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Submissions

CALLING ALL ROMANCE WRITERS!

 

Swoon Romance is open to submissions from October 1st to October 31st, 2025! We’d like to see Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Romance with the below romantic themes:

  • Vacations/travel/ex-pat

  • Next-door neighbors

  • Interracial & multi-ethnic

  • Son/daughter of parental/family enemy

  • Forced proximity

  • Enemies-to-lovers

  • Underdog relationship

  • Starting a new life after failure/disappointment/divorce

  • Fake dating

  • Mistaken identity

  • Romantic comedy

 

Our focus is on contemporary romance. All stories MUST be driven by a romantic relationship.

 

Submissions will close on October 31, 2025 at 11PM EST. Reviews will be completed by January 31, 2026. 

 

If your submission is accepted (you filled out the form completely and submitted a sample that meets our criteria), you may be notified of its status any time prior to February 28, 2026.

 

We cannot provide feedback for all submissions. However, some writers may receive written feedback at the discretion of the reviewer.

 

Submission Requirements

 

On October 1st, you can submit your manuscript through our submissions form. Your submission must contain the following:

  • A COVER PAGE with your name matched to the name you listed above, your email address matched to the email you listed above, your agent's name and email if you have one who represents the work you are submitting, the word count of the FULL/FINISHED manuscript, and a 3-4 line description of the book.

  • PLEASE number the pages and chapters in the manuscript sample.

  • Please put your name and the manuscript title as a header on each page of the sample.

  • PLEASE ONLY SUBMIT the first 5 chapters or the first 20k words, whichever comes first. SUBMISSIONS CONTAINING MORE THAN 20k words will be rejected.

 

Submissions not formatted as per the above will be rejected. Click here for submission tips.

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