Author Enquiries & Guidelines This is the place to be if you have an
idea for a book or would like to
submit work (articles, art, film) to Headpress.
- Headpress publishes material on a broad range of subject matter.
- If you are not familiar with what we do, take a look around this website.
- PLEASE NOTE: WE DO NOT WANT WORKS OF FICTION OR POETRY AT THIS TIME.
ARTICLES & ARTWORK OF UNPOPULAR CULTURE If you would like to submit an article or artwork for publication in one of the Headpress anthologies, please send us an email first. You may prefer to send hardcopies to our postal address, but include an SAE/IRC should you wish to have the material returned. (
Always send photocopies; Headpress will not assume responsibility for anything going astray.)
We may occasionally post ideas or themes for future editions of the anthology. Check out the
Headitorial if you think this will help.
Contributors do not receive payment but one copy of the book in which their work appears.
BOOK PROPOSALSIn the first instance, send us an email or letter outlining your proposal following the key below.
- Title
- Subtitle
- Author/Editor name
- Category (i.e. Pop Culture, Film, Music, Graphics)
- Description (in 100 words or less)
- Pitch (in 16 words or less)
- Market (who the book is aimed at)
- Approx Word Count
- Illustrations / Qty (type, i.e. photos, colour/b&w, lineart)
- Estimated Completion Date
- Your contact details (including name, address & telephone number)
- Notes (any relevant info not covered above)
We endeavour to contact you within three weeks of receiving this information. If we don't, we may be busy, so please send a polite reminder. (You may send an impolite one if you wish, but we may not reply.)
We will either reject your proposal or request further information, comprising (i) a SAMPLE CHAPTER OR TWO, and (ii) a TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Should your book proposal be accepted, we would require the completed manuscript to be submitted in a DOC or RTF format, adhering to the HEADPRESS HOUSE STYLE. For the purpose of promoting your book, we would also require you to fill in our AUTHOR PUBLICITY STATEMENT (
see below).
Authors receive ten copies of their published book. There isn't much payment beyond this, but there is some, which is negotiable between author and publisher.