Scribe’s print books are sold and distributed to the book trade by the following organisations. Bookshops wishing to place orders can either contact their local sales representative or deal directly with the relevant distributor.

All printed Scribe books can be found in all good bookstores around Australia, the US, and the UK, or you can buy directly from our website.

We also sell our e-books through various retailers, including:

• Amazon
• Apple
• Kobo
• Google

Scribe accepts unsolicited and unagented submissions. However, to help us cope with the volume of submissions we receive, we now only accept pitches and short writing samples in the body of an email during seasonal three-week windows. In 2025, these are as follows:

1 April through to 21 April
1 September through to 21 September

Any submissions received outside these periods will be neither read nor responded to.

We are a trade-publishing house (that is, we publish books for general readers that are made available nationally and internationally through the book trade). Accordingly, we only consider proposals for books of this nature. We are generally interested in literary fiction and serious nonfiction.

Please note that, at present, we do not accept poetry, plays, young adult fiction, individual short stories, or children’s picture books for Scribble (see the Scribble site for their submission window).

Evidence

You must be able to provide evidence of having previously written for general readers.

Submitting Non-Fiction

If you are submitting non-fiction, please list in your email your previous non-fiction publications:

• books published by trade publishers, or
• articles — not letters — published in newspapers or in journalistic outlets such as Good Weekend or The Monthly.

Submitting Fiction

If you are submitting fiction, please list in your email your previous fiction publications:

• books of fiction published by trade publishers, or
• short stories published in literary journals or magazines

Awards, Commendations

And/or mention if you have received awards or commendations for your writing.

Important

Please adhere to the points above. We do not accept attachments, multiple submissions, or hard copy submissions, and if you send them, your submission will not be considered.

We encourage all who submit to familiarise themselves with our list. If you can see your work sitting alongside other Scribe titles, and you and your work qualify for submission, we look forward to reading your piece.

Email

To submit to Scribe, please send an email to
[email protected]
during one of our submission windows. 

Subject Line

The email subject should be the title of your manuscript and your name.

Body Of Your Email

In the body of the email (NOT as an attachment), please include the following:

• a 500-word synopsis of your manuscript (A synopsis is a short but comprehensive summary of the work. It covers the full argument or plot from beginning to end and gives the reader the basic but informative outline of the book. It is not a blurb or teaser.)
• an excerpt from your manuscript of up to 1500 words
• a brief writer’s CV listing your most notable previous publication history and/or awards and commendations

When you send us your submission, you will receive an automatic reply acknowledging receipt of your email. If we want to see more of your manuscript, we will be in touch within four weeks of our closing date. If you do not hear from us, we are not proceeding further with your submission, and you will not receive any further communication from us. Due to the large number of submissions we receive, we are unable to respond to every submission or provide individual editorial advice.

If you wish to reproduce an extract from a Scribe publication, please read and observe the following guidelines before submitting a request.

Please submit permissions requests in writing to [email protected] and include the following information with your request:

Information About Scribe Book:

• Title
• Author
• Edition, if applicable

• Page reference and word count of the extract you wish to reproduce

Information about your project:

• Title of your publication
• Author
• Publisher
• Language
• Expected publication date • Format (print, eBook, etc.)
• Projected print run
• Projected retail price 
• Distribution territory (ANZ, British Commonwealth, World, etc.)

Please allow 4 weeks for response.

Currently we have no vacancies, but when we do they’ll be advertised here.

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Freelance applications

If you are a freelance copyeditor, proofreader, typesetter, or indexer and you would like to be added to our list of contacts, please fill out our application form.

FREELANCE APPLICATION FORM

Translator applications

If you are a translator who would like to be added to our list of contacts for translations and/or reader reports, please fill out our application form.

TRANSLATOR APPLICATION FORM