SUBMIT


We need to publish your weird shit, your uncanny valleys, the fiction that doesn’t fit in ✦



Diachro’s next submission window is Sep 1–Nov 30, 2025. For this intake, we seek specifically and only:

(1) Verse novels. That is, a novel-length narrative told through poetry rather than prose. It can be free verse or it can be formal verse. Whatever floats your boat! It just needs to be a consecutive narrative of some sort (no poetry collections) and a minimum of 40,000 words or so.

This call and project is helmed by first mate (guest editor) Mandy Ginson. With a background in literary studies and visual art, Mandy is particularly interested in writing that is eclectic, inventive, and experimental in form.


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And get a sample of what Diachro’s doing.

Diachroneity Books seeks novels, short story collections, novels-in-flash, encyclopedias (lol), and fresh translations of the above. We mostly work with prose, but occasionally open to poetry.

What we want: Oddness. Stream of consciousness. Weird, but beautiful. Genre, but literary. Just a liiiiittle left of centre. Biting humour, biting commentary, and biting humour-as-commentary. Eighteen layers of sorta confusing metaphor. Make us (and you) feel uncomfortable, unsettled, unsure. Or astound us. Ideally both.

If you think other places would publish your manuscript and sell mad stacks, it’s probably not for Diachro.

What we don’t want: The mainstream. -isms or -phobias. Easy reading. Cool kids.

If you’ve been knocked back for being “too much,” hi.

Also, we aim to be, like, nice and thoughtful and understanding human beings. So if we’re thinking about doing this thing together (i.e., literary birthing), we kindly request that you be nice and thoughtful and understanding too.

Teamwork makes the dreamwork, y’know?


The technical stuff


Submissions are open Sep 1–Nov 30, 2025, for verse novels only (see above).

Please stick the following requests into a single editable document (.doc(x), .odt, etc.) and email:

books🐌diachroneitybooks.com
Subject line: SUBMISSION: [Working Title], [Your Name]

Please allow minimum three months for a response.

Simultaneous submissions are A-OK.

Any submissions sent outside the window will be deleted without response ˙◠˙


If you have a completed or near-completed manuscript, please send us:

1. A letter of introduction containing:
- A brief outline (max. 1 page), incl. word count
- Your best elevator pitch (max. two sentences)
- A bio of your good self (optional; max. 200 words)
- Tell us what makes your manuscript “weird,” “niche,” or “uncanny” and “unplaceable” elsewhere (max. 200 words)

AND

2. The first chapter or section of your manuscript

AND

3. The weirdest/most confusing/unusual chapter or section of your manuscript 



If you have an idea for a work you want to develop with us, please:

1. Send a letter of introduction containing:
- A brief outline of your idea (max. 1 page)
- A bio of your good self (optional; max. 200 words)

AND

2. Convince us that you’ll be able to pull this thing off (max. 1 page)

AND

3. Convince us that Diachroneity Books is the best partner to help you pull this thing off (max. 200 words)