Grey Gecko Press is currently accepting submissions from authors for previously unpublished work or work that is not currently licensed or under contract by another publisher. Grey Gecko accepts submissions ranging from short story length (1,500 words minimum) to extended-length novels (150,000+ words) and everything in between. On this page, you’ll find everything you need to know about our submission policies and procedures.





What You Should Know Before Submitting

1.       We have submission requirements and procedures for a reason. Follow them.

Our submission requirements aren’t onerous, especially when compared to many other agents and/or more traditional publishers. We have these requirements because we receive many submissions, and processing them all is much less time-consuming when they’re formatted correctly and include all the information that we need. Submissions that aren’t formatted correctly or are missing required info will be deleted unread with no notification. And really, following the rules is just being professional.

2.       We don’t publish some genres.

There are three genres of fiction we’re not interested in publishing. This is not intended as a judgement of those genres, merely a company choice not to publish them. If your work falls into one of these
categories, please seek another publisher. Don’t try to sneak it by, hoping we won’t notice. We will, and not only will your submission be deleted unread (or mostly unread), we’ll remember you. And not in a good way. Be honest with yourself and us, and you won’t waste anyone’s time.

The genres we don’t publish are:

·       Extreme horror — Think Saw and Hostel. Violence for the sake of violence, gore just for kicks. There may be a market for this, but we’re not it.

·       Erotica — If the book has sex in it, that’s fine. If it’s only sex, or 90% sex, then that’s erotica, and you’re welcome to take the work elsewhere.

·       Religious Fiction — An example of this genre would be the Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins.

3.       No line-jumpers.

No one gets a free pass to the head of the line. Don’t send your submission to another Grey Gecko email account, hoping to get noticed. Don’t call us, asking if you can submit your work directly to one of our editors. Submit your work like everyone else. We will get to it, and if it’s good, we’ll talk. Trying to circumvent the process only guarantees that we’ll never read your work.

Submission Requirements

1.       No full manuscripts.

Send us a query letter, including a brief summary of the work submitted, a full outline of the work, detailing the entire plot point-by-point, and a sample of the work. For novellas, one chapter; for novels, 3 chapters. Short stories may be submitted in their entirety.

2.       Electronic submission is preferred.

You may submit your work using Microsoft Word or Word-compatible file formats, including .doc or .docx. You may also submit initial queries in PDF form, but please note: If accepted for further review/publication, you will be required to provide a .doc/.docx file at that time.

3.       Submissions must be formatted appropriately.

The work submitted must be formatted in the current industry standard. Click here for more information.

4.       Be patient.

We may not be able to respond to you quickly. We are still a small shop, with a limited number of personnel. We’re not ignoring you, we’re just busy. Please be patient.

Please click here to submit your work or proposal: Submissions.

You will receive confirmation of the receipt of your submission automatically, and your work will be added to the submission queue. We will contact you after our review of your work is complete, regardless of the outcome. Again, please be patient!

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