Submission Guidelines

For your convenience, we have prepared these submission guidelines. They explain both our subject areas and the information we need to consider a manuscript for publication.

Please review these Guidelines carefully before submitting anything!

CallahanCroft is no longer accepting unsolicited manuscripts for submission.  If you are represented by a literary agent, please submit all materials through their office.  We do request your submission follow our specific guidelines or it will not be considered.  If you would like to submit a book proposal or one page query letter, we will review but do not guarantee a response.

Our guidelines are as follows:

We would prefer a synopsis AND query to accompany your manuscript. In either case, we ask you to observe some simple submission rules. In general:

We will review fiction work only in the genres of sci-fi/fantasy, action/adventure, inspirational/spiritual, experimental, humor/satire, or literary/contemporary fiction.  We DO NOT publish horror, romance, poetry, gay/lesbian, or short stories. 

We will review non-fiction work only in the form of autobiographical or biographical works that hold an inspirational theme.  We DO NOT publish self-help, self-exploration or how-to books.

• Inform us if this is a multiple submission, and include the number of  current submissions.
  
  
• Literary agents must provide their company name, address, email address and phone number.
  
  
• Date and sign all materials, including correspondence, manuscript title page, and diskettes.
  
  
• Indicate if you wish your manuscript returned and if so, include appropriate shipping/postage materials. It will not be returned otherwise.
  
  
•  Include a #10 SASE for all other responses.

We will respond to manuscript submissions within 8 to 12 weeks.