Are you our next new author?

Submissions are currently closed until March 2025.

DNS Publications is open to receiving unsolicited query letters from authors bi-annually from March 1st (Spring Submissions Period)
and September 1st (Fall Submissions Period) until we have reached our capacity.

When we are open for submissions, we welcome queries only from authors. If we determine that the book shows potential, we will invite you to submit a book proposal to our Editor-in-Chief, and proceed from there to a publishing agreement if we believe we are a good fit for your work.

Please do not send a book proposal unless invited to do so.
Please note that we will only consider queries regarding completed manuscripts.

Before submitting a query, please read our ‘About Us’ page, especially the ‘Our Content’ section.

Literary Agents are always free to submit unsolicited proposals:

The Process

  • Query Letters

    If you are confident that your work fits within our mission, please click the button below to send an email with the following in the subject line: ‘QUERY - [Book Title], [Author Name]’.

    In the body of the email, please send us your query letter and attach the first five pages of your manuscript.

    Click here for advice on writing query letters for Fiction and Nonfiction.

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  • Book Proposals

    If we believe that your manuscript shows promise, we will invite you to submit a proposal of no more than two pages with additional information about your work, and about you as the author.

    Our editor will send you a template with all the required details.

    Click here for advice on writing book proposals, but be aware that we only consider completed manuscripts.

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  • Publishing Agreements

    Once we have had a chance to properly review your manuscript, we will send through an offer for a Publishing Agreement, detailing our timeline for publication, royalties, and marketing proposals.

    If, at this point, your work is not considered suitable, we will contact you to explain our decision.

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Our Unique Editorial Environment

DNS Publications is the independent publishing house of the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary in Summit, New Jersey.
As contemplative religious, our primary work is the worship of Our Lord in a life totally consecrated to Him.
As such, our work is conducted according to the demands and vicissitudes of monastic life.

While we will do everything we can to offer a professional, attentive, and timeous response to all queries,
we ask for your understanding if this should cause any inconvenience in the process of working with us.