Submissions

We are now CLOSED to new submissions as of Sunday, January 15th. We intend to re-open to new queries near the end of 2012. If you submitted a query and have not yet heard back from us, it means we are still considering your manuscript. We respond to all queries we receive.

We welcome queries from unpublished and previously published authors, agented or unagented.
We are interested in Young Adult and New Adult sci-fi, psych-fi, paranormal, or urban fantasy, particularly those with a strong and interesting voice. We only take on new projects that inspire us and make us want to read more. 

Our mission is to grow the careers of talented YA authors. While our advance payments tend to be smaller than those of larger publishers, we commit more resources to marketing our authors' work. This makes us a good fit for authors at the start of their careers who want to build their following. We distribute our titles through Midpoint Trade Books, and Rebecca Mancini of Rights Mix handles the sales of foreign, film, and book club rights for all of our authors.

Please send a query letter and the first ten pages of your manuscript in the body of an email to Vikki Ciaffone at: submissions@SpencerHillPress.com. We do not accept attachments or snailmail submissions.

For ANTHOLOGY SUBMISSIONS, please click the links for Holiday Magick or Doorways to Extra TIme.