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Submission Guidelines for Texas Books
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Effective June 1, 2007, Atriad Press will be publishing non-fiction Texas genre books only.
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We are seeking submissions for any non-fiction book as long as it is about Texas...we welcome history, humor, guidebooks, and just about anything else related to Texas. No poetry, children’s books or fiction, please. No family memoirs, either, please-- unless your family was famous, or better yet, infamous. Query by email first.
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: Please be sure to include as much contact information with your submission as possible. We don’t want to pull your book because your e-mail has changed, and that’s the only contact we have on record.
Manuscripts should be written on an adult level, but please keep in mind that we market to school libraries as well. Manuscripts containing extreme violence, explicit sexual content, strong language, or any other elements that makes them inappropriate for a teenaged audience cannot be considered. Approximate length is about 65, 000 words.
Please be sure to double-check the grammar in your stories. Although we're looking for content, grammar does make an impression on the initial read. A good way to check your story is to read it aloud.
Stories can be submitted by postal mail or email, although electronic submissions are preferred. Email submissions can either be as text in the body of the email, or as an attached file in Microsoft Word (*.doc), text (*.txt), or Rich Text Format (*.rtf). Manuscripts received by postal mail cannot be returned unless accompanied by a pre-paid return envelope, or other appropriate packaging.
We are currently seeking manuscripts for the following two books in our new True Tales of Texas Ghosts series:
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True Tales of Texas Ghosts: Living in a Haunted House
True Tales of Texas Ghosts: Spirits in the Workplace
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To be considered for publication, a submission should be based on a true, supernatural encounter that you have personally experienced in the State of Texas.
Length requirements are somewhat flexible, but stories should be 1000-2000 words. Longer stories will be considered. Submissions under 1000 words will not be accepted.
Please note that this series features Texas supernatural encounters with ghosts, spirits, etc. Stories regarding monsters, aliens, angels, or any non-ghostly entities are not appropriate for this series.
If you have any questions regarding the Writer's Guidelines, please contact us by email at editor@atriadpress.com.
All submissions should be sent to editor@atriadpress.com- please note that this address is for submissions only. Any other email to that address will be filtered automatically. Also note that submissions sent to any other contact email address cannot be acknowledged, and will not be processed.
Postal Submissions, although discouraged, can be sent to:
Please include an SASE for a response.
An author bio is required to accompany a story that has been selected for publication in the True Tales of Texas Ghosts series. You may use this bio to promote your other work, your website, etc. We would also appreciate a photo to run with the bio.
Please be sure to double-check the grammar in your stories. Although we're looking for content, grammar does make an impression on the initial read. Also, there's no need to put two spaces between sentences - one space is preferred. A good way to check your story is to read it aloud.
Stories can be submitted by postal mail or email, although electronic submissions are preferred. Email submissions can either be as text in the body of the email, or as an attached file in Microsoft Word (*.doc), text (*.txt), or Rich Text Format (*.rtf). Manuscripts received by postal mail cannot be returned
True Tales of Texas Ghosts is a series of books, each with a different theme. A submission that is not selected for one volume may be very appropriate for another. Please understand that a delay in a story's acceptance is not necessarily a rejection.
Stories may be edited as deemed necessary to suit the format of the book. The story's author will be contacted for approval if substantial changes are required.
If selected for publication, the author grants rights to the story to the publisher for as long as the book remains in print. To further use the story in print or other media, please contact Atriad Press for prior approval.
There is no limit to the number of stories that an author can submit. Authors may submit more than one story for each book, and can submit stories for different titles.
Writers selected for this collection of personal ghost tales will receive a copy of the book in which their story appears. More importantly, authors can purchase additional copies of the books at discounted prices, and re-sell them at book signings, speaking engagements, etc. for additional revenue. A photo and brief bio of the author will be included at the end of the story.
Please note that publication dates may change due to the volume of stories received or unforeseen market factors. If Atriad Press is accepting stories for one or two particular volumes of True Tales of Texas Ghosts, but an unforeseen large number of stories are received that fit into an unscheduled volume, that unscheduled book may be moved up in publication. Please be patient if you do not get an immediate response to your submission. If you have not received a notice that your story is not right for us, then it is still being considered for publication in a future volume.
There never has been, nor will there ever be an entry or reading fee at Atriad Press. PLEASE BEWARE of any publisher who wants to charge you to submit or publish!
If you have any questions regarding the Writer's Guidelines, please contact us by email at editor@atriadpress.com.
Submissions should be sent to editor@atriadpress.com- please note that this address is for submissions only. Any other email to that address will be filtered automatically. Also note that submissions sent to any other contact email address cannot be acknowledged, and will not be processed.
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