Dragon Moon Press would like to thank you for your interest in submitting your manuscript for our review. The submission process is a time-consuming one, and at the moment, we need to concentrate on developing and marketing the books we currently have under contract. At present, we are only accepting solicited manuscripts via referral from our authors and partners. All manuscripts already under review will still be considered by our readers, and we will notify you of our decision.

For solicited submissions:

Market: We prefer manuscripts targeted to the adult market or the upper border of YA. No middle grade or children’s literature, please.

Genre: Generally speaking, we prefer fantasy, paranormal, soft sci-fi and gentle horror. For an exceptional manuscript those boundaries may exhibit a little flexibility, but they’ll only bend so far. Do keep our genre preference in mind before you submit.

Length: 80,000-100,000 words.

File format: We prefer electronic submissions. Please send a query letter as the body of the message, accompanied by 1-3 sample chapters as an attachment in a Microsoft Word .doc compatible format. Do not separate chapters into individual files. Please give your attached file a distinguishing name (your title with your last name is a safe choice). If we request a full manuscript, please send a single .doc-compatible file as an attachment.

Query letter: Please include your name and email address in the body of your email. Your query letter should also include your title, genre and word count, a brief synopsis of your story and any relevant credits you may have. All querys should be emailed to our Editor-in-Charge   EiC   @   dragonmoonpress.com with BOOK SUBMISSION as the Subject Line. If you do not put BOOK SUBMISSION  as the subject line our spam filter will send your email to the great black void and we will never receive it.

Style: A manuscript should be double spaced between lines, with one space after a period. We prefer italics to underlines, minimal formatting (no single character ellipses or spaces between periods in ellipses, no curly or "smart" quotes, and no fancy characters as section breaks), and Courier New or Times New Roman. The title page should include the title, your name and contact information, and an estimated word count. Please include your name, title and page number in a single line on the header on each page. (Name / Title / #)

From all of us at Dragon Moon Press, thank you for your support, and best wishes – we really do hope you find the perfect home for your story.