Guidelines for New Authors to Immanion
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Guidelines for Authors submitting work

Please Note: Due to a large backlog we are not accepting submissions for Fiction work until further notice. 

Please read the following guidelines carefully

Payment:
Immanion Press does not offer advances against royalties. If we publish your work, you will start accruing royalty payments immediately your book is published, to be paid twice yearly. 

What We Are Looking For: 

Fiction:
  • Innovative and intelligent novels in the dark fantasy, literary fantasy, sf and horror genres. 
  • Slipstream/magical reality fiction - challenging works that are indefinable in terms of genre. 
We do not want: 
  • Derivative or overly sentimental fantasy
  • Overly technical, non-character driven sf
  • Visceral gory horror

Non-Fiction:
  • Thought-provoking, well researched and boundary crossing esoteric non-fiction works on occultism, neopagan spiritual traditions, and related topics. 
  • Works on new magical systems.
  • Books on Pop Culture magic.
  • We specialise in intermediate to advanced level works, rather than beginner's material.
  • We will consider introductory works, provided that they involve a new perspective on the subject, rather than emulating the vast amount of books already out there. 
We do not want:
  • "New Age" works, such as presenting angels as beings of "love and light", and titles similar to "The Secret" etc.
  • Paranormal material focusing on conspiracy theories.
  • Books on Wicca or eclectic neopaganism similar to the mass of other such titles available elsewhere.
  • Magical or spiritual systems that are presented as ancient systems or family traditions, with no other historical or other reference material to support them.
If you are unsure what category your work fits into, in either fiction or non-fiction, please submit samples.

How to Submit Your Work: 
  • We only take submissions in electronic format as a Word file, a PDF or as a plain text file. Books should be between 50,000 and 120,000 words. 
  • The front page of your documents should contain your name and contact details.
  • The layout of the file should be double line space, 12pt Times New Roman or similar, with 1" margins all round.
  • Pages should be numbered.

Please Include with Your Mail:
  • A 2-5 page synopsis of your book (including chapter breakdown for non-fiction).
  • The first 30 pages of text.
  • Biographical information about yourself, including any previously published works if pertinent.

Please indicate what stage your work is at, i.e. how many drafts you've done on the submitted material, whether the book is yet finished or not. If your book is not complete, state when you envisage it will be.

After we have read your submission, and should we consider it suitable for Immanion Press to publish, we will contact you within a month to request a completed manuscript.

Immanion Press reserves the right to reject the work at any stage until you receive a contract, but the contract states that the work will not be published if the finished manuscript does not comply with publishable standards.


Rights and Contract:

For first time authors, a contract will be provided on submission of a publishable manuscript, which must be approved by an editor or agent of Immanion Press, and be professionally competent and fit for publication in style and content.

Authors who already have work published by Immanion Press may be eligible for a commission, in which case a contract is given upon submission of a mutually agreed synopsis and sample chapters.

We do not offer advance payments. All authors are paid on a royalty basis, paid twice a year. The author royalty is 10% of what a book sells for, i.e. 10% of full price, or 10% of a discounted price.


Writing Guidelines:

All Immanion Press publications will be of professional standard. This means your work will be subjected to rigorous editing. The editing process can sometimes be harsh, but all editorial advice is for the benefit of your work. The Immanion Press editors are all extremely experienced in their fields, and one of them will liaise with you, throughout production of the book.

Although authors are encouraged to discuss editing points with their editor, the editor's decision is final on all matters.

Therefore, do not submit work if you find it difficult to accept constructive criticism and direction. To do otherwise, merely wastes our time and yours.

We would not automatically reject a submission because of poor grammar, punctuation, spelling and syntax, if it's clear the author has great potential, good ideas and a story to tell. We offer full support to our authors, and can provide coursework material for creative writing and English grammar upon request.


Specific Writing Guidelines for Nonfiction Manuscripts

Manuscripts are subjected to a thorough editing process that includes not only proofreading for grammar and spelling, but also in-depth content editing and fact-checking to the best of our ability. Please be prepared to potentially spend several months in the editing process, as we want to help you put out the best work possible. Our job is not to rewrite your book but to help make your writing the best it can be while preserving your unique voice and ideas. Our nonfiction editing staff is composed of magical and spiritual practitioners.

We do require that, to the best of your ability, you show your use of others' material through a solid bibliography, as well as either footnotes, end notes or in-text citations. We understand that with some works, particularly reprints of older works, this may be difficult to impossible.

Contact Details: 
editorial@immanion-press.com
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