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)