Submission Guidelines

Mischief Corner Books is a small queer press with a goal to bring beautifully constructed stories featuring diverse characters and plots to readers. We are currently open to submissions, though we suggest first working with MCB through our specific submission calls: our anthology line, Mischief Corner Collections, and our publisher house lines for genre romance, A Legendary Love, Everyday Heroes, A Dusty Heart, and Lost in the Stars, as well as our house line for queer romance, Queer for the Record.

Stories for the house lines will only be considered if they are standalone stories featuring a romance with strong plot/genre stories and not part of any connected series/universe, have HFN or HEA endings, and follow submission guidelines (below). We do provide submission templates so that your story can be formatted to our preferences. In addition, stories will not be considered if they feature incest, rape, or other extreme material included exclusively for the purpose of titillation.

Special Submission Calls

 MCB House Lines
(Ongoing)

General Submissions

General Submissions for queer fiction and romances will be considered with a well-written proposal. Stories that are off the beaten-track, diverse, and are a positive representation of queer culture will be prioritized. We want a well constructed story with a solid plot.

No simultaneous submissions, please, or submissions of stories currently carried or soon to be released with other publishers. This also includes previously published stories; only new stories will be considered. In addition, please do not send in multiple stories at once. Give us a chance to read your submission then send in your next one once we've gotten back to you.

MCB is a full-service publisher. We handle all the editing, covers and offer a three year contract. Contracts offered are royalty-paying contracts.

  • 40% of the first 1000 copies of all ebooks, with increasing increments depending on the number of books sold.
  • 30% of printed books
  • 40% of audio edition

Series are something Mischief Corner Books will only consider after working with an author, so that we both know we are happy with the arrangement. In addition, any series will have to have a series proposal, arc, and timeline for completion. 

Story lengths that will be considered are:

Novelette: 15K - 20K
Novella: 20K - 45K
Novel: 45K - 65K
Super Novel: 65K - 100K

Do you have a YA story? We would love to read it. You can check out our YA division at the Shenanigans Press page.

How to Submit:

  1. Format your documents (*.doc or *.docx files only) as follows: Author Name/Title/Page # upper right hand corner, 12 pt TNR, 1" margin, 1.5 spacing, .25 paragraph indent - no spacing or tabs please. (You can download our submission template below).
  2. The body of the email should include word count, genre and sub-genre (if applicable), a one-to-two paragraph summary, legal name and pseudonym (if applicable), and an email where we can contact you. Please make sure your summary summarizes your entire story - Beginning, Middle, End. We do not want a blurb or a pitch.
  3. Submit stories in their entirety to: submission.mischiefcornerbooks@gmail.com Attn: General Submissions. You should receive an automatic notice letting you know we have received your submission. If not, send a query to us.
  4. Mischief Corner Books does not accept scenes of incest, rape, or other extreme material included exclusively for the purpose of titillation.
  5. No simultaneous submissions, please, or submissions of stories currently carried or soon to be released with other publishers. This also includes previously published stories; only new stories will be considered. In addition, please do not send in multiple stories at once. Give us a chance to read your submission then send in your next one once we've gotten back to you.

Submission Template

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What about Series or Universes?

We get it. Readers love series. They also love stand alone novels. The house lines are developed so a variety of stories by different authors can reach readers looking for specific genres and types of stories, and as a result, getting them to take a chance on a new author.

MCB is more than happy to hear pitches for a series/universe from authors we've worked with and would like to work with again. So if you have an idea percolating, then the best chance is to try submitting to one of our house lines (so we can get to know each other) first. If we find we like working together, then chances are we would be open to hearing a pitch on a series.

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