Berkley, a division of Penguin Random House, is about to make an open call for novel manuscripts. (It was scheduled to begin today, but it is currently having technical difficulties.)
We are looking for full-length adult novels in the following genres: romance, women’s fiction, mystery, suspense and thrillers, horror, science fiction, and fantasy.
The window is only open for the first 1,000 applicants. Writers must not currently be agented, though if Berkley decides it's interested, an author can retain an agent at that time. Works which have already been self-published or in which AI was involved in the creation cannot be submitted.
For more details, go to
https://sites.prh.com/berkley-open-submissions-2024(This is one of the tidbits which I got from Substack, which I'm currently trying out. There is more than one Substack that aggregates various publishing opportunities, not only for trad presses but for online literary magazines that might be of interest to short story writers. Some of them even pay!)
