We always welcome unsolicited manuscripts and do not require you to have an agent. Our submissions are always open and we read every manuscript we’re sent, so you can be assured that even if your work is unsuccessful, we gave it our full attention.

As a small press, we can only accept a limited number of new titles per year, so please do not take any rejection from us as a reflection of your writing. We don’t offer feedback, unfortunately, as that is just not feasible for us timewise, but if your manuscript comes really close then we may offer some advice as to why it was unsuccessful.

Please read the submission guidelines below carefully before sending us your manuscript.

Submission Guidelines

* We only accept submissions of the complete manuscript, so please do not send us just a sample. Any samples received will be instantly rejected.

* Your e-mail subject should be “Scorpius Books Submission”. If your e-mail subject does not contain the words Scorpius Books Submission, it may be automatically deleted as spam.

* We DO NOT accept hard copy submissions – please consider the environment. Millions of trees are felled every year in the publishing industry unnecessarily and we’re trying our best to do our part.

* We only currently accept fiction.

* We DO NOT accept any submissions written by or that have used AI under ANY circumstances. We are a 100% non-AI publisher – any submission having been determined to have been written using AI will be instantly rejected.

* We don’t require a synopsis (I’m sure you’ll be very glad to hear that!). Having worked in the editing business for years, we’ve seen far too many ‘synopses’ that are poorly written or tell us nothing about the story. It’s easier for your writing to do the talking.

* Please be professional in your approach (not just, ‘here’s my book for publication, ta’).

* Please ensure your work has been edited. This can be by either a professional editor, a series of beta-readers, or a reading group. Please DO NOT send a first draft of a manuscript. If you haven’t put the time and energy into making your book the best it can be, why should we?

* Please include your contact details on the front page of your manuscript (Name, address, contact number, email address).

* Please ensure your manuscript is a Word document.

* Send your submission to manuscripts[at]scorpiusbooks.com

And there you have it.

We want to stick to our values, which are to be kind and respectful to people, to be proud of what we do, to make our books as accessible as possible, and to do things properly. We want to work with people who share these values.

If this makes sense, you’re probably the right sort of author for us. Hooray! So get that submission emailed off to us today… We look forward to hearing from you.