line space above or below. Don’t get fancy.
• Please utilize the paragraph formatting feature in MS Word (or other word processor) to set your first line indents. Please do not use the TAB key or spacebar to indent (it’s a nightmare for our editors and formatters).
• If you have drafted your story in your phone’s notes app or similar app, please review and edit in a word processing program following these guidelines before submitting. **Reminder, libraries are a great resource if you do not have your own computer.
• If you have additional formatting questions, let us know.
• Cover letters (body of email) should include the story title, a logline, and the word count. Also, include the story’s theme or potential theme.
• Our preference is always for new material. The exception will be if an anthology submission call specifically states reprints welcome. On the off chance that we deter from this, we will post on our website and social media platforms, as necessary.
• Author Bios: Please include a short author bio (no more than 2 paragraphs) in the body of your email (not at the end of your story submission) along with your preferred pronouns, social media, and website information.
• Simultaneous submissions are welcome! If your sub is accepted elsewhere, please send us an email to let us know and withdraw your submission. Please submit only ONE SUBMISSION PER EMAIL.
• No reprints.
• We are an inclusive publisher. Please read our inclusion statement on our website if you have not yet done so. We welcome authors with diverse backgrounds, traits, and abilities. We particularly enjoy reading submissions where the author has entwined these traits, abilities, and related characteristics into the story, adding depth to characters and settings without making the traits the focus of the story itself (unless it is integral to the plot).  
• The deciding elements in acceptance or rejection will be the writing quality, adherence to genre, and overall fit with other stories selected for publication.
• Last call. If you’ve followed the Shunn manuscript format and these guidelines, we’ll be much happier reading your submission. We’ve aligned our submission guidelines to standard industry practice to the best of our ability. Deviating from the guidelines would not prove beneficial for acceptance with our publishing house.

• Hard Sells.
  • Rape.
  • Torture porn themes. We do not want graphic SA, child abuse, or similar content.
  • Query letters that spell the editor’s name wrong (serious pet peeve).
  • Reprints (unless an anthology submission call specifically states reprints are welcome).
  • AI-generated stories or poetry are not accepted. Period.
  • The submission call receives stories that do not fit or are only peripherally connected to the genre.
• Thank you for reading and following our guidelines. We look forward to reading your work!

Manuscript Consideration Guidelines

For the foreseeable future, we will not be open to manuscript submissions, but continue to only publish anthologies. When we’re open for anthology pitch sessions, we will post that information here and on socials.

Any and all costs related to the publishing of your work are paid by this press.

Please send all submissions following the guidelines above to: info@tundraswanpress.com when the call window is active. Anything submitted outside of an open submission window will be deleted without reading.