Aunt Lute Books is seeking fabulous manuscripts for publication. There is no singular quality we look for in a manuscript we consider for publication. We publish work in a range of genres: novels, short fiction collections, mixed genre anthologies, memoirs, creative nonfiction, bilingual oral histories, and more. 

 

Please consult our catalog and mission statement (below) for guidance on if our press is right for your manuscript:

 

Aunt Lute Books is an intersectional, feminist press dedicated to publishing literature by those who have been traditionally underrepresented in or excluded by the literary canon. Core to Aunt Lute’s mission is the belief that the written word is critical to understanding and relating to each other as humans. Through the sharing of stories, we strengthen ties across cultures and experiences, and at the same time honor the hurt, loss, and harm incurred through structural power imbalances, prejudiced and gendered systems, and ancestral trauma. We uplift these voices in order to build a more just future.

 

PLEASE NOTE

We do NOT accept the following submissions:

• Uncompleted manuscripts or book proposals

• Single author poetry manuscripts

• Young Adult manuscripts

• Children’s Books

• Self Help manuscripts

• Manuscripts with AI generated text

• Manuscripts of translations without established permission contracts with the original author (excluding public domain titles)

 

In order to submit your manuscript to Aunt Lute Books for consideration, please fill out the form below. If you cannot utilize the application form due to incarceration or further accessibility needs, please contact submissions@auntlute.com or send physical mail requesting alternative submission form options to: Aunt Lute Books Submissions, PO Box 410687, San Francisco, CA 94141. We allow for simultaneous submissions. Please email submissions@auntlute.com to withdraw your submission using the subject line “Author Name, Manuscript Title: Withdrawn.”

 

Make sure when uploading your manuscript for consideration, format your sample in the following way:

• Double spaced

• 12 point font (legible)

• With page numbers and your name and manuscript title in the header

 

We suggest that you work on your answers to the questions in our submission form in a separate document so that you can retain your own records and adhere to all word limits.

 

You may submit your manuscript at any time. However, we only read manuscripts in February, May, August, and November. 

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