The following guidelines apply only to authors wishing to submit work for publication directly through Steward House. If you are interested in Steward House's student anthologies for schools, please review the information available about the Education Partnership Group.
Steward House Publishers only accepts manuscripts that have been edited to a sufficiently professional level at the time of submission. Authors have the responsibility to ensure that their submission is free from careless errors.
All submissions must contain either a full manuscript (preferred) or a partial manuscript that includes at least three sample chapters, a cover letter, and a synopsis of the whole manuscript. The author's name (and pen name, if applicable), the anticipated title and genre of the work, and the word count should appear in the cover letter, as well as standard contact information. The submission should be sent as attachments in an email to submissions@stewardhouse.com. (Note: If the total size of the attachments will exceed 2 MB in size, please contact us at support@stewardhouse.com for instructions.)
Steward House generally publishes works between 80,000 and 150,000 words in length, and is open to a variety of genres, both fiction and non-fiction, if the writing shows skill and care with words. At this time we are not accepting book proposals: only finished manuscripts will be considered for publication. We are not interested in and will reject outright any submissions of an autobiographical or poetic nature.
Due to the volume of submissions received, response time to submissions varies, but an author can expect that a response will likely be received in 4 to 6 weeks. We will only respond to authors with whom we have an interested in publishing.
Any submissions received that do not conform to the above guidelines will be rejected.
Words Only I Can Speak is an anthology of poetry, short stories, and autobiographical reflections written by teenagers living in the Puget Sound region. These diverse authors are united by the fact that all of them have learned from and been influenced by author Katherine Grace Bond who teaches a variety of writing classes and workshops. The following teenagers are contributing authors to this anthology: Sarah Austin, Zachary Brockman, Annika Browne, Eric Cheuk, Sarah Eberhardt, Maya Ganesan, Kayleen Gill, George Leickly, Lexi Menth, Sarah Merry, Rita Olson, Sarah Ray, Chloe Richardson, Bailey Ross, Kyrie Scarce.
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