Submissions

ALONDRA PRESS

SUBMISSIONS

We recommend to the authors who decide to submit their works to Alondra Press that they make sure they are submitting their manuscripts in the best form they are capable of – that they not handicap themselves by submitting a work riddled with grammatical and typographical errors. On our part, in order to assist those writers as far as we are able, we invite them to send their work by email, in a Microsoft document. In this age of modern technology, there is no longer any need to waste paper, ink and postage, or to wait several months for an acceptance or rejection. Send a very short synopsis – not more than 300 words – and a few pages of your novel or book. If your book is accepted, you will be asked to sign a standard publisher's contract. At present we are not offering an advance, but we do offer a generous 20% of royalties on net proceeds. A book of not more than 75,000 words will have a better chance of acceptance by us. See the submissions guidelines below.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

First: Send either a few pages, or the entire manuscript, as an e-mail attachment.

Send the attachment as a Microsoft Word document, preferably single-spaced.

Second: Do not send pdf files. We may want to make annotations in the manuscript.

Third: Use conventional paragraph spacing. Indent each paragraph in the conventional manner. DO NOT insert a blank line between paragraphs, unless it is intended to be preserved that way.

Fourth: Do not include blank pages, a copyright page and other such extraneous material.

Fifth:       Include your name and e-mail address at the top of the first page, left corner,
                  above the title of the book, which will be in the center. We may want to save your
                  submission in our document files and examine it at a later date

Sixth: Make your synopsis very short, not more than 300 words.

Seventh: Enter the name of the novel or work in the subject line of the e-mail.

Eighth: We would rather not see any more fantasy or science fiction novels, or

                      novels in which the main ingredients are drugs, murder, bodypiercing,
                      rape, etc

Ninth: Do not include headers and footers, which includes page numbers.

Send your fiction mss. and queries to Pennelope Aletras-Leight.

Send your nonfiction queries and mss. to either Armando Benitez, Solomon Tager, or Henry Hollenbaugh.

The above guidelines are intended to make the editor’s job easier. Any work that is accepted and published will be formatted by Alondra Press. At this time we favor works of not more than 75,000 words. If the author can propose a marketing plan, this will also be a factor in the acceptance of the work. Depending on circumstances, and the potential value we see in a book, we might offer a small advance. We will respond to all emails promptly.

For your submissions use the link below:
lark@alondrapress.com