Here’s how to submit your package to us via email, after filling out your submission form. Please also submit:

A query (in the body of the email!)

The first 50 pages/3 chapters of your novel (whichever is longer), attached

A 1-2 page synopsis, attached

We prefer Word Documents (.doc or docx files). No Google Docs (unless they are attachments). The partial (50 pages or 3 chapters) and synopsis can be sent as attachments to your query email, but please ensure your query is in the body of the email. This is very important.

In your subject line, please include your genre + title. (ie: YA Sci-Fi – TITLE). You can include additional information but ensure the core is present. If you don’t follow this format it will annoy us. Don’t annoy us, please. (using this subject line format helps us find/sort your entry in our inboxes)

Sample email subjects:

YA Fantasy – FROSTBLOOD

YA Sci-Fi retelling – BRIGHTLY BURNING (Jane Eyre in space)

YA Contemporary – YOU DON’T KNOW ME BUT I KNOW YOU (ownvoices)

Mentees must submit both their query package (query + partial + synopsis) as well as a submission form to be considered.

Gmail’s auto-response is finicky, but if you don’t receive a confirmation email DO NOT WORRY. Don’t tweet at us, don’t email us, please. We will contact anyone who submits via our form but doesn’t email us, to ensure we have everything. No one will fall through the cracks! We haven’t lost a single application yet.



Email: authormentormatch@gmail.com