People usually associate Hallmark with Christmas romance, but most of our list is “everyday romance.” If the book gets made into a Hallmark movie, that’s a nice extra payday for the author. I acquire G-rated full-length romance novels, and we publish all books in trade paperback, ebook, and audiobook, with an occasional second run in mass market paperback. It’s the newest of the publishing companies on this list, and I’m the founding executive editor. This is the books division of the Hallmark Channel. Recent release: The Boyfriend Project, Farrah Rochon Hallmark Publishing They are open to unagented submissions from BIPOC authors, and their digital-only imprint is open to unagented submissions-see below. Recent release: The Stone Wall by Beverly Lewis Forever (Grand Central Publishing)įorever is GCP’s romance imprint, publishing a lot of contemporary and historical romance. This division of Baker Publishing specializes in sweet Christian romance and other Christian fiction. Recent release: Archangel’s Sun, Nalini Singh Bethany House This imprint of Penguin Random House publishes genre fiction, including all kinds of romance. Recent release: How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole Berkley Publishing Group Their digital-only arm, Avon Impulse, has been open to unagented submissions in the past, so you might want to check in on them and see if they open up submissions again. I associate them most with lush historical romance, but they also publish contemporary romance and paranormal romance. This HarperCollins imprint is one of the top romance novel publishers. Romance Publishers That Don’t Accept Unsolicited Submissions Avon Romance For each publisher, I’m including a link to few recent releases in case you want to get a feel for them.īe sure to bookmark this list or pin it to a Pinterest board so you’ve got it when you need it! They’re all in the USA or Canada, and I’ve omitted a few romance publishers that specialize in very hot romance because I try to keep this blog more or less clean (although most of the romance publishers listed here do include steamy romance as part of their catalog.) If there’s someone I should add to this list, let me know at can click on the name of each publisher to read their submission guidelines. However, even some of the top romance publishers have imprints that take unsolicited submissions. With romance publishers that don’t accept unsolicited submissions, you usually need an agent (although there may be opportunities to make a connection through networking and at a conference…and you can check out my advice about about how to pitch a novel to an agent.) When you’re querying agents, it may be helpful to have a guess about which publishers are a good fit with your book. I’ve divided the list into two sections: book publishing companies that don’t take unsolicited submissions, and ones that do. It’s been a few years since I did a list of romance novel publishers, so here’s an updated one for 2021! In my experience, researching romance novel publishing houses can take a very long time…time that could be better spent on editing your novel or starting a new one, am I right? (By the way, you might want to get some inspiration from my list of 50 romance writing prompts!)
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