Guidelines for Assure Press Manuscripts and Iris Literary Journal

Assure Press connects authors and artists with the world through inspirational and enlightening poetry, non-fiction, motivational, and educational literature, mostly, but not only in English.

Book and Chapbook Manuscript Submissions are accepted year-round. We seek original ideas!

We publish books of the following genres:

• Poetry 

We consider Full Length and/or Chapbooks as well as music and lyrics.

• Fiction 

Subgenres include Science fiction, Western, Romance, Thriller, Mystery, Detective, Dystopia, Young adult fiction, gothic, horror, etc.

• Nonfiction (and/or Creative Nonfiction)

Subgenres include Fantasy, Memoir, Biography, Satire, and Educational (i.e., Textbook, wellness, faith, self-help, etc.)

• Drama

We use the traditional publishing model; however, authors may submit manuscripts and proposals directly to us/without an agent. Writers Digest provides some good information for clarification here: https://writersdigestshop.com/pages/how-to-publish-a-book-an-overview-of-traditional-self-publishing.

The work does not have to be entirely in English.

Assure Press does accept works that appear in self-published books, self-publishing to blogs, message boards, or social media. Additionally, manuscripts may contain previously published work inside of them, and if we accept the manuscript, proper acknowledgment of the original publisher will appear in the work. Simultaneous submissions are encouraged. Please withdraw your work if it is accepted elsewhere.

We do charge a $10 reading fee per general submission.

Detailed guidelines for each genre are available at the submit button below.