Aspen Mountain Press

We Are Currently Closed to New Submissions

with the exception of the Del Fantasma series and the winter holiday anthology.

PLEASE CHECK BACK IN 12 WEEKS

Submission Guidelines

 Aspen Mountain Press is an e-book, royalty paying publisher.  We do not charge fees for set up, or charge for editing your story once it has been accepted for publication.  Our contracts request  rights to the contracted work, including digital and print formats as we will provide some of our titles in print later this year.

Aspen Mountain Press is seeking stories in all genres.  Please know we will not accept manuscripts that encourage racial / religious intolerance, illegal acts, or abuse.  Beginning with a minimum word count of 10k and extending to 90k creative, unusual, well-written stories that draw the reader into your world will garner our attention.  We especially like tales that cross genres; for example a science-fiction mystery.

Previously published stories will be accepted only if author owns all print and electronic rights.  We are specifically seeking:

ROMANCE - Cross-genre love stories: a love story, plus significant elements of another genre that may include alternative lifestyles. These may range from sweet romances to hot erotica.  No porn please!

SCIENCE FICTION: strong, well-built science fiction, paranormal or urban fantasy worlds that support multiple stories.  Futuristic, time travel, and alternate reality stories would be included here as well.  No fan-fic please.

FANTASY: dragons, knights in shining armor.  Don’t rip off D & D or other copyrighted fantasy worlds.  No fan-fic.  Think of Terry Brooks and the Magic Kingdom for Sale books.

WESTERNS: primarily with an American setting during the 1800’s and after the American Civil War.  Would really love to see a "cowboy and Native American" romance with sexy elements.

ACTION-ADVENTURE/MILITARY/PARAMILITARY/MERCENARY: may include political thrillers, espionage, in the field stories.  Think Syrianna, The Hunt for Red October, Bourne Identity or other similar stories.

MYSTERY:  from cozy to thriller to hard-boiled PI’s.

HORROR: Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Alfred Hitchcock style stories are what we’re seeking.

All heat levels are considered at Aspen Mountain Press in all genres. 

WE ARE NOW SEEKING SUBMISSIONS FOR HALLOWEEN AND WINTER 2008.
 

Absolutely no:

Pedophilia. That is, sex between adults and underage characters.

Necrophilia. Undead (vampires etc.) doesn't count.

Bestiality. Sentient shifters, aliens and paranormal creatures are OK.

Scat or golden showers.

Rape or incest (as defined by the culture in which the story occurs) calculated to arouse the reader.  Villains may commit rape or incest to demonstrate malicious intent, but it should occur offstage  or in a manner that is not arousing.  Rape or incest can have occurred in a character's past, but the hero or heroine should never perpetrate rape or incest during the scope of the story.

Snuff.

Please submit exactly and only the following:

A Query Letter in the body of an email with:

Your legal name, pseudonym if applicable, and contact e-mail.

Working Title (series name if applicable)

Genre and manuscript length

General story description in two paragraphs.

Writing credentials.

Attach to the email the following in RTF only:

A short but complete synopsis (about the story, not the author) to be no more than five pages in length.

A partial which includes the first twenty pages of your manuscript to the nearest scene break.

Formatting Your Submission

Please follow these simple formatting guidelines precisely.

RTF files only. Submissions in DOC or in the body of the e-mail will not be accepted and will not be unopened.  DOCs may carry harmful viruses while RTFs do not.

Standard 12 pt Times New Roman, 1 inch margins, .5 indent for the first line of each paragraph.  1.5 line spaces between lines. 

DO NOT USE THE ENTER KEY TO GO TO THE NEXT LINE!  No tabs or spacing to indent please!  Page numbers in the upper right corner, author name in the upper left corner with the title of the work following.  Example: Stephen King / The Shining

                  Send your submission to: submissions (at) AspenMountainPress.com