I still remember spending long summer days buried in fantasy books, dying to finish “just one more chapter” before the demands of earthly existence brought me back to reality.
The alluring charm of the covers, the unexplored realms where mighty warriors contend with bewildering magical powers, and the comfort of knowing the saga continues in the next book… All this makes fantasy irresistible. If you’re writing a fantasy novel of your own, this list covers the publishers that specialize in the genre, from big imprints that work only through agents to independent presses that still read unagented manuscripts. For each one you’ll find what it publishes and exactly how it takes submissions right now. Many fantasy houses read only in announced windows, so bookmark the ones that fit your book. After this, don’t miss my comprehensive directory of 2,000+ publishing companies.
Submission policies change without notice, so check the publisher’s own page before you send anything, and never pay a reading fee. Last verified: October 2, 2026.
Here’s a list of the mightiest fantasy publishers:
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1. Orbit Books
Orbit, Hachette’s science fiction and fantasy imprint with teams in the US and UK, publishes some of the biggest names in the genre, from N. K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy and Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Justice to Joe Abercrombie and Iain M. Banks. Orbit does not accept unsolicited manuscripts or queries, because Hachette Book Group’s publishers consider only agented work, so you’ll need a literary agent. Its old orbitbooks.net address now leads to Orbit’s page on the Hachette site, where you can browse its fantasy series.
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2. DAW Books (Astra Publishing House)
DAW Books, now an imprint of Astra Publishing House, has long been a home for science fiction and epic fantasy, with authors such as Tanith Lee and Seanan McGuire. DAW does not accept unsolicited submissions today, and Astra’s site has no submissions page, so you’ll need a literary agent to reach its editors. DAW Books.
3. Baen Books
Baen Books publishes only science fiction and fantasy, sells its own ebooks direct, and offers fans early electronic advance reader copies. It accepts unsolicited manuscripts through its online submission form, with no agent or query letter needed: send the complete novel with a synopsis as a single RTF file. For fantasy, Baen wants a magic system that is rigorously coherent and integral to the plot, and it prefers manuscripts of 100,000 to 130,000 words. It no longer takes email submissions and prefers not to see simultaneous submissions. Submission guidelines.
4. Night Shade Books (Skyhorse)
Night Shade Books, founded in 1997 and now an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes science fiction, fantasy, and horror, from Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl to The Best Horror of the Year anthologies. Skyhorse accepts submissions for its fiction lists through one email inbox, with no agent required: send a query letter and synopsis with the opening of your finished novel, and put “Fiction & Literary Non-fiction” in the subject line. If Skyhorse is interested, it replies within four to six weeks. Submission guidelines.
5. Angry Robot
Angry Robot publishes adult science fiction, fantasy, and what it calls “WTF?!” fiction, with titles such as These Deathless Shores and Mothtown. Its submissions page says it reads unagented manuscripts from Black authors at any time, while everyone else without an agent waits for its Open Doors submission periods, which it announces on its site. Submission guidelines.
6. Arcadia (formerly Jo Fletcher Books)
Arcadia is the new name of Jo Fletcher Books, Quercus’s imprint for science fiction, fantasy, and horror, home to titles such as Certain Dark Things and the Rotherweird trilogy. Arcadia accepts unsolicited submissions of complete science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels: email the first 10,000 words or first three chapters with a short cover letter and a one-page synopsis. Firmly crossover YA is welcome, but it doesn’t take nonfiction, short stories, or novellas, and if you haven’t heard within six months, it has passed. The old jofletcherbooks.com address now shows an unrelated gambling site, so use Arcadia’s site instead. Submission guidelines.
7. Edge Publishing
EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, which now includes Tesseract Books, publishes science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels and anthologies in trade paperback and ebook, and its first title, Marie Jakober’s The Black Chalice, won three major awards. Its guidelines ask for novels of 75,000 to 100,000 words from new or established authors and rule out short story collections, dark or gruesome fantasy, and poetry. Read its submissions page for current instructions before you send anything. Submission guidelines.
8. Saga Press
Saga Press, the Simon & Schuster imprint for science fiction and fantasy, publishes authors such as Ken Liu and The Books of Earthsea, the illustrated collection of Ursula K. Le Guin’s series. Saga Press does not accept unagented submissions, so you’ll need a literary agent. Saga Press.
9. Talos Press (Skyhorse)
Talos Press, Skyhorse’s imprint for contemporary and classic science fiction, fantasy, and horror, has published New York Times bestsellers and Nebula Award nominees. Talos is not accepting unsolicited submissions right now and says it will update its submissions page if that changes. Submission policy.
10. Enclave Publishing
Enclave Publishing publishes Christian speculative fiction, including fantasy, science fiction, and supernatural novels, for adults, teens, and older YA readers, with series such as Lightraider Academy. It accepts proposals by email for completed novels of 70,000 to 120,000 words written from an evangelical Christian worldview, and you don’t need an agent. Send a full proposal with sample chapters as a Word or PDF attachment; if Enclave is interested, you’ll hear within 12 weeks. Submission guidelines.
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11. Flame Tree Press
Flame Tree Press is the author-led trade imprint of Flame Tree Publishing, focused on science fiction, fantasy, horror, and the supernatural, alongside Gothic Fantasy and other short story anthologies. It accepts submissions of novels between 70,000 and 120,000 words by email, with no agent needed: send a short synopsis, the word count, and the whole manuscript. Short stories are considered only for the anthology calls it announces. Submission guidelines.
12. Blind Eye Books
Blind Eye Books publishes science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and romance novels with LGBTQ+ protagonists, such as Ginn Hale’s Master of Restless Shadows. It reads unsolicited manuscripts only during reading periods, and its most recent one ran from February 15 to March 15, 2026, so check its submissions page for the next window. It wants complete novels of 70,000 to 150,000 words with a short synopsis, and no story collections, poetry, erotica, horror, or nonfiction. Submission guidelines.
13. Titan Books
Titan Books publishes fantasy, science fiction, and horror novels, most of them licensed from other publishers or acquired through agents, along with film, TV, and comics tie-ins and art books for franchises such as Star Wars and Star Trek. Titan accepts proposals for film and TV reference books and art and comics reference titles directly, with a synopsis and covering letter, but it isn’t looking for general fiction submissions such as novels or short stories right now. Submission guidelines.
14. Luna Press Publishing
Luna Press Publishing, an independent UK press founded in 2015, publishes speculative fiction, fantasy, and dark fantasy, plus academic work on Tolkien and the genre through its Academia Lunare line. Luna Press is closed to submissions right now, so watch its submissions page for the next opening. Submission page.
15. Immanion Press
Immanion Press, founded in 2003 by Storm Constantine, publishes fantasy, horror, and weird fiction, including the Wraeththu Mythos, and its Megalithica Books imprint covers magic and alternative spirituality. Because of a large backlog, Immanion is not accepting submissions of fiction until further notice. Author guidelines.
16. Cosmic Egg Books (Collective Ink)
Cosmic Egg Books, a Collective Ink imprint, has published supernatural fiction, fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Cosmic Egg is not accepting submissions, and its manuscript enquiry page points writers to Collective Ink’s general submission form instead. Manuscript enquiry page.
17. Mountaindale Press
Mountaindale Press, founded in 2018, specializes in LitRPG, GameLit, and progression fantasy, with long-running series such as The Unbound and The Lone Wanderer and new releases through 2026. Its website now lives at mountaindalepress.store and doesn’t post a submission policy, so contact the press before you send a manuscript. Mountaindale Press.
18. The Parliament House
The Parliament House publishes upmarket and commercial urban fantasy, dark fantasy, paranormal romance, supernatural thrillers, and horror, with a focus on marginalized voices and unconventional stories. The Parliament House is not accepting queries right now. When it reopens, it takes queries with the first 20 pages through QueryManager, for adult novels of about 65,000 to 100,000 words. Submission guidelines.
19. Small Beer Press
Small Beer Press, the independent publisher behind World Fantasy Award winners and the Big Mouth House and Peapod Classics imprints, also sells DRM-free ebooks through Weightless Books. Small Beer Press is closed to submissions for books, though it still looks at artists’ portfolios. Submission guidelines.
20. Entangled Publishing
Entangled Publishing, founded in 2011, publishes romance and romantasy, including Fourth Wing through its Red Tower Books imprint and Shield of Sparrows. It accepts submissions, agented or not, through its online submission manager: choose one imprint, such as Mayhem or Mischief for YA fantasy, and send a one-page query with only the first three chapters. If you haven’t heard back within 90 business days, you can resubmit. Entangled Publishing.
21. Speaking Volumes
Speaking Volumes, a traditional publisher in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, publishes science fiction, fantasy, horror, westerns, mysteries, and thrillers in ebook, paperback, and audio, with many New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors. Its guidelines ask for submissions as email attachments, not by post. Submission guidelines.
22. Literary Wanderlust
Literary Wanderlust, founded in 2014, is an independent, royalty-paying traditional publisher of human-authored fiction. It accepts submissions only from authors based in the United States, through an online form with a query, a full synopsis, and the first three chapters of a finished novel of 60,000 to 100,000 words. Its current genres include urban fantasy, gothic fiction, magical realism, and paranormal, plus mystery, suspense, thrillers, and westerns. Submission guidelines.
23. Wraithmarked
Wraithmarked is now best known for deluxe special editions and crowdfunding campaigns for popular fantasy series such as Arcane Ascension, Legends & Lattes, and Mother of Learning, sold through its own shop. Its site doesn’t offer a manuscript submission route. Wraithmarked.
24. Montag Press
Montag Press, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, publishes experimental, weird, subversive, and speculative fiction and drama. Montag Press is closed to submissions right now. Submission page.
25. Tell-Tale Publishing
Tell-Tale Publishing, a small press founded in 2009 in Michigan, publishes fantasy, paranormal, urban fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and young adult books in ebook, print, and audio across imprints such as Dahlia, Nightshade, and Casablanca. It is accepting submissions in every genre except erotica, by email only: use its submission form with a query, a synopsis, and the first three chapters. Submission guidelines.
Names you may be looking for
Tor.com
Tor.com became Reactor, the science fiction and fantasy magazine Tor renamed in 2024, and its old address now forwards there.
Grimbold Books
Grimbold Books was an award-winning science fiction and fantasy small press. Its site now says it is closed, and many of its authors have moved to Far Horizons Press.
Dark Regions Press
Dark Regions Press, the Portland horror and dark fantasy publisher founded in 1985, has been offline since July 2024 and is not taking submissions.
Pantera Press
Pantera Press, the Sydney publisher, is now part of Hardie Grant, which announced in July 2026 that future Pantera titles would be published under its other imprints.
Polis Books
Polis Books announced in 2024 that it was closing after eleven years, and its old web address no longer belongs to the publisher.
Conclusion
Fantasy still has open doors for writers without an agent. Right now Baen, Night Shade, Arcadia, Enclave (for Christian speculative fiction), Flame Tree, Entangled (through its YA fantasy imprints), Literary Wanderlust (for US authors), and Tell-Tale take manuscripts directly. Blind Eye and Angry Robot read unagented work in announced windows, and Luna Press and The Parliament House are closed for now, so keep an eye on their pages, while Orbit, DAW, and Saga work through agents. Next up, you may want to explore a guide on top publishing companies in Long Island.
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