What sort of books is Tor UK looking for?įor direct submissions we only consider complete and unpublished science fiction, fantasy and horror novels, written in English of between 95,000 - 150,000 words. If you have any questions or queries then just drop us a line.

But, your novel will be read – and if we love it, we will get in contact with you about it. This is because there are only three of us and, despite the popular idea that all editors do is drink coffee and read all day, the fact is the vast majority of submission reading is done in our spare time.

Now we can’t guarantee a fast response, or any kind of editorial feedback. So we, at Tor UK, have decided to throw the doors open and invite writers to send their novels in. Besides, hopefully, there is still a fondness for having the book edited, packaged and published by us traditional types… :-)Īs editors, we’re very aware of just how much work goes into creating a novel, the nerves and anticipation involved with getting someone else to read it and then that long and tiring search looking for someone in the professional industry to actually take a look at it. And while that works for some writers, trying to get the visibility for a novel amongst the sheer numbers of other writers all attempting the same thing is never going to be easy. With so many publishers and agents having closed their lists for submissions, many writers feel that the only option is to go down the self-publishing route. However, we do know how frustrating it is for non-published authors to try to get their work into a traditional publishing house. To be honest, with so many submissions from agents, plus manuscripts from existing authors and actually publishing books – there’s little to no time to actually go through what we used to fondly designate the 'slush pile'. Until recently Tor UK followed the submission policy of Macmillan in that we didn't accept direct submissions.

One of the most popular questions aside from, 'How do I get my novel published?,' was 'Do you have a direct submission policy?' With the aim to perhaps dispel some myths, maybe impart some unknown information - that kind of thing. We do like to chat to our readers and, during one such conversation on Twitter, we asked you what sort of things you'd like to know about publishing.

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