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Submit Your Manuscript to Northlight Publishing House

The Path To Submission

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What Northlight Is Looking For

What Northlight Is Not Looking For

What Northlight Is Not Looking For

Northlight Publishing House publishes fiction across a range of genres, alongside imaginative children’s picture books.

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What Northlight Is Not Looking For

What Northlight Is Not Looking For

What Northlight Is Not Looking For

Northlight does not publish textbooks, academic monographs, erotica, hard crime, procedural thrillers or political polemics. We are open to darker material, provided the writing still feels thoughtful and beautifully crafted.

What to include in your submission

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For Fiction

For Children's Picture Books

For Children's Picture Books

Please send a covering letter introducing yourself and your manuscript, including the title, genre, word count and intended readership. We also need a one-page synopsis, the first three chapters or 10,000 words, and a short author bio.

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For Children's Picture Books

For Children's Picture Books

For Children's Picture Books

Please send the full picture-book manuscript, along with the title, target age, word count and whether it is standalone or part of a series. Include a short pitch, any essential illustration notes and a brief author bio.

Formatting guidelines

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Document Type

Please submit your manuscript as a Word document or PDF, following the book publishing guidelines set by North Light Publishing House.

Font

Use 12-point either Arial or Times New Roman.

Spacing and Page Numbers

Use double spacing in your manuscript and include page numbers at the bottom of each page.

How To Name Your File

For manuscripts submitted to Northlight Publishing House use these document name templates:

Title_AuthorName_Manuscript

Title_AuthorName_Synopsis,

Title_AuthorName_CoverLetter.


Adhering to these book publishing guidelines will help streamline the process. 

How to submit

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Please submit your manuscript by emailing it to: hello@northlightpublishinghouse.co.uk. 


In the subject line, include: Submission: [Title] — [Genre] — [Author Name] 


Make sure to follow the book publishing guidelines.

The northlight submission path

What Happens Next

Northlight Kitty aims to respond within 8–12 weeks. We may request more material if your submission is a possible fit. If you have not heard from us after 12 weeks, please consider your submission unsuccessful. You are welcome to submit your manuscript to other publishers while it is under consideration with us.

Before You Submit

At Northlight Publishing House, we kindly ask that you only submit your manuscript if it is your own work and for which you control the necessary rights. Please inform us if the manuscript is currently under consideration elsewhere, has been previously published, is self-published, or was developed with the assistance of AI tools.

Our Publishing Model

Northlight Publishing House does not charge reading fees. For every book we choose to publish, we cover the costs of preparing and bringing it to market.


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