Manuscript Submission Guidelines

UQP only accepts fiction manuscripts represented by an agent.

We accept unsolicited manuscripts in the following subject areas:

Non-fiction/Scholarly:

• Australian history
• Biography
• Politics and current affairs
• Social and cultural issues
• Indigenous issues

• Novels for young readers, 9-13 years (30,000 words)
• Novels for young adults, 12-17 years (40,000-60,000 words)

• Covering letter
• Author biography/CV (including information about previous publications)
• Brief synopsis (include details of target market) or chapter summary
• 3-4 sample chapters as hard copy, double spaced and single sided
• Numbered pages
• Include stamped, self addressed envelope for the return of your submission.
  (All unsuccessful manuscripts not accompanied by self addressed, stamped envelope are destroyed four weeks after the letter is sent from UQP.)

We do not publish conference proceedings or unrevised theses.

Please ensure that you keep a copy of your manuscript and do not send original artwork or photographs. We cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage of unsolicited manuscripts received..

We do not accept submissions by e-mail or on CD-ROM.

We are not accepting any unsolicited poetry manuscripts as our list is full until 2008.  Please refer regularly to the website for updates.

Due to the large volume of unsolicited manuscripts UQP receives, we are unable to acknowledge receipt of your submission.

As we are a small press with limited resources we are unable to answer all submission enquiries. We would appreciate it if authors would refrain from calling about the status of their submissions.

Please also understand that in-depth comments cannot be provided with rejection letters as we do not have the capacity for that kind of service.

An average reading takes between 4-6 months.

All suitable submissions are to be sent to: