FUTUREWORD
FUTUREWORD PUBLISHING
Submission Guidelines
Submission Guidelines
For Adult Manuscripts:
Please do not send us your full manuscript unless requested. Instead, please submit a proposal that includes:
1) A dated cover letter that includes your name and contact information and the title of the submitted work. Briefly tell us what genre or subgenre the submission falls into and mention any qualifications you have that pertain to the work. Please list any previous publications in paying markets. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please state in your cover letter that it is a simultaneous submission. Please do not forget the word count.
2) Identify your target market specifically. We want the age group, if it is targeted at males or females, Christian. or other? Do you have a marketing idea or plan of your own?
3) A synopsis of the entire book. The synopsis should include all important plot elements, as well as the end of the story. The synopsis should run between three and ten pages in standard manuscript format. Please let us know what makes your book stand out. We want to know the message in your story.
4) The first three chapters of your book, prepared in standard manuscript format as a WORD document. Standard format for manuscript submission: 1" (one inch) margins on all sides; indented paragraphs; double-spaced text; and Times New Roman in size 12 font. Make sure the header (at the top) of the manuscript includes your last name, title of the book (on the left) and page number (on the right). Please use one side of the page only and left-justify your text (except title and chapter headings, which may be centered.)
5) For children’s stories, we accept electronic submissions ONLY. Send your manuscript attached in an e-mail as a WORD document.
For novels, we accept queries, synopsis and the first three chapters in hard copy form at the following address: 384 E Goodman Rd Southaven, Ms 38671. Be sure all pages are numbered and the title and author’s name at the top of every page. No manuscripts will be returned unless you send your manuscript in your own SASE. No written manuscripts will be accepted.
We reply to queries within four to six weeks. If we are interested in your project, we will ask for the full manuscript, WORD document..
E-mail proposals to the attention of Cheryl Haynes, Publisher.
For Children's Manuscripts:
Your submissions packet should include:
1.Please submit your standard manuscript in Microsoft word format only. Standard manuscript format means margins of at least 1 inch all the way around; indented paragraphs; double-spaced text; and Times New Roman in 10 or 12 pitch. Please use one side of the page only and do not justify the text. Make sure the header of the manuscript includes either your name or the title of the book and the entire document must be numbered. Illustrations must be 8 x 10, 300 DPI, in portrait format only. Please number your pages and include your name and book title in the header. The story must be a minimum of 36 pages and one illustration per text page. WE WANT TO KNOW THE MESSAGE IN YOUR STORY.
2.A dated cover letter that includes your name and contact information and the title of the submitted work. Please list any previous publications in paying markets. We accept simultaneous submissions.
3.E-mail submissions to the attention of Cheryl Haynes, Publisher. In the subject of the email please note: Attention: Children's Division.
Generally we respond to unsolicited submissions within 2-4 weeks.
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