Submit your book

Please read our submission guidelines before sending your work

Lucy and Stephen Bath look forward to reading your work in December 2026 when submissions open. Please do not send manuscripts before that date.

How to submit

For fiction, please send:

  • a brief synopsis

  • the first 5000 words of the typescript

  • a cover letter

For non-fiction:

  • an outline of the book

  • the opening chapter

  • a short author biography

We prefer submissions as a Word or PDF attachment with the subject:

SUBMISSION - BOOK TITLE - AUTHOR NAME

Response time is 2/3 weeks

Complete manuscript only on request

We look forward to reading your work!

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