What Kinds of Manuscripts Is Beautiful Dreamer Press Looking For?
We are most interested in unusual perspectives on topics of interest to the LGBTQ community.
How to Submit
Submissions are closed for publication in 2022. Beautiful Dreamer Press will re-open for submissions in January, 2022, for publication in 2023. If you would like us to consider you for publication in 2023, please wait until January, 2022 to submit your manuscript.
- Short pitch:
- The equivalent of 50 pages of 8.5″ x 11″, double-spaced
- In 12 pt. font
- Author and title on first page
- File type can be PDF, Word .doc or .docx, or plain text .txt
- Include a brief author bio
- Long pitch: Submit your entire manuscript plus a one-page plot synopsis.
- Either way, follow the guidelines given below.
Deadline
Beautiful Dreamer Press is open for submissions until December 31, 2023, for publications to be released the fall of 2024.
Guidelines
We are primarily interested in fiction, either full-length novels or story collections. Manuscripts should be submitted by e-mail to [email protected]. Submission by regular mail (USPS) is discouraged; documents submitted by mail will not be returned. In your submission e-mail, give the title of your manuscript in the subject line. Format should be an attachment, either a Word document (.doc or .docx suffix), plain text (.txt suffix), or PDF. If none of these formats is available to you, please e-mail us for further instructions.
If you do not hear back from us within 30 days, feel free to send a follow-up e-mail.
We accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere while still under consideration at BDP.