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Welcome to Dark Age Press

Open Submissions for the month of August are closed.
The next Open Submissions begins on January 1, 2025.

Who We Are

Dark Age Press is a small, independent publisher. We presently focus on Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Literary Fiction. We are not looking for picture books, children's books, or works focused on themes for Young Adult (YA), religious, or erotica. We are not a vanity press.

Our mission: to support local, independent bookstores and pop-up bookstores, and, as such, we only sell to those bookstores.

Our goal is to publish two works per year.

Open Submissions

We have open submission twice per year during the months of January and August.

Simultaneous Submissions: Simultaneous submissions—submitting a work to more than one publisher at the same time—are permitted. We respectfully ask that you notify us promptly when you are accepted by another publisher.

Multiple submissions: Multiple submissions—an author submitting more than one work per submission window—are accepted, but please limit the number to three works per submission window.

We only accept completed novel-length works of at least 90,000 words that are unpublished, were not self-published, and not made freely available. Works generated with A.I. (artificial intelligence) tools are not accepted.

Authors wishing to submit a work must send a PDF of the first three chapters to: submissions@darkagepress.com, and mail a print version of the first three chapters to the address below.

The email subject line should say: Attention Submissions - [Name of Author] [Title of Book].

Start the body of your email by telling us the genre of the work (Fantasy, Science Fiction, or Literary Fiction) and then give us a short paragraph of the synopsis.

Authors wishing to have the printed work returned should include a self-addressed, stamped envelope (S.A.S.E.).

Submitted works must be postmarked during the month of open submission to be considered. Works submitted outside the submission window that include a S.A.S.E. will be returned. Those submissions that are not accepted or are received outside the submission dates will be destroyed.

We will respond by the end of December for the August submission window, and the end of May for the January submission window. If we have not responded by the end of the respective period, you can query us regarding the status at submissions@darkagepress.com. Submissions not accepted will be destroyed.

All correspondence will come from DarkAgePress.com.

Our mailing address is:

Dark Age Press
Attn: Submissions
P.O. Box 470292
Fort Worth, TX 76147-0292

For Authors

An author who is selected will receive:

an advance of $500 to $2000;
cover art;
filing for copyright;
and a set amount of books to use in promotion of the book.

Authors will be contractually constrained to selling only at in-person promotions or events for two years.

For Bookstores

If you own, represent, or purchase for these types of bookstores and would like to be informed of our offerings, you can write to us at publisher@darkagepress.com

DARK AGE PRESS • PO BOX 470292 • FORT WORTH, TX 76147-0292