Sometimes I put out an anthology call and I’m going to be doing one of those very soon, but in asking for ideas for my next anthology, I realized I would have liked to have gotten some holiday novellas. Historically, I have saved my December release spots for novellas, often erotic romance novellas and generally holiday-themed novellas. In the past, authors from within my “stable” of authors have provided these novellas but only one has indicated any interest this year so I’m putting out an informal call for submissions.
If you have a holiday-themed novella you’ve been working on, something that’s completed (or soon to be completed) I’d love to see it. Visit our submissions page for all submission information, including the email address to send it to. All questions about this should be directed to the submissions email, please don’t use my contact form here for questions related to this. I will also answer questions in the comments, as well.
In the query letter that accompanies your submission, please note that you’re responding to my request for holiday-themed novellas.
I’ll probably be looking to have those books contracted and scheduled no later than the end of July.
I have a wonderful christmas themed story I would love to submit to you. The idea of it was a very short novella that had been published three years ago and not to long after that the publisher had gone out of business. The name of the novella has been changed and the work has been reconstructed and revamped and has turned into a different setting and I have since made it longer. There are similarities to the previous work but not entirely kept the way it had been created all those years ago. Can I still submit this novella to you for consideration?
M.A Gonzales
Hi M.A.
Thanks for your interest in submitting, but we don’t take previously released work from authors who haven’t previously contracted new material with us.
Angela-
This is a great opportunity
If you want to get the stories contracted and scheduled by July, when would you like the submission by? I’d love to submit a Chanukah story and would very much like to know if I had enough time to put it together
Stacey
By the end of July, Stacey. I’ll be finalizing my December schedule during that time.
I’m finishing up a sexy paranormal Christmas story at the moment and wanted to make sure our definitions of novella match up. Did you mean Samhain’s novella length, which I believe is 18k or are you wanting 25k minimum? Thanks!
Hey Selena, you can always find our lengths here if you’re curious: http://samhainpublishing.com/about
But all I am concerned with is a minimum 18k. Thanks for asking!
Hello,
I would love to submit a novella if you’re still accepting, but would like a clarifications just to make sure I’m following your specifications:) :
-> Can it be _any_ holiday (even the ones not that don’t typically come to mind first such as Earth Day) or would you rather it be holidays in/close to December (ie: Christmas, New Years)?
-> The novella can fall into any sexual heat level/character pairings, right?
Anything you could clear up for me would be wonderful! Thank you!
~L
I’m looking for “Christmas” holiday time of year. Even if it’s not Christmas. They’re being released in December so something that puts people in the holiday cheer frame of mind.
I’ll probably accept subs until the end of July, and then will need to set my schedule.
And yep, any heat/pairings is fine.
Thank you!