- Include a cover letter of no more than one page briefly describing the work and the author’s background and contact information.
- Please include a table of contents.
- Simultaneous submissions are okay. Please state so in the cover letter, and please
inform us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. - Please allow a minimum of three months for reply.
- Selected manuscripts receive a contract, $500, publication, and author copies.
- To do our small part in trying to address the publishing industry's historical underrepresentation of minoritized writers, Veliz Books is offering the option of free submission for authors who identify as such.
- Reading fee for all other submissions is $20.
- We accept creative nonfiction in the form of memoirs and collections of personal essays.
- To do our small part in trying to address the publishing industry's historical underrepresentation of minoritized writers, Veliz Books is offering the option of free submission for authors who identify as such.
- Reading fee for all other submissions: $20 (multiple submissions allowed); reading fee is non-refundable.
- (All reading fees go directly toward publishing books and press operations. If you have the funds, we hope you'll choose to contribute and help our press keep publishing great books!)
- All submissions will be considered for publication.
- Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Please notify us if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
- Manuscripts should be between 100-250 pages long.
- Please include an acknowledgments page listing the sections that have been published elsewhere.
- Previously published books are not eligible, including self-published texts available as ebooks or in print.
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- Aceptamos no ficción en formato de ensayos, crónicas y memorias en inglés (o en traducción al inglés del español, portugués, portuñol o gallego).
- Para hacer nuestra pequeña parte en tratar de abordar la histórica subrepresentación en la industria editorial de escritores de comunidades minorizadas, Veliz Books ofrece la opción de enviar su manuscrito de forma gratuita a autores que se identifiquen como parte de estas comunidades.
- Tarifa de lectura para otros envíos: $20 dólares (se aceptan envíos múltiples); la tarifa de lectura no es reembolsable).
- (Todas las tarifas de lectura se destinan directamente a la publicación de libros y al funcionamiento de la editorial. Si tiene los fondos, esperamos que elija contribuir y ayudar a nuestra editorial a seguir publicando excelentes libros!)
- Todos los manuscritos serán considerados para publicación.
- Se permite envíos simultáneos. En caso de que su manuscrito sea aceptado por otra editorial por favor notifíquenos a la brevedad.
- La extensión mínima deberá ser de 100 páginas y la máxima de 250.
- El manuscrito deberá incluir una lista de créditos para todos los fragmentos del mismo que hayan sido publicados.
- Todos los manuscritos deberán ser inéditos.
- We are excited to publish novels, novellas, and short story collections.
- To do our small part in trying to address the publishing industry's historical underrepresentation of minoritized writers, Veliz Books is offering the option of free submission for authors who identify as such.
- Reading fee for all other submissions: $20 (multiple submissions allowed); reading fee is non-refundable.
- All reading fees go directly toward publishing books and press operations. If you have the funds, we hope you'll choose to contribute and help our press keep publishing great books!
- All submissions will be considered for publication.
- Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Please notify us if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
- Manuscripts should be between 100-250 pages long.
- Please include an acknowledgments page listing the stories that have been published elsewhere.
- Previously published books are not eligible, including self-published short story collections or novels available as ebooks or in print.
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- Nos entusiasma publicar colecciones de cuentos, novelas y novelas cortas en inglés (o en traducción al inglés del español, portugués, portuñol o gallego).
- Para hacer nuestra pequeña parte en tratar de abordar la histórica subrepresentación en la industria editorial de escritores de comunidades minorizadas, Veliz Books ofrece la opción de enviar su manuscrito de forma gratuita a autores que se identifiquen como parte de estas comunidades.
- Tarifa de lectura para los demás envíos: $20 dólares (se aceptan envíos múltiples); la tarifa de lectura no es reembolsable.
- (Todas las tarifas de lectura se destinan directamente a la publicación de libros y al funcionamiento de la editorial. Si tiene los fondos, esperamos que elija contribuir y ayudar a nuestra editorial a seguir publicando excelentes libros!)
- Todas los manuscritos serán considerados para publicación.
- Se permite envíos simultáneos. En caso de que su manuscrito sea aceptado por otra editorial por favor notifíquenos a la brevedad.
- La extensión mínima deberá ser de 100 páginas y la máxima de 250.
- El manuscrito deberá incluir una lista de créditos para todos los cuentos/fragmentos de novela que hayan sido publicados.
- Todos los manuscritos deberán ser inéditos.
- Reading fee per submission: $20 (multiple submissions allowed); reading fee is non-refundable.
- All submissions will be considered for publication.
- Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Please notify us if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
- At the moment Veliz Books is only accepting submissions for translations into English from Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, or Portuñol.
- Please submit your translations with the original as a single file.
- Translators must hold the necessary rights and permissions for the original work, unless it is in the public domain. Please provide copyright information (the name of the copyright holder and the year of original publication) for the original work.
- Please include an acknowledgments page listing the stories/poems/excerpts that have been published elsewhere.
- Previously published books are not eligible, including self-published collections/novels available as ebooks or in print.
- Please provide a short bio for the translator(s) and original author(s).
- To do our small part in trying to address the publishing industry's historical underrepresentation of minoritized writers, Veliz Books is offering the option of free submission for authors who identify as such.
- Reading fee for all other submission: $20 (multiple submissions allowed); reading fee is non-refundable.
- (All reading fees go directly toward publishing books and press operations. If you have the funds, we hope you'll choose to contribute and help our press keep publishing great books!)
- All submissions will be considered for publication.
- Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Please notify us if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
- Manuscripts should be between 50-80 pages long.
- Please include an acknowledgments page listing the poems that have been published elsewhere.
- Previously published collections are not eligible, including self-published collections available as ebooks or in print.
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- Aceptamos libros de poesía en inglés (o en traducción al inglés del español, portugués, portuñol o gallego).
- Para hacer nuestra pequeña parte en tratar de abordar la histórica subrepresentación en la industria editorial de escritores de comunidades minorizadas, Veliz Books ofrece la opción de enviar su manuscrito de forma gratuita a autores que se identifiquen como parte de estas comunidades.
- Tarifa de lectura: $20 dólares (se aceptan envíos múltiples); la tarifa de lectura no es reembolsable.
- (Todas las tarifas de lectura se destinan directamente a la publicación de libros y al funcionamiento de la editorial. Si tiene los fondos, esperamos que elija contribuir y ayudar a nuestra editorial a seguir publicando excelentes libros!)
- Todas los manuscritos serán considerados para publicación.
- Se permite envíos simultáneos. En caso de que su manuscrito sea aceptado por otra editorial por favor notifíquenos a la brevedad.
- La extensión mínima deberá ser de 50 páginas y la máxima de 80.
- El manuscrito deberá incluir una lista de créditos para todos los poemas del mismo que hayan sido publicados.
- Todos los manuscritos deberán ser inéditos.