Submission Guidelines
Republica Press is currently accepting submissions from new and/or previously published authors.
We are looking for well-written, plot driven, erotic works between 20,000
and 90,000 words in all genres from romantic to raunchy.
Basically, if it arouses or entertains our editor-in-chief then we’ll publish it.
We don’t accept stories containing the following:
- Minors in sexual situations (characters under the age of 18)
- Animals in sexual situations (fantasy characters not included)
- Dead people in sexual situations (vampires not included)
Format of Manuscript
- Microsoft Word or RTF (Rich/Revisable Text Format) document
- Times New Roman in 12 point font
- Double space the manuscript. No extra paragraph returns between paragraphs
- Use four asterisks, centered, with spaces (* * * * ) for scene breaks
- Break longer stories into chapters containing between 8-10 pages
- Begin each new chapter on a new page with the heading "Chapter" written in Bold, Times New Roman 14 point font. Use the written number word for each chapter heading Ex. Chapter One
- American, Canadian or British spelling will be accepted as long as it remains consistent throughout the manuscript
- Republica Press uses The Chicago Manual of Style 15th Edition as its primary reference guide
Submission of Manuscript
- Email your submission to: editor@republicapress.com
- In the email subject line write: Submission: Title of Your Work
- Attach ONE copy of your manuscript written in Word or RTF
- The body of your email needs to include the following information:
- Name (real or pen)
- Email address
- Title of Work
- Word Count
- Genre(s)
- Warnings (if containing anything other than straight vanilla sex)
- Short synopsis of story (less than 250 words is preferred)