Prism Book Group Thinks Outside The Box

Submission Guidelines—Diamond Romance

Thank you for your interest in submitting to the Diamond line of Prism Book Group. We are currently considering romance manuscripts in the following genres: 

• Contemporary
• Historical (all eras including western, frontier, regency, medieval, depression era, etc)
• Comedy
• Holiday
• Romantic suspense
• Supernatural
• Apocalyptic/futuristic

(A word on paranormal. We do not accept "traditional" paranormal titles featuring vampires, werewolves, aliens, etc. We will consider supernatural aspects within a story.   For example: angels, a haunting/ghosts, time-travel. We encourage you to email us with your idea to see if it's a fit.)

We publish romance in a variety of lengths:

• Short Novella (10-20K)
• Novella (20K-35K)
• Short Novel (35K-50K)
• Novel (50K-85K)
• Plus Novel (85K +)

Please note, our Diamond line ONLY publishes romance. Please do not submit women's fiction, poetry, science fiction, fan fiction, or any type of nonfiction.

Prism Book Group’s titles are never boring and sometimes step out of the box. If you have written a manuscript that doesn't quite fit traditional publishing guidelines, we'd love to take a look.

The key to writing a Diamond title is EMOTION, EMOTION, EMOTION! We especially are looking for:

• Strong, passionate, intelligent characters; remember strong does not mean physically. Strength comes from within to overcome hard situations.
• Intense, emotionally riveting plots and situations.  Feel free to delve into sensitive topics that affect real people (e.g. childhood abuse, rape, infertility, terminal illness, infidelity). I cannot encourage a potential writer enough—go there! Write deeply. Squeeze our hearts.
• Conflict to create the tension and move the plot. The entire book should be interesting to read, not just the beginning and end!
• A well-defined, well-executed romantic plot. Don't just inform your readers the characters are in love. Write so that we feel the love and bond growing throughout the book. Characters should help heal and nurture each other and in doing so, fulfill their happily-ever-after.

Break the rules! Draw us in as readers!  Just don't cross these lines:

• We have no interest in reading erotica, erotic romance, or stories where characters engage in casual sex. While natural sexual tension is encouraged in our romances (we want to feel the emotion the hero and heroine feel for one another) we have no interest in books that spend pages on the explicit, physical culmination of such feelings. Our heat level should remain at 0-2. No higher. The key to knowing what's acceptable in our books? Emotion. If it's about that—rather than self-gratification—you're probably good!
• Stories that promote atheism, witchcraft or devil-worship.
• Serious injury, rape, or violence portrayed in a positive light.
• Hate literature and positive portrayal of negative stereotypes.
• Partial works. Only send your story when it is finished and polished! No exceptions!

More information is listed in our FAQS section.

To submit, please send your FULL MANUSCRIPT, properly formatted, to: submissions@prismbookgroup.com or select an editor to submit directly to from below.  

• Files should be in .doc or .rtf format. We will not accept anything else.
• 12 pt, New Times Roman, single or 1.5 spaced with one-inch margins all around.
• Please do not include headers or footers or page numbers.
• Please do not use tabs. Indents should be set .3 or .5 for first line of every paragraph.
• Italics should be in italics, not underlined. Please do not use special formatting in your document. Set font to normal.
• Please save file as booktitle_authorname.doc

We will acknowledge receipt of your submission within twenty-four hours and respond within four to six weeks. If you would like to review our standard contract before submitting, email us at contact@prismbookgroup.com.