PLEASE NOTE: MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS HAVE BEEN TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED AS WE SELECT OUR NEXT TITLES.
Allium Press of Chicago publishes books in the areas of history, historical fiction, mysteries, thrillers, and young adult fiction. To date, all of our titles have a strong Chicago connection, but we are open to books without a Chicago focus. We only publish a small number of titles each year. We do not publish self-help books, how-to guides, fantasy or science fiction, romance fiction, poetry, etc. Please take the time to carefully look at our titles to see if your work fits into our “niche”.
Please do not submit fiction written in the present tense.
We
accept submissions via email only. Do NOT mail unsolicited manuscripts to our
offices. If you are interested in submitting, please first send an email including
the following information:
If we are interested in your book we will request the first three chapters and a synopsis (1-2 pages), to be sent via email. If we are still interested after receiving the first chapters, we will request the full manuscript, to be sent in hard copy.
All manuscripts (whether first chapters or full) should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format. Text should be in Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced, with one-inch margins. It is imperative that you have carefully checked your manuscript for punctuation, spelling, and grammar issues. Refer to the Chicago Manual of Style if you have questions about formatting. When sending chapters you must combine them into one Word document. Manuscripts will NOT be returned, so please do not send a stamped return mailer.
We are a small press, and while we usually respond very promptly to initial queries, it may take three to six months to respond to your submission of first chapters. We cannot take phone calls or emails regarding the status of your manuscript. We will respond to your submission once it has been read, whether we are interested in publishing it or not. If you have not heard from us within six months, have accepted a contract with another publisher, or wish to remove your manuscript from submission, you may contact us by email.
Correspondence regarding submissions should be made by email only. Use this address: submissions [at] alliumpress.com.
Thank you for taking the time to familiarize yourself with our submissions guidelines.