PUBLISHING WITH SUL BOOKS

We’re eager to work with both first time and established writers in a multitude of genres through our various imprints. We request that you first look through our current and back catalogues of titles to get a sense of what we’ve already loved.

Sul Books is a sisterhood of four imprints: Sphinx (fiction), RITONA (pagan and magical non-fiction, poetry), Gods&Radicals Press (radical politics & theory), and Sul Books (esoteric non-fiction and fiction). All our imprints are currently looking for compelling manuscripts in the following topics:

Non-fiction: environmentalism, witchcraft, magic, restorative practices, ancient history, astrology, herbalism, history and historical analysis, and occult theory. Pagan, Heathen, animist, indigenous, and pre-industrial beliefs are particularly interesting to us.

Fiction: occult, esoteric, and alternative-history fiction, fantasy, and horror.

Poetry: Yes, we publish poetry. Please see our previously-published poetry collections to get a sense of what we like.

Submission Guidelines

First, a few things to note:

  • We highly prefer completed or near-completion manuscripts in all genres. However, we will also consider pitches from previously-published authors.

  • Your manuscript doesn’t have to be perfect, of course — we’ll help you get it there. That being said, it’s a great idea to do some editing and also let a friend look over it before sending it off to us.

  • A great guideline on word counts for all genres (except poetry) is between 40,000 and 100,000 words.

  • Also, we only publish humans. So, if you used AI to write it, we’re not going to be interested.

To query with us:

Please send an email to rhyd@abeautifulresistance.com with the word QUERY in the subject heading, with the following information:

  • Your name, contact email, and any previous print titles or online publishing experience you think we’d find relevant

  • The name of your manuscript, its subjects, its genre, and its word count.

  • A short (about 100 words) synopsis.

Then, attach the first twenty pages of your manuscript in a single document in either .ODT or .DOCX format. Please do not send this as a Google drive attachment, and definitely do not send us a link to an online version.

We’ll reply as quickly as our current reading workload allows, which is usually within thirty days. If we’re interested, we’ll ask you for the completed manuscript (so, please make sure there actually is one…).

If we’re not interested, we’ll let you know as nicely as we can.

Previously-Published Titles

We will sometimes consider publishing orphaned and other previously-published titles. By “orphaned,” we mean books that have gone out-of-print, where the publisher no longer exists, or in other situations where the publisher has reverted publishing rights back to you. We’ll also consider self-published titles.

The same guidelines and query process for manuscripts applies for these titles, but please also include where and when the title was originally published.