Aspen Mountain Press

We Are Currently Open to New Submissions In Limited Genres

Email Queries ONLY

Effective January 10, 2010

Del Fantasma

These are paranormal romance stories set in the Del Fantasma bar in Vista Loma, California.  See our site for more information or email the submissions address below for additional information.

Horror

We are seeking quality horror stories along the lines of Stephen King.

Gay (M/M) Romances

We are looking for conflict driven stories past "coming out"  that deal with real situations.  Satisfying ending required.

This is our number one seller at present.  These stories do not have to be graphic or explicit

Erotic Romances

With a wide variety of sub-genres to choose from, we expect these stories to encompass the very best of erotica paired with a real plot and characters we can care about from page one.  Kink factors add to the appeal of this market especially BDSM, menage that involves two men, and multi-cultural mixes.

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 20k 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.

We only contract COMPLETED manuscripts and do not accept proposals from authors unknown to us.

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!  Romances need to have conflict and resolution

WESTERNS - primarily with an American setting after the American Civil War and contemporary cowboy romance stories. We would really love to see a "cowboy and Native American" romance with sexy elements.

Multi-Cultural/Interracial - We're not interested in angst here.  We want bonifide romances and other genres where culture and race are a part of the fabric of the tale. No stereotyping please.  We want to present members of all cutures in a positive light.

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 WINTER 2010

HOLIDAY STORIES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2010

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 okay.

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 if you wish your manuscript to receive serious consideration:

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. SHORTER IS BETTER.

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.  Failure to adhere to these guidelines will disqualify your manuscript from consideration.

RTF files only. Submissions in DOC or in the body of the e-mail will not be accepted and will not be opened.  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 (Go to the format tab of your word document to set the paragraph indentation)!  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: AMPSubmissions (at) gmail.com

Contracted Stories

1. Receive editing.  If you hold each word hallowed you will have difficulty here.
2. Receive professionally designed covers.  Our artists do their best to bring your cover vision to life within the constraints of their media.
3. Receive 3rd party exposure.  Aspen Mountain Press participates with a number of resellers giving your story more exposure.  Our books are available at Fictionwise, Mobipocket, Amazon, 1RomanceEbooks, Bookstrand and All Romance Ebooks. We are continuing to expand our third party exposure.
4. Are paid monthly royalties at 35%.  Once 100 copies are sold at Aspen Mountain Press that rate goes up to 40%.
5. The authors of contracted works at Aspen Mountain Press have opportunities for continuing education via web classes on the Aspen Mountain Press loops and the Aspen Mountain Press blog.  We also will reimburse current authors for classes (up to $50 annually)  they take to improve their writing and marketing skills.