How to submit a book to DAW Books

What it has bought from outside

1. 2025

   Hero Adjacent (debut cozy fantasy novel) from Alexis Veenendaal

   “We’re thrilled to welcome Alexis Veenendaal’s to the DAW team and her upcoming novel, HERO ADJACENT” astrapublishinghouse.com

Other companies that take a book

• Baen BooksReads unsolicited workBaen takes manuscripts through the submission form on its site, baen.com/slush, and prefers the complete manuscript with a synopsis.
• Chronicle BooksReads unsolicited workChronicle Books has an open submissions policy and takes unagented proposals for anything suited to its list, from books to gift products.
• HarlequinReads unsolicited workHarlequin’s series lines take unagented manuscripts through harlequin.submittable.com: the full manuscript or first three chapters, with a…
• Kensington PublishingReads unsolicited workKensington takes unsolicited, unagented queries, though it still advises an established literary agent for anyone aiming at a major…
• Workman PublishingReads unsolicited workWorkman, Workman Kids, Algonquin and Artisan take no unsolicited submissions.

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  HarperCollinsOnly through an agentHarperCollins Canada accepts no unsolicited submissions, and manuscripts, proposals or query letters sent anyway are not returned.

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  Penguin Random HouseOnly through an agentPenguin Random House accepts no unsolicited manuscripts, proposals, artwork or queries and tells writers to find an established literary…

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  Simon & SchusterOnly through an agentSimon & Schuster accepts no unsolicited or unagented submissions.

All of them, open doors first