General Submission Guidelines

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Debut Horror Novel Series – **Submissions now OPEN as of 9/4/2025**

#1 – Beulah by Christi Nogle (Published Jan 25, 2022)

#2 The Briars by Stephanie Parent (Published May 9, 2023)

#3 The Ghosts of Blaubart Mansion by Ivy Grimes (Published April 2025)

We’re looking for submissions for 50k+ word manuscripts from authors who’ve never published a novel. Paying $500 signing bonus + $500 advance upon publication, and a 60% (author) royalty share on physical and electronic editions of the book.

You’re welcome to submit (1) complete, original, and unpublished 50k+ word manuscript to cemeterygatesmedia@gmail.com if you have at least (2) paid horror writing credits and have never published a novel. If you have novellas and short story collections in print, you’re still eligible.

We’re looking for horror stories in the vein of what we’ve previously published, not dystopian science fiction nor dark fantasy, and we likely won’t publish YA. The first two books we signed were 90k-100k words, though we typically prefer stories in the 60k-80k range.

Please include a synopsis of your story, your social media pages, author website, two of your writing credits, and a brief bio with your manuscript. We will read submissions until we sign a contract for a novel. At which point the submissions window will close until after publication of said novel.

We aim to release one novel per year in this series.