Submissions Guidelines

We started out publishing anthologys and we love doing that, but also wanted to start offering beautifully designed publsihing to writers who want to spread hope and light throughout the world. We are currently taking submissions for a few different categories of books. Read on to find out more:

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Romance Novels:

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We are open to queries for all sweet, closed-door RomComs, and Contemporary Romance. If your book fits into one of the traditional categories, we would love to read your submission. And if your book doesn’t quite fit in the traditional publishing industry, we hope you will consider submitting to Burning Branch Publishing. We are open to submissions for RomCom and Contemporary Romance.

OUR ROMANCE WISH LIST: 

🚘We love a good road trip story

🤠 Cowboys

🎭 Great humor in romcoms

🏔Happily Ever After

🏰Historical Romance

👑 Royal RomCom

💖 Steam level: Sweet + closed-door romance

…and much more…

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Fantasy Novels:

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We are open to queries for FANTASY books. We are looking for allegorical fantasy that gives hope to a dark world. Think of it as a combination of C.S. Lewis mixed with a dash of Tolkien and a good serving of Brandon Sanderson. If your book fits into one of the traditional categories, we would love to read your submission. And if your book doesn’t quite fit in the traditional publishing industry, we hope you will consider submitting to Burning Branch Publishing. We are now open to submissions for Fantasy..

OUR FANTASY WISH LIST: 

🏰Good fairytale retellings

🐉Fantastical beasts

🪄Magic

🦹🏼Strong characters who are relatable

👑Unique world building

🧛🏻‍♀️Urban Fantasy

…and much more…

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Nonfiction:

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We are open to queries for NONFICTION books. We are looking for allegorical Nonfiction that gives hope to a dark world. The books we are looking for is a mish mash of Magnolia Table meets Bread & Wine by Shauna Niequist. If your book fits into one of the traditional categories, we would love to read your submission. And if your book doesn’t quite fit in the traditional publishing industry, we hope you will consider submitting to Burning Branch Publishing. We are now open to submissions for Nonfiction.

NONFICTION + INSPIRATION WISH LIST: 

💖Gives off a vibe of hope and joy.

💖Healthful living

💖Inspirational

💖Faith

💖Biographies

💖Coffee table books with cool illustrations and photos

💖Life is precious

…and much more…

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Children's Books & Middle Grade & YA:

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We are open to queries for children books, Middle Grade, and also YA. For children's books we are looking for unique books with gorgeous illustrations.

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CHILDRENS BOOKS WISH LIST:

🧸 Brings hope and happiness to children's lives.

🧸 Stories with good values that encourage kids in their daily lives. There are books I read as a kid that I always think back to that I like to think helped shape who I am today. We want that. 

🧸 Inspirational

🧸 We'd love educational topics like ABCs with illustrated animals, or learning colors with nature?

…and much more…

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How to submit to us:

Send your finished story as a .doc or .docx to submissions.burningbranch[at]gmail[dot]com or if it's an illustrated book send it to us in PDF format. Include a brief cover letter in the body of the email. (Please do not summarize your story in the cover letter.)

 

Burning Branch Publishing is currently focusing on publishing stories that create humor, hope, and is focusing to spread light in the darkness. We want stories that hit the feels and stay at the top of readers’ minds even after the last page is turned––stories that, no matter the genre, spread hope and life. Make sure to follow our submission guidelines so you don’t miss something important. Pieces that don’t follow this information have a higher chance being cut.

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Your Story:

• Your story should be fully finished

• Make sure your story has a strong hook!

• Make sure we care about your characters.

 

WE DO NOT PUBLISH:

• Previously published short fiction.

• Poetry.

• Fan fiction. Stories must unique to you.

• Collaborative work with other authors, meaning, You must be the sole author of your story.

• Scenes/excerpts/synopses from novels (however, you can use existing characters from your own novels).

• Excessive violence, profanity, or erotica in any form.

• Anything steamy. We focus on closed-door romance.

• We like to keep our books clean and appropriate 

• We also don’t want our stories to preach from a soapbox (whether political, religious, or otherwise.) There may be a hint of these themes throughout your story, just as long as it doesn’t come off pushy.

 

Manuscript & Email Formatting Guidelines:

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• Your name (as you would like it to appear in print)

• Your real name (if different)

• Your contact information (phone number, email address, mailing address)

• The title of your story

• The word count (for the story only, excluding the title, your name, and your contact information)

• The body of your story should be: Double-spaced (no space between paragraphs)

 

File Name: Name your story file (.doc or .docx) as follows –

 

<your last name>-<story title>.doc​

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RESPONSE TIME

Our editors will send out acceptance and rejection emails after going through submissions.

 

Thank you for your interest in publishing your book with us at Burning Branch Publishing. If you have additional questions, you may email submissionsburningbranch@gmail.com

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Devin Joubert
Editor-in-Chief
Burning Branch Publishing