The World's Easiest Submission Guidelines


There's nothing new here, and nothing that's not common sense. Editors are just people, after all, and those of us who actually read what is sent us must be able to read it.

Submit your MS in hard copy (excepting short children's books, which may be emailed) printed on a single side, large enough to read, unbound, double spaced, with name, and page number on each page. Mail to:

David W.St.John
Executive Editor
Elderberry Press, LLC
1393 Old Homestead Road
Second Floor
Oakland, OR 97462

I read in a leather chair by the fire, not at my monitor, so please don't send me a disk to read.

Include SASE if you would like your MS returned, and PLEASE don't forget to put your name, email, address, telephone number on your cover letter. (Believe it or not, I receive submissions without them.)

Please include a short author bio and one page synopsis. (Nothing formal, just for my information. And don't spend more than ten minutes writing the synopsis as I am well aware how frustrating it can be to try and condense 500 pages into one and make it sound anything but a Danielle Steel novel. And Dear God, we don't need any more of those, do we.

Don't bother sending your MS express or overnight. I'm stacked up two weeks out with submissions anyway. Save your money and send it MEDIA MAIL. I'll get it in a week anyway.

I'm looking forward to seeing your MS

David W. St.John