How an outside idea reaches a company, in its own words · checked 2026-10-29
How to submit a book to Tor Publishing Group
Only through an agent
Tor’s imprints take submissions only through an agent. Now and then an imprint holds an open door period for novels by unagented authors. Tor published Brandon Sanderson’s first book, Elantris.
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Where pitches like these are made: Frankfurt Book Fair · Bartleby08, CC BY-SA 4.0
In its own words
“Tor Publishing Group imprints do not accept unsolicited manuscripts or queries.”
“Submissions must be made through an agent.”
“On limited occasions, select imprints may hold an “open door” period, during which time we will consider novels by unagented authors.”
What it has bought from outside
2005
Elantris, Brandon Sanderson's sixth novel, submitted a year and a half before Tor called; his first published book from Brandon Sanderson
“While in the middle of a graduate program at BYU, he was contacted by Tor Books editor Moshe Feder, who wanted to acquire one of his books.” en.wikipedia.org
