Do you have something you want to share with us? Don’t be shy! Reach out here:
elephantpagesubmissions@gmail.com
Submission Guidelines
Elephant Page Publishing is a publishing house located at
Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia.
Run by soon-to-be graduates of the writing and publishing majors
and guided by publishing professionals, our team is excited to make your
“elephant in the room” manuscript become a reality.
We are delighted to announce that we are officially open for submissions and are looking for
new and emerging Australian voices. We accept manuscripts from a wide
variety of genres and especially encourage works of creative non-fiction, fiction, and poetry.
We accept prose manuscripts between 40,000 to 100,000 words and poetry collections of over 70 pages.
Please follow the guidelines below to ensure your manuscript finds its way to us.
Manuscript Guidelines
We are currently accepting submissions exclusively via email at elephantpagesubmissions@gmail.com.
Please do not send any hard copies; they will not be accepted or read.
Submissions will always remain open, but please note that we may not respond during university breaks.
Upcoming breaks:
End of Semester Break: 25/11/24–24/02/25
You are welcome to submit a manuscript during this time, but there may be a delay in response.
Please ensure your manuscript follows our formatting requirements:
Font size 12pt
1.5 spaced
In one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Arial or Helvetica
Guidelines for manuscript submission
Our preferred format for manuscript submissions is a Word document sent via email to elephantpagesubmissions@gmail.com.
Please ensure the subject of your email states your full name and the title of your manuscript.
In your email, please provide the following information:
A brief introduction about yourself as an author (including whether this is your debut work or if you have prior publications/publishing experience, and your pronouns)
The genre/categories your work best fits into
Your target audience
A 200–300 word synopsis of your manuscript as a separate attachment
Main themes
Any content warnings that may apply
What to expect after submission:
You will receive an automated email message regarding your submission to
Elephant Page Publishing – you do not need to respond, as we will contact you.We understand the passion, devotion, time, and effort authors put into their work,
so we will do our best to inform you as soon as possible if your manuscript
has been selected for publication. Elephant Page Publishing is grateful to all
who submit their work, and as a small team, we thank you in advance for your patience.For further assistance in your writing ventures, please check our Resources page.
We can’t wait to hear from you!
The Elephant Page Team
