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SUBMISSIONS FOR ANTHOLOGY
Thank you for your interest in publishing with us. Please ensure you have read our submission guidelines below. At this time, we are ONLY accepting submissions for our first published anthology. Please note, this is a TRADITIONAL publishing deal. There will be no fees incurred by the author. Payments will be made via royalties and equally split between all authors included in the anthology. By submitting to this anthology, you understand that this will be the first published book of Astronaut Publishing. If you'd like to read a more comprehensive list of publishing T&Cs, please click HERE.
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The theme of the anthology is FANTASY ROMANCE (18+). Each story should be under 10,000 words (but there is no minimum word count). We are looking for approximately 10 stories to publish.
We are happy to accept and encourage stories with Queer characters, sex scenes, and some darker themes. Due to submissions of more adult themes, we are not accepting YA romance as part of this specific anthology.
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Here are some themes that we are not accepting:
Religious themes | Incest | Non-consensual (however we will accept consensual non-con) | Fluid play | Toxic age gaps (i.e. a 18 year old with a 40 year old) | Any under 18s characters
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SUBMISSIONS WILL CLOSE ON 31 OCTOBER 2024 AT MIDNIGHT UK GMT TIME
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS
1) Fill out all the boxes in the submission form.
2) Do not apply more than once with the same story. If you don't hear back from us in any format within 4 weeks, please email us directly to hello@astronaut-publishing.com to ensure your submission was received.
3) If you receive a rejection from us, please do not reapply with the same story, but we welcome you to submit any other stories you may have that fit with the anthology theme.
4) Please ensure you have thoroughly proofread and worked on your story before you submit. While we do provide editing before publishing, we are looking to work with authors who do have a solid comprehension of storytelling and grammar rules.
5) All stories must be written in the English language in either British or American English.
6) We do not accept any books written with the use of AI, either in full or part.
7) If your initial query is accepted, we will ask you to submit the full story.