SUBMISSIONS
JIM DANDY is for outlaws, outsiders, and transgressors. Does that describe you?
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
What We Publish:
Jim Dandy publishes full-length (word counts of 65,000+) literary novels, young adult novels, and creative nonfiction. We are also looking for erotica and erotic romance (3,500-80,000 words) for our anthologies. NOTE: At this time we are not accepting submissions for collections of poetry, literary short stories, or literary essays.
We publish books that feature unheard and outsider voices. We resonate to authors with transgressive and punk sensibilities. We are particularly interested in publishing work of writers from underrepresented communities in terms of sexual identity, gender identity, spirituality, and physical or mental differences. This is reflected in our catalog of literary and erotic fiction, as well as our business titles. Jim Dandy is for outsiders and transgressors: please keep this in mind when submitting.
We ask that you review our catalog of books to determine whether your writing and our books are compatible and be prepared to write a statement indicating why Jim Dandy is a perfect fit for your submission.
POLICY ON RESPONSES TO ANY SUBMISSION
We do our best to respond to submissions within six to eight weeks. If you don’t hear from us within eight weeks, it is likely that your title does not fit our needs at this time. But we do like to get back to our authors out of respect and goodwill. Please feel free to submit other titles in the future.
LITERARY FICTION AND BUSINESS:
We are currently most interested in seeing these titles for our literary and non-fiction press:
- LGBTQ+ Romantasy
- True stories and fictitious autobiography
- Business books for underserved communities or with a nonconformist bent.
- YA Fiction with realistic and fleshed out characters from the LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, and or alternative spirituality perspectives.
- Books or Stories about Punk and New Wave. Will consider picture books.
- Genre fiction with queer, neurodivergent, or alternative spirituality themes, such as mystery, science fiction, romance, or westerns.
- Myths, legends, and fantasies retold from a new perspective.