I am happy that he has graciously agreed to do an interview for my blog and to answer some questions about book publishing and manuscript review process that I had. Stampfel has read a stack of manuscripts nearly 2 miles high, and he has discovered many talents in there that went on to become very successful authors. This opportunity has been alive for all of us in a large part because of Peter Stampfel, who has worked as the Submissions Editor and first reader of unsolicited manuscripts (also known as the slush pile) for nearly 30 years.

Unlike other major publishers, DAW Books accept unsolicited submissions from new, unknown authors, and thus offer a unique opportunity for every aspiring writer to get their manuscripts in front of the top editors without having to find an agent first. Peter Stampfel, an Associate Editor for the major Science Fiction and Fantasy publisher, DAW Books. I am very excited to welcome a very special guest to this blog – Mr. We believe that good science fiction and fantasy reflects the incredible diversity and potential of the human species, and hope our catalog will reflect that.Re-posted from (original post ): please bookmark this page or sign up on the left to continue following Anna Kashina’s blog. This includes, but is not limited to, writers of any race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, class and physical or mental ability.

To qualify, novellas should center the experiences of characters from non-European-inspired cultures.īoth Lee Harris and Carl Engle-Laird actively request submissions from writers from underrepresented populations. We are seeking worlds that take their influences from African, Asian, indigenous American, or Pacific cultures, or any diasporic culture from one of those sources. However, we will only be considering novellas that inhabit worlds that are not modeled on European cultures. Until the end of this open period, Tor.com will only be considering novellas of between 20,000 and 40,000 words that fit the epic fantasy, sword and sorcery, high fantasy, or quest fantasy genres, whether set on Earth or on an original fantasy world.

Tor publishing submissions