Call for Submissions

Submitting a Book Proposal

Adams Media Corporation is always looking for great book proposals! We accept submissions directly from authors (including first time authors) and also from literary agents. Learn more about submitting a book proposal.

Story Submissions

As of January 1, 2011, we will no longer be accepting story submissions for the Cup of Comfort series. For more details, please visit our Cup of Comfort page.

Crimson Romance Writer’s Guidelines

Our new romance eBook line is open to romance submissions in five popular subgenres: romantic suspense, contemporary, paranormal, historical, and spicy (sexy) romance.

Within those subgenres, we are flexible about what happens. It’s romance, so there must be a happily-ever-after, but we’re open to how your characters get there. You won’t come up against preconceived ideas about what can or can’t happen in romance or what kind of characters you can or can’t have. Our only rule is everyone has to be a consenting adult. Other than that, we’re looking for smart, savvy heroines, fresh voices, and new takes on old favorite themes.

We’re looking for full-length novels, and while we prefer to work on the shorter end of the spectrum (50,000 words, give or take), we’re not going to rule you out because you go shorter or longer.

If you have a finished novel you’d like for us to consider, please just drop editor Jennifer Lawler a line at editorcrimson@gmail.com with a brief description of your work–please, no attachments until I know you’re not a spambot. That’s it! I’ll get back to you as quickly as I can–within a few days for queries and within a few weeks if I request a full.

PLEASE NOTE: We cannot consider works that have been previously published in whole or in part in any media, including self-publishing (Kindle, CreateSpace, etc.). Your manuscript must be entirely original and unpublished.

Thank you for your interest!