Asylett’s aim is to provide our readers with excitement, adventure and romance in the form of well-written fiction. To that end, we are always seeking fresh stories, stories with exciting plots or unique twists, stories that capture, mesmerize and satisfy. Use your imagination to take us to exotic lands, or worlds far away, introduce us to characters with depth and emotion for whom we will come to care, treat us to stories that will take our breath away. Send us your best, skillfully- crafted and carefully-honed stories, and Asylett will give your work the full consideration you deserve.

For a list of the genres we currently publish, see our Genre Guidelines, below. While we primarily publish fiction, we will consider non-fiction or educational submissions, as stipulated.

TO SUBMIT YOUR MANUSCRIPT

QUERY US FIRST
Email a concise query letter to with information about yourself and any other books you've had published. Include a short (2-3 page) synopsis and the first three pages of your completed manuscript.
Please DO NOT send the synopsis or manuscript pages as attachments.
Unrequested attachments will not be opened.
Please DO NOT send your manuscript until it has been requested.
Please DO NOT query us unless your manuscripts is complete. At this time, Asylett does not contract novels based on partials.

REQUESTED MANUSCRIPTS
Upon receipt of our invitation to submit, please send your manuscript as an attachment to
Please make certain your manuscript adheres to our Formatting Requirements (below).
Please carefully pre-edit your manuscript before submission, ensuring your story is exactly how you want it.

The Subject Line of the submission email must contain Genre, TITLE OF MANUSCRIPT (in caps) and Author’s Name.
EXAMPLE:   SUBJECT: Romantic Suspense - UNWILLING TO DIE - Jane Doe

If you are writing under a pen name, please use that name as the author name with your legal name in parenthesis.
EXAMPLE:  SUBJECT: Romantic Suspense - UNWILLING TO DIE - Myra Penn (Jane Doe)

SUBMISSION PROCESS
Upon receipt, your submission will be read for consideration. You will be notified within approximately 60 days if your manuscript is right for us.
Should we decide to pursue publication, you will be offered a contract. Once the contract is signed, the editing process will begin.
If we feel your project is not right for us, we will notify you with an explanation of our decision.
If we feel your project could be publishable with certain changes, we will so inform you, and invite you to resubmit after the changes have been made.

PLEASE NOTE
Simultaneous Submissions are not accepted.
Currently, we are not accepting manuscripts containing Erotica or Gay/Lesbian themes.

FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS

Your manuscript must be submitted in Rich Text Format (RTF).

Include a Title Page as follows:
Top Left Corner:
Author’s Name or Pen Name (if being used)
Author’s Legal Name (if Pen Name is used)
Mailing Address
Phone Number
E-Mail Address
Website URL
Fax Number

Centered in page (horizontally and vertically):
Title
By-line
Genre
Word Count

Insert Hard Page break (to separate title page from manuscript)

Center Chapter Numbers at the top of the first page of each chapter.

Use only 1 blank line between the chapter line and first line of text on page.

Manuscript should be SINGLE-spaced.

DO NOT number pages.

Use Font TIMES NEW ROMAN 12

DO NOT use HTML coding.

Consult our Genre Guidelines for more specific genre details and word count limitations. Fiction submissions over 150,000 words are not accepted.

GENRE GUIDELINES

General Fiction - these manuscripts may contain little or no romance. Word Count: 75,000 (minimum) to 150,000.

Comedy
Espionage
Fantasy
Futuristic - (not Time Travel)
Historical - (not Time Travel)
Horror
Gothic
Mainstream
Mystery
Paranormal
Science Fiction
Time Travel
Thriller
Westerns
Young Adult

Romance - romance between the hero and heroine are integral to the story. Explicit sex is acceptable as long as it fits naturally within the scene. Word Count: 75,000 to 150,000 words, with exceptions listed below.

Contemporary Romance - Love Bytes series (short) - (50,000 to 75,000 words)
Contemporary Romance - single title
Fantasy Romance
Futuristic Romance (not Time Travel)
Historical Romance - Timeless series (short) - (50,000 to 75,000 words)
Historical Romance - single title
Gothic Romance
Mystery Romance
Paranormal Romance
Romantic Comedy
Romantic Suspense
Science Fiction Romance
Time Travel Romance - single title
Time Travel Romance - Moments in Time series (short) - (50,000 to 75,000 words)
Western Romance

Anthologies - Asylett plans to publish themed anthologies. A Call for Submissions, with necessary guidelines, will be posted when collection for these stories begins.

Non-Fiction - Educational works (particularly in the field of computers), How-To manuals, Biographies and Recipe Collections will be considered. Minimum of 100,000 words, length to be determined by content.