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Submissions

We are currently CLOSED to submissions (except through special select opportunities, such as conferences, courses, pitch events, etc).

Thank you for your interest in working with Gnome Road!

Although we enjoy reading new material, our list is full at this time and we will not be open for submissions throughout 2026. If anything changes, we will post information here or on social media.

Illustrators are still welcome to submit portfolio pieces and/or links to their work. 

FAQs

Yes! Our publishing contracts incorporate both advance and royalty payments.

While we are always happy to connect with agents, our list is full and we are currently closed to submissions. However, agents are welcome to contact us to inquire about future opportunities at any time.

No, but we greatly appreciate them. Please consider adding two to three titles published within the last five years that compare in some way to your manuscript within your query.

We understand that there are many prolific writers out there and you might have multiple manuscripts that match our wish list. However, flooding the submissions inbox with multiple submissions takes away from our ability to carefully read and respond to each submission for you and all authors/illustrators.

We appreciate help in making the process as efficient as possible by following these instructions. You may mention other works in your query and we will ask for those if interested.