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What We Are Looking For
Fiction
Storehouse Voices is drawn to fiction rooted in a specific world, culture, and/or experience that engages readers from the first page to the last. If your novel makes us feel like we've lived somewhere we've never been, we want to hear from you.
- Black life and culture -- Multigenerational sagas, coming-of-age that doesn't end at 25, fiction that takes Black male interiority seriously
- Immigrant and diasporic experience -- What it means to belong nowhere and everywhere at once
- Upmarket and satirical fiction -- Work with a point of view that isn't afraid to use it. Novels that poke at love, status, and the stories we tell about ourselves
- Speculative and magical realist fiction -- High concept, propulsive plot, a world we haven't been in before
- Domestic suspense and thriller -- Family, secrets, moral complexity
- Genre fiction -- Rom-com, satirical horror, and beyond. Voice and stakes are imperative
- Later-in-life coming-of-age -- Characters 40+ still figuring it out
- Suburban underbellies -- The facade of respectability cracked open. Moral gray areas, women behaving badly for understandable reasons
Nonfiction
Storehouse Voices seeks nonfiction that informs and trusts readers to handle complexity. If your book has clarity of vision and distinction in storytelling, we want to hear from you.
- Wellness and medical narratives -- Everyday prevention, hormonal health, parenting. Practical and accessible
- Black history through unexpected formats -- Graphic narratives and visual storytelling that surfaces lesser-known stories
- Cultural and movement history -- The institutions, individuals, and collectives that changed things and what we carry forward from them
- Liberatory and forward-looking nonfiction -- Context for where we are and tools for what comes next
- Humor in memoir and essays -- Dating, relationships, the absurdity of being a person
- Practical self-help -- Finance, parenting, business. Credentialed authors with an existing audience. Platform matters here
What You'll Need To Complete Your Storehouse Voices Manuscript Submission Application:
To streamline your application process, gather the following items before you begin. The application takes approximately 15 minutes to complete if all materials are ready. Only one submission per applicant will be considered.
General Info:
Contact Information
Agent contact (if applicable)
Your Platform (social media, website, etc.)
Previous Publishing Information
List of Speaking Engagements
About the Author/Project
Target Audience
Comparative Titles
Marketing & Promotional Plan
Fiction Project Submission:
Book Synopsis (1-2 pages)
Partial Manuscript (25-50 pages)
Note: We will only consider fiction projects that are complete at time of submission.
Author Headshot (High-resolution JPEG or PNG)
Nonfiction Project Submission:
Project Overview (What is this project and why are you the best person to write it?)
Comparative Titles (Recent publications in conversation with your work)
Target Audience
Author Bio
Media Connections/Author Platform (What direct connections do you have for visibility and what have you done to build your brand?)
Promotional Plan (What key partnerships do you envision and how will your platform reach them?)
Book Outline (Chapter outline with a 3-5 sentence summary of each chapter)
Sample Chapters (Minimum 2 fully written chapters)