A Children's Book Publisher and Publisher of New Adult and Travel Books.
Accepting Unsolicited Manuscripts
Pants On Fire Press is a book publisher that accepts unsolicited manuscripts from authors. Read our manuscript submission guidelines carefully. We delete submissions with attachments. Do not send us queries with attachments unless requested.
Book and Manuscript Submissions
We are acquiring Middle-Grade, Young Adult and Fiction for adults. We are looking for strong writers who are excited about marketing their stories and building a following of readers. For novels, the body of the email should include your query and the first three chapters along with:
- A synopsis
- The genre of the book
- Approximate word count
- A short pitch
- Marketing plan
- Writing credentials, if any
- Your contact info
- If the work is agented, agent info
- Author bio
- List of any and all previous titles with sales history
Middle Grade Books
- An exciting plot
- Strong voices and edited manuscript
- Developed characters
- Strong storytelling
Young Adult Books
- A real voice for the readers
- A premise that can be conveyed in 2-3 sentences
- Protagonists who are 15-19
- An age-appropriate romantic element is a plus even if it’s not the center of the story
- Memorable characters readers care about and can relate to one way or another
Fiction Books
- A real voice for the readers
- A premise that can be conveyed in 2-3 sentences
- Memorable characters readers care about and can relate to one way or another
Contact
Paste the query letter and text in the body of the e-mail and send to Becca Goldman at submission@pantsonfirepress.com or editor@pantsonfirepress.com. Text attachments will be deleted. Art may be attached. Never send us your original work or art.
And finally, we will only contact you if we are interested.