Novel Submissions

Submission Info

We are seeking crime fiction novels in the following categories: mystery, thriller, suspense, historical, traditional, and contemporary. We are also interested in non-fiction works related to the mystery and crime writing community, or collections of short stories or multi-authored anthologies. Both authors represented by agents and un-agented writers are welcome to submit.

How to Submit

Please submit your previously unpublished, completed manuscript via our online submission form below. Please do not submit sample chapters or unfinished work.

• Please use the form below to submit your manuscript
• Please paginate your submission (format page numbers, story title, and author name in either the header or footer of the document)
• Send as a Word attachment, double-spaced

Our Imprints

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Historia

We are actively seeking mysteries, thrillers, and crime fiction novels that take place in any time period up to the 1970s for our Historia imprint. We are passionate about historical fiction and are members of the Historical Novel Society. 
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New Arc Books


We are very excited to have partnered with Lee and Denene Lofland to launch New Arc Books, an imprint under the Level Best Books umbrella (Founded in 2020). Since 2006, Lee and Denene Lofland have devoted much of their lives to helping writers learn about police and police procedure via Lee’s popular Graveyard Shift blog and the Writers’ Police Academy, an exciting hands-on event developed and hosted by the Loflands. Click here for detailed NAC submission guidelines.