Fiction and narrative non-fiction
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Unsolicited manuscripts for fiction and narrative non-fiction will close on 12 December 2025. Please note the manuscript submission windows below:
16 March 2026 to 30 June 2026
1 October 2026 to 12 December 2026
If you are a returning author or agent, please contact the relevant publisher for a submission link.
This category includes novellas, novels, verse novels, narrative non-fiction (also known as creative non-fiction), memoir, travel writing and true crime. If you have a collection of short fiction, please submit it via the form Short fiction collections.
ALL manuscripts in this category should be a minimum of 45,000 words (with the exception of verse novels, which should be a minimum of 80 pages long).
Where a generative AI model has been used in the drafting of a manuscript, the use and extent of AI must be disclosed.
Please send your entire manuscript.