P – Broken Sleep Books Open for Submissions of Poetry Collections (40 pages+)

GUIDELINES:

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Pages:

• Poetry collections = 40+

• Poetry pamphlets = 15-40

• Non-fiction prose = 40-150 (send a sample of 40-70 pages)

• Please enquire if outside of these pages.

Format:

• Please send as a Word document or PDF. Please do not put your work in the body of the email or send .pages, links to websites or file transfer sites – these will be deleted.

• Size 10 font for main text.

• Simultaneous submissions ok – but please indicate if this is the case in your email.

• All submissions considered, regardless of location. 

• Collaborative submissions are considered. 

• Wildcard submissions are intended for all books that don’t fit into the other window specifications.

Email:

• Include a short biography and brief synopsis, in the body of an email.

• For poetry, please list any poetic influences or poets you admire.

• Subject: [Poetry pamphlet/Poetry collection/Non-fiction/Wildcard] Submission – [Name], [Title]

We have no definitive preference for what are looking for, we enjoy a variety of genres and styles and consider anything. If it’s good enough for us we’ll take it. We are fine with previously published work in a book, but it isn’t essential, and should preferably not be more than 50% of the full MS. We are happy to look at translations – but keep in mind that we do facing-page and would require both the original language and the translated language. 

We pay 10% royalties, with the author receiving 5 free author copies. The author may buy as many books as they wish at 50% discount, whenever they wish, and all Broken Sleep authors receive a permanent discount on all of our books.

If you need to email regarding a query please email aaron@brokensleepbooks.com as the submissions email address is not checked during submission windows. Any submissions sent to aaron@brokensleepbooks.com will be discarded without being read. We hope to respond to all submissions within 8-10 weeks of the closing date.