Manuscript Submission Guidelines

All material should be the author's original work and should be legally copyrighted with the Library of Congress (www.loc.gov or www.copyright.gov).

Submissions must not bear any resemblance that could lead to plagiarism claims. All authors will be required to sign a form declaring the original authorship of the work and accepting full responsibility for any claims of plagiarism that could/may arise.

Manuscript length should be between 65,000 and 85,000 words for Christian and other fiction/romance titles; 25,000 to 85,000 words for all other titles including non-fiction, self help and related titles. Children's books should be at least 20 pages. Any work that does not meet these length guidelines must prove of exceptional note for consideration.

Please do not submit incomplete manuscripts. Instead you may submit a query letter with at least five completed chapters. The final decision to publish will not be made until the entire work is completed and presented.

Submitted materials must be typewritten, double spaced and on 8 1/2 x 11 paper. Please submit using a clean font i.e. Times New Roman, Arial, Verdana. No manuscripts submitted in a cursive or hard to read font will be considered.

Do not submit work on a disc or external drive of any nature.

You must protect and preserve your own work - therefore we strongly suggest that you do not submit the only copy of your work.

When submitting, please include a cover letter, synopsis of the work and a biographical statement not to surpass three paragraphs. The bio must include your writing experience, if applicable.

Your cover letter must include your complete name, address, phone number, email address, submission title and the word count.

We prefer that ALL WORKS be submitted electronically to submissions@pecantreepress.com.  If you prefer to mail a copy, for tracking purposes, we HIGHLY recommend and in fact, suggest that you send your submission in a manner that will allow you to receive a tracking number i.e. FedEx, UPS or related services. Please note if your manuscript is chosen, you will still need to submit it electronically, we will not re-type or scan the materials.

While we would love to publish everything that comes our way, we honestly can not do that. Should you wish to have your submission returned if it‘s not selected, provide a self-addressed stamped envelope with sufficient postage.

Work that is not selected for publishing and does not have return postage will be discarded and in fact shredded for your further protection.

Please allow a minimum of eight weeks for a decision on your manuscript. If it is chosen for publishing, you will receive the Author’s Agreement and information on the process ahead.

We do understand the waiting can be a bit much, but we want to give each submission thorough consideration. Please be patient and PLEASE DO NOT CALL regarding the status of the submitted manuscript.