Guidelines for Assure Press Manuscripts and Iris Literary Journal
Assure Press connects authors and artists with the world through inspirational and enlightening poetry, non-fiction, motivational, and educational literature that is mostly, but not only, in the English language.
Book and Chapbook Manuscript Submissions are accepted year-round. We seek original ideas We publish books of the following genres:
Poetry
We consider Full Length and/or Chapbook as well as music and lyrics.
Fiction
Subgenres include Science fiction, Western, Romance, Thriller, Mystery, Detective, Dystopia, Young adult fiction, gothic, horror, etc.
Nonfiction (and/or Creative Nonfiction)
Subgenres include Fantasy, Memoir, Biography, Satire, Educational (i.e.Textbook, wellness, faith, self-help, etc.)
Drama
We use the traditional model of publishing; however, we authors may submit manuscripts and proposals directly to us/without an agent. Writers Digest provides some good information for clarification here: https://writersdigestshop.com/pages/how-to-publish-a-book-an-overview-of-traditional-self-publishing
The work does not have to be entirely in English
Assure Press does not accept manuscripts that have been previously published, in print or online (we do NOT consider self-published books, self-publishing to blogs, message boards, or social media as a publication—with respect to this rule—we may accept those). Additionally, manuscripts may contain previously published work inside of them, and if we accept the manuscript, proper acknowledgment of the original publisher will appear in the work.
Simultaneous submissions are encouraged. If the work is accepted elsewhere, just add a note through Submittable. Please withdraw your work if it is accepted elsewhere. In the case of poetry, if part of your submission has been accepted by another publication, please notify us at [email protected].
We do charge a $10 reading fee per general submission (fee waived for subscribers of Iris Literary Journal).
