All submissions to Torquere Press must adhere to the following guidelines or they will be discarded unread.

All submissions must contain gay, lesbian or transgendered characters. While works do not need to be graphic, they must contain homosexual romance and focus on the interaction between characters. If you have menage or het stories, please see our subsidiary, Bareback Angels at BBA Guidlines

All submissions must be submitted to submissions@torquerepress.com as an attachment in either .doc, .txt, or .rft format.

Length standards:

• Novel - 50,000 words and up
• Novella - 20-45,000 words
• Novelette - 10-20,000 words
• Short Stories - Under 10,000 words

All submissions must

• be spell checked and edited for grammar.
• be single spaced with a space in between paragraphs. Indents at the beginning of paragraphs are not necessary. Any submissions with severe formatting problems (ie: blocks of text with no paragraph breaks, illegible fonts) will not be read.
• clearly labeled in the subject line.
• include a word count and a brief synopsis of the work.
• include a short bio of the author along with the author's contact information. Authors may use a pseudonym for their work, but we will need real names for contracts. All information will be kept in the strictest confidence.

We will not accept stories with underage sex (below the age of 18), or that contain rape or other gratuitious violence. We will also reject stories that are clearly a copyright infringement, including any that have obviously been converted from fanfiction or that are based on TV shows, movies or literary characters.

We do not accept simultaneous submissions. We do accept multiple submissions. Please be aware our current turnaround time is approximately 4 weeks from submission.

For current open anthologies, please click here. For current open mini-anthologies, please click here and here.Short stories submitted without the anthology title they are intended for in the subject line will not be read.

Unsolicited manuscripts are accepted at any time. Please remember, however, that current projects take precedence, and while we will acknowledge all submissions in a timely manner, it may take some time for one of our editors to review your work. Please allow 3-8 weeks for a response.. All accepted works will need to be provided to us as an electronic file and please note we are now using electronic contracts.

We are primarily looking for homoerotic stories in all genres. We are not looking for sex without characterization. Plotty, sensual character-driven novels are our focus; however, if you have a novel featuring a gay or lesbian character shown in a positive light, please feel free to submit it for consideration.

Payment

We pay a percentage for novel length books or collections of short stories. Our usual rates are 35% royalties for ebook sales from our site, 25% royalties for ebook sales through second party distributors such as Fictionwise and Amazon and 8% royalties on print sales. Authors with exceptional sales will receive incentives.

Anthologies are a great vehicle for getting and author noticed. But we've noticed they're not so great for getting them paid, thanks to trying to split royalties between a heck of a lot of great people. So from now on, each individual anthology will pay up front. We now pay a flat fee, generally $20.00 or more per previously unpublished story, and $10.00 per reprint, payable upon publication. Special anthologies will be announced from time to time where the terms might be negotiated at a different rate For anthology payment, please see each individual calls for fiction, here.

Turn of the Screw Serial Fiction will also receive a percentage royalty, as well as an ebook contract after the run of the novel.

For submissions: submissions@torquerepress.com