Submissions

Thank you for considering Scylla Publishing. We seeking works of Sapphic speculative fiction in the following formats.

Australian and New Zealand writers only!
Speculative fiction between 85,000 and 130,000 words.

Writers from all geographies.
Between 40,000 and 60,000 words.

All editors. Do you have a sapphic anthology idea and the time/energy/commitment to edit? Talk to us!

Why publish with us? Read our Author Submission FAQ.

Novels from Australian and NZ writers (for now!). Novellas from all geographies. Anthology pitches all geographies.
Speculative fiction with Sapphic MCs.
Genres: Work that fits on the Space Opera, Steampunk, Adventure Fantasy/SciFi, Dystopian, Cyberpunk, Literary Fantasy, Contemporary Fantasy, Military Fantasy/SciFi, Urban Fantasy, Romantic Fantasy, Epic/High Fantasy, Low Fantasy, Weird Fantasy, Gothic Horror, and Paranormal shelves.
Genre crossovers, and work that plays with and/or subverts genre conventions. Queer works often do. We welcome your weird.
Well-crafted settings, engaging characters, and compelling conflicts/challenges. We are looking for books that have complex plots and an un-put-downable narrative drive.
Works that are for the Adult market.
Works that reflect the diversity of our world, and other worlds.
We will consider works that began as fan fiction, but they must be identified as such, removed from the web/AO3/anywhere else prior to submission, and so significantly transformed into your own IP as to be unrecognisable from the source material.
Previously published or self-published works, if you own the rights and wish to re-issue/re-print.

All queries will be read and will receive a response via e-mail.
Queries that do not meet the submission formatting guidelines will be sent back with a note asking for adherence to the guidelines before resubmission. Please think of our eyes as we often read late at night :)
Our response time is currently 8-12 weeks. Please note that no critiques or feedback are included in passes unless we are looking to get you to bring the work to a higher editorial standard prior to re-engagement.
We are a small publisher and we can’t work with first drafts. You should at least have beta readers and/or developmental editors have a look first before coming to us.
Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Please let us know immediately if your submission has been picked up by another publisher.

Not in our immediate target area, but we could be persuaded by the right book:

LitRPG, Hard SciFi, Grimdark - these might be difficult for us to edit as they’re not in our editorial wheelhouse, but if you have something sapphic…hmm, could be fun. There are many publishers who specialise in these genres and we respect their work, but we will struggle to effectively edit or market books in these genres.
Romantasy - This is a subgenre trad publishing is behind right now even for Sapphics, but if you’ve got something that isn’t just a sapphic retelling of a famous heterocentric book and is something the big trad publishers wouldn’t pick up we would like to see it because we do love romance. If you are romantic fantasy rather than romantasy and aren’t sure of the line (it blurs!) please send it.

Non-fiction, Young Adult, New Adult, picture books, or children’s works.
Pure erotica/porn.
Works with unexamined homophobia, transphobia, racism, ableism, and/or any other bigotry. Anything underage or non consensual.
Works produced and/or edited fully or partially using generative AI will NOT be considered, including synopses and queries. In fact, go far far away with that, preferably to a different planet.