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Midnight Machinations Press Submissions Guidelines

Submissions are now being accepted for Midnight Machinations

For novels (50,000+ words), please submit a synopsis and the first three chapters. If we’re hooked, we will request the entire manuscript. Novellas (20,000 to 50,000 words) can be submitted in their entirety. Midnight Machinations is strictly a mystery/thriller imprint, be it traditional, supernatural, or paranormal. Submissions should be sent to submissions@grinningskullpress.com and include the following in the subject line: Midnight Machinations/Novel (Novella) Submission/Title/Author’s last name/Word Count. Include a short bio in the body of the email. 

Submissions will only be accepted thru February 28th.

NO SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONSand NO MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS

Submission Guidelines:
Double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 pt.
Page headers (in the upper right-hand corner of every page except the title page should include: Author name/Title/Page No.
Single space after periods, no extra spacing between paragraphs, and please do not set a tab. Instead, use Word’s paragraph formatting for first line, and set the first line indent to 0.3″.
Manuscripts MUST be in doc, docx, or rtf formats. PDFs will not be read, nor will manuscripts embedded within the body of an email.

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