We accept submissions in English only.Ĭarina Press, our digital-first imprint, acquires across a broad range of romance subgenres.
Please submit to only one series at a time, with only one submission at a time. To submit to a romance series, click on the links below. Harlequin Series (sometimes known as "Category Romance") and Carina Press accept unagented submissions from authors.
You can download free books from all of our series at Try Harlequin. Get to know our various imprints and editorial lines to find out where you might fit into Harlequin's extensive publishing program. As such, we are actively looking for more story submissions from authors in underrepresented communities and invite you to add #RomanceIncludesYou with your manuscript title when you submit. We want all readers to see themselves reflected in the books we publish and we’re committed to publishing diverse and inclusive voices and stories. We publish a wide range of stories and welcome writers from all backgrounds, cultures and communities to submit to the romance line best suited to their unique voice and story. SFWA does not believe that changing the name of the imprint, or in some other way attempting to disguise the relationship to Harlequin, changes the intention, and calls on Harlequin to do the right thing by immediately discontinuing this imprint and returning to doing business as an advance and royalty paying publisher.Harlequin is always on the lookout for talented writers-from established authors to those just starting their writing careers. Further, Harlequin should be on notice that while the rules of our annual Nebula Award do not expressly prohibit self-published titles from winning, it is highly unlikely that our membership would ever nominate or vote for a work that was published in this manner.Īlready the world’s largest romance publisher, Harlequin should know better than anyone else in the industry the importance of treating authors professionally and with the respect due the craft Harlequin should have the internal fortitude to resist the lure of easy money taken from aspiring authors who want only to see their work professionally published and may be tempted to believe that this is a legitimate avenue towards those goals. Until such time as Harlequin changes course, and returns to a model of legitimately working with authors instead of charging authors for publishing services, SFWA has no choice but to be absolutely clear that NO titles from ANY Harlequin imprint will be counted as qualifying for membership in SFWA.
SFWA supports the fundamental principle that writers should be paid for their work, and even those who aspire to professional status and payment ought not to be charged for the privilege of having those aspirations. Further, SFWA believes that work published with Harlequin Horizons may injure writing careers by associating authors’ names with small sales levels reflected by the imprint’s lack of distribution, as well as its emphasis upon income received from writers and not readers. SFWA also asks that Harlequin acknowledge that the imprint does not represent a genuine opportunity for aspiring authors to hone their skills, as no editor will be vetting or working on the manuscripts. SFWA calls on Harlequin to openly acknowledge that Harlequin Horizon titles will not be distributed to brick-and-mortar bookstores, thus ensuring that the titles will not be breaking into the real fiction market. According to their website, “Now with Harlequin Horizons, more writers have the opportunity to enter the market, hone their skills and achieve the goals that burn in their hearts.” (SFWA) finds it extremely disappointing that Harlequin has chosen to launch an imprint whose sole purpose appears to be the enrichment of the corporate coffers at the expense of aspiring writers. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. Harlequin Horizons is a joint venture with Author Solutions, and it is a vanity/subsidy press that relies upon payments and income from aspiring writers to earn profit, rather than sales of books to actual readers. Unfortunately, these are not normal circumstances. Under normal circumstances, the addition of a new imprint by a major house would be cause for celebration in the professional writing community. announced the launch of a new imprint, Harlequin Horizons, for aspiring romance authors. In November, 2009, Harlequin Enterprises, Ltd. SFWA Statement on Harlequin’s vanity press imprint