Submission Guidelines

Our Philosophy:

Rising Phoenix Press, founded by authors and illustrators, believes that a network of people working together to promote all titles is far more effective than one person marketing on their own.  Based on this philosophy, certain requirements are mandatory and are non-negotiable.  We are building a select list, based on quality work that represents our company as a whole.  Works submitted must complement the titles we currently publish. 

We are not a traditional publisher.  Our company is based on promoting each other as a whole and producing titles that we feel will benefit everyone involved at Rising Phoenix. There is a one-time author fee.  This fee is discounted for multiple pieces and is payable to Rising Phoenix Press.  Authors retain 100% of their royalties, less production costs.  Production costs are calculated per title per sales channel by the printer.

What we are looking for:

We publish young adult novels, early/middle readers, and children’s picture books.  We are not interested in short stories, short story collections, novellas, poetry, or adult novels.  Responses to submissions can take up to 6months, but will usually come much sooner. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable as long as we are notified if your manuscript is picked up by another publisher.

How to submit:

All submissions should be attached to an e-mail and sent to submissions@risingphoenixpress.net.  Please include your name, the name of the work and age level (YA, MR, ER, or PB) in the subject line (i.e. C.S. Lewis,The Silver Chair, YA).  In the body text of the e-mail, briefly describe the manuscript’s plot, intended age group, your publishing credits (if any), and any other information you feel pertinent. Manuscripts must be on 8 ½” x 11” paper, Times New Roman or Arial font, double-spaced, 12-14 point type, with at least 1” margins all around.  Please number the pages consecutively and include the title of the work at the top of each page.

Please type your name,e-mail address, and phone number in the upper right hand corner of the first page of your manuscript.  Right under this, please put the length of your manuscript in number of words.  Click here for a manuscript sample.

YA Novels, Middle and Early Readers:  Please send at least 10 pages from the opening chapter(s) along with a detailed synopsis.

Picture Books:  Send entire manuscript

Submission Guidelines for Independent Contractors

Rising Phoenix Press is currently building a list of independent contractors that we will provide to our authors as a resource to aid in the creation of quality, original children’s picture books and young adult novels.  Rising Phoenix Press is providing this list to our authors for informational purposes only.  All contracts, fees, and time requirements will be negotiated directly between the contractor and author.  Below is a list of services that we are currently seeking to add to our list.  If you would like to be considered for our list, please follow the submission guidelines below.  

Illustrators – Picture Book and YA Covers

You may send a link to online portfolios to submissions@risingphoenixpress.net.  Please provide the necessary contact information: name, e-mail, telephone.  We would also appreciate knowing the medium used to create the work as well as an approximate working time-frame per project.  If you would prefer to send non-returnable samples or dummies by mail, you may send them to:

Rising Phoenix Press, LLC

Attn:  Art Director

100 Goldmine Ct

Aledo, TX 76008

Editors

You may send sample work to submissions@risingphoenixpress.net. Please provide the necessary contact information:  name, e-mail, telephone, as well as an approximate time-frame for projects.

Novels – Please provide a list of previously edited work as well as text from at least two complete chapters from the most recent project that you have edited.

Picture books – Please provide a list of previously edited work as well the complete text from your most recently edited book.

Book Layout, Interior and Exterior

You may send a link to online portfolios/samples to submissions@risingphoenixpress.net.  Please provide the necessary contact information: name, e-mail, telephone, as well as an approximate working time-frame per project. 

Novels – Please provide a list of previously completed work as well as two full cover layouts from the most recent projects that you have completed.

Picture books – Please provide a list of previously completed work as well as two two-page spreads from your two most recently completed projects.

Unfortunately, we are unable to respond to each submission or query.  If we find your work to be of interest for future projects, we will certainly contact you.  Please send any questions to contact@risingphoenixpress.net.

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