Echelon Press Submission Guidelines

Echelon is currently seeking to fill all publication slots for its 2011 production schedule.

General submissions are for ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION ONLY.

Do NOT send queries for PRINT publication.

Currently in effect: Echelon Press will acquire all titles for paperback publication by invitation only. The most effective method of securing an invitation is by in house author referral or by meeting Echelon editors at events and conferences. Not sure how to get a referral? Purchase and read books from Echelon authors and develop relationships through networking.

is for electronic publication, if not it will be deleted without consideration.

All queries MUST include a full Marketing Strategy. This report must be sent as an attachment. Queries that do not include a Marketing Strategy will be deleted without consideration.

Special Note:

Echelon Press: We are accepting queries in all genres and lengths. eBook only. Send submissions to editorial2@echelonpress.com.

Explorations: A new line devoted to science-fiction, fantasy, urban fantasy, and mainstream works that deal in magic and otherworldly things. eBook only. Send properly formatted submissions to explorations@echelonpress.com.

Quake: We are accepting queries for all genres and lengths, but are especially interested in genres that target young male readers (ages: 12 - 18) eBook only. Send properly formatted submissions to submit@quakeme.com.

Echelon Shorts: We are accepting queries for all genres short and novella length works ranging in length from 3,000 - 40,000 fiction. We are accepting fiction and short fiction. This line is for eBook only. No shorts or novellas will go into print. Please send your submissions for all genres to echelon.shorts@gmail.com.

We are seeking authors with strong character development, good plotting skills, strong technical skills, and the ability to engage the reader on an emotional level. Manuscripts that do not strictly adhere to our guidelines and word counts will be returned or deleted unconsidered. Authors must also be willing to market, promote, and sell their own work along with the publisher.

Manuscripts will be judged solely on style and originality, story, content, and technical structure.

Please direct all queries in the body of an email (no unsolicited attachments, please) to the appropriate e-mail address listed above.  Do not put proposals in the body of an e-mail.

Echelon Press publishes three kinds of works:

• ~Single Title (Word Count 50,001 - 90,000)
• ~Novella (Word Count 10,001 - 50,000)
• ~Short Story (Word count 3,000 - 10,000)

Upon acceptance for further consideration:

Each manuscript submission e-mail must include the following items:

• File #1 (file name: last name-title-cover.doc) e.g. jones-HappyTrails-cover.doc - Cover letter with total word count, genre, brief synopsis, and applicable publishing credits.
• File #2 (file name: last name-title-market.doc) e.g. jones-HappyTrails-market.doc - A one-two page outline of your specific one year marketing strategy.
• File #3 (file name: last name-title-sub.doc) i.e. jones-HappyTrails-sub.doc -One electronic copy of the full manuscript in standard format. (see below)

Standard Manuscript format

• File saved in Word format (.doc) or (.rtf)
• 8 ½ x 11 sheet
• Times New Roman 12pt font/black ink
• 1-inch margin on all sides/ 1.5 line spacing
• Align text left, do not justify (aligning text both left and right)
• Header containing title, author name, e-mail address, and page number
• Capital letters at the beginning of sentences and proper nouns
• Show new paragraphs by indenting first line of new paragraph. Do not add blank line between paragraphs.
• Show scene breaks with * * * centered in the appropriate line.

All cover letters must include

• Name (and pseudonym if applicable)
• Mailing address
• Phone number
• E-mail address (required for publication)
• Web address (required for publication)

Response to full manuscript submissions may be three to five months, unless otherwise specified.

Please note that we do not accept email submissions without prior request. Unsolicited submissions sent via email attachment will be deleted without consideration.

We will NOT visit your web site for samples of your work, so do not suggest it to us. If you do, your query will be deleted without consideration.

Submissions that do not adhere to these guidelines
WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT CONSIDERATION.

Revised: September 1, 2009