Submitting your first cozy mystery for publication
Our submission process starts with the author questionnaire. It asks about your cozy mystery, your audience, and your goals, so our editors can review it with the right context.
A straightforward submission path
Editor's note: Cozy mystery
Cozy mysteries keep violence off the page and community at the center, with an amateur sleuth readers want to come back to.
If you're a first-time author with a cozy mystery, you shouldn't have to guess where to start. Our process is straightforward: you share your questionnaire, we review what you submitted, and we follow up with next steps if there's a strong fit.
- Editorial feedback and direction tailored to new writers
- A clear path from questionnaire submission to publication planning
- A publishing partner built for first-time voices and thoughtful storytelling
What happens next
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Download the Author Questionnaire PDF.
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Complete it, then send your details through our submission page.
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We review submissions and respond within 2–3 weeks with next steps.
We support first-time voices. If you’re ready, download the questionnaire PDF and submit when you’re prepared.
More for cozy mystery authors
- Finding the right publisher
- Where to submit
- Next steps after your draft
- How to find a publisher
- A publishing partner
- How editors evaluate submissions
- What to expect
- Your author path
- Working with editors
- The debut journey
- Getting published
- From manuscript to book
- Editorial guidance
- First-book support
- Submission steps
- Publishing agreements
- Publishing options
- After acceptance
- Launching your book