Submissions

Lucid House Publishing is currently open to manuscript submissions for publication in Fall 2025. We publish a small number of books by season. We aim to prepare for each release 8-15 months in advance. 

If you desire to publish before Fall 2025, we cannot accommodate you at this time.

At Lucid House Publishing, our editorial team conducts our submissions process. Our primary objective is to ensure your book is a good fit for Lucid House Publishing and that we are the right fit for you. If both of these ends are met, we will discuss the next steps with you.

We are looking for high-quality, engaging stories in both fiction and non-fiction. We are not genre-bound, but we do have preferences, which you’ll see below. Lucid House Publishing focuses on publishing great stories with important messages written by authors with distinct voices. Several of our titles on both our current and backlist are cross-genre, and virtually all of our titles have won national awards, with the exception being our latest releases.

At present, we would like to publish more books in the following genres:

• Fantasy / Romantasy

• Contemporary Romance / Historical Romance / YA Romance

• Literary Fiction

• Historical Fiction/Contemporary Fiction

• Suspense Thrillers / Horror

• Memoirs 

• Cookbooks

• Business / Self-help

• Graphic Novels

Submit all in one document with your working title and name as the header:

• a query letter;

• a brief description of your project and brief summary of your experience as a writer;

•  what genre or cross-genre;

• a one-page synopsis of your project

• and a sample chapter. 

Formatting specifications include:  

• Double-spaced

• Common font (Times; Georgia; Times New Roman)

• 12-point font size

• Page numbers included at the top of the page

• Please label your file: LAST NAME_SUBMISSION.docx

Please do not send your full-length manuscript. 

Submit your sample chapter and the other aforementioned elements to contact@lucidhousepublishing.com

We are committed to bringing great stories to the marketplace. Once you email your submission, you will receive confirmation that it has been received. Please allow eight to twelve weeks for a response. 

As a small, collaborative team of professionals, we treat each other with dignity, respect, and kindness. We expect our authors do the same.

While not a requirement, a writer/author who has a strong social media presence, a website, a newsletter, email list, and/or some form of marketing prepared increases the odds of commercial success. Writing, marketing, and promoting a book is not for the faint of heart. If we publish your book, we do not, as a small press, have the resources to carry the full marketing load. Readers, booksellers, and librarians want to connect with authors as people.

Thank you for your interest in Lucid House Publishing.