Market Call-- Dark Crime Novellas for Dark Passages Publishing

Dark Passages Publishing, a new genre imprint of ELJ Publications, is seeking dark crime novella manuscript submissions for our 2016 catalogue.

Give us something nebulous, something gritty, something radical, compelling stories with intriguing characters and quality writing.

We accept manuscripts from 15,000-35,000 words.

Please submit original material only; no reprints. We do not accept multiple submissions. Please submit the entire

manuscript in PDF format. Manuscripts must include word count and pagination.

We read BLIND. Please do not include any personal or biographical information in the coverletter or submission itself. Failure to comply with our guidelines may result in a delay of considering your submission and/or declination of your work.

Simultaneous submissions are acceptable so long as we are notified in your coverletter and if/when your work is accepted by another press. We do not permit multiple submissions. You may submit again only after you receive a declination.

If your work is accepted by another press, please let us know where it was accepted in your withdrawal so we can send our many congratulations.

Please forward your manuscript to darkpassagespublishingATgmailDOTcom. We aim to respond to your submission within 4-8 weeks of receipt.

Please address any questions to darkpassagespublishingATgmailDOTcom.