Level Best Books
Open now for fiction.
Last checkedLevel Best Books is an independent publisher seeking mystery and thriller novels, including agented and unagented submissions.
Response time info: Within 6 months for unagented submissions; within 4 months for agented submissions.
Read the full guidelines at levelbestbooks.us↗Submission calls
Currently open to agented and unagented mystery novels of 70,000–90,000 words, especially traditional mysteries, police procedurals, cozies, noir, and other character-driven crime fiction with strong plots, place, originality, emotional depth, and series potential. Mystery should outweigh graphic content; horror and erotica are not accepted. New acquisitions are being scheduled for publication in 2028.
Currently seeking submissions for the upcoming anthology Crime Without Corpses; complete details are provided through the linked guidelines.
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