16 Wonderful Publishers For First Time Authors

Geri Spieler
ILLUMINATION
Published in
4 min readMar 26, 2022

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A unique opportunity to bypass the literary agent

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Now that you have written your book, what next? The elusive literary agent? We know that is almost impossible. So, how do you get into the hands of a great small publisher? Well, here is a list that I’m sharing with you. These publishers are willing to take on a first-time authors. Be sure to follow the submission guidelines perfectly. Good luck.

1. Avon Impulse

Avon is looking for big, high concept historical and contemporary romances. They want inclusive and diverse romances that reflect our world–all sexualities, races, ethnicities, religions, genders, body types, disabilities, and ages!

Submission guidelines

2. Baen Books

Baen Books is an American publishing house for science fiction and fantasy. In science fiction, it emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, and military science fiction. “We prefer to see complete manuscripts accompanied by a synopsis. We prefer not to see simultaneous submissions.”

Submission guidelines

3. Black & White Publishing

What they publish:

commercial women’s fiction (chick lit, saga, romance)

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Geri Spieler
ILLUMINATION

Award-winning writer, master researcher, journalist, former Gartner analyst, non-fiction author. Reach me at gspieler@gmail.com