Submit A Manuscript

We’re pleased you’re considering Liguori Publications to publish your manuscript. We’re always eager to find new authors and ideas that align with our publication vision. To help us adequately evaluate your proposal, please provide the following information. Be as complete, and concise as possible.

To help you determine how well your material fits our publishing house, please read the information that follows and browse our website. As a general rule, Liguori Publications does not accept the following:

• Simultaneous submissions or works previously accepted or published
• Fiction [Short fiction (under 2500 words) can be submitted to Liguorian magazine for consideration]
• Poetry [can instead be submitted to Liguorian magazine for consideration]
• Biography/autobiography
• Private revelations
• Art/illustrated books
• Works that are secular, not founded in Roman Catholic belief and tradition, or contrary to the Redemptorist mission 

General Information

1. Author’s name, address, telephone, email
2. Author’s biography, including your unique qualifications to create this product
3. Subject discipline (prayer, Christian living, faith formation, etc.)
4. Tentative title and subtitle
5. Type of publication (book, pamphlet, digital product, etc.)

Production Information

1. Overview: Write a brief description of the product and its overall objective. How will it be structured (organized), and what is the proposed word count?
2. What question does it answer for the reader?
3. Sample Table of Contents
4. Sample Chapter
5. Proposed timeline for completion

Market Information

1. Primary market: Indicate those audiences that need this material, and why they need it. Be as specific as possible. Provide evidence of need.
2. Secondary market: List those groups in addition to the primary market who would also benefit from using this material.
3. Competition: Research other products that are direct competition to this product. Include title, author, and ISBN. List their strengths and weaknesses, and what makes your product different, superior, or supplementary.
4. If none exist, in what way is your approach or topic unique?
5. Contact information of people for possible endorsements/testimonials.

To expedite the submission process, we ask that you send the above information in Microsoft Word or Google Docs format to manuscript_submission@liguori.org with your cover letter as the body of the email. We are not accepting hard copy submissions.

For other inquiries, please Contact Us.

Submitting Your Proposal

After Submission

Your proposal will be evaluated by the acquisitions team, and you will be contacted in approximately eight to twelve (8-12) weeks. If you have not heard back within 12 weeks, please send a follow up email with your submission attached for a status update.

If your manuscript proposal is considered for future publication, the next steps are:

1. The Acquisitions Editor will present a publication plan to the Product Development Team. After discussion, a decision will be reached about the viability of the product.
2. The Acquisitions Editor may request additional information. The Product Development Team may wish to reconsider the proposal under a revised structure or format, or new ideas may arise that could change the product.
3. If the proposal is accepted, you will be notified, and the contractual process will begin. The Acquisitions Editor will set deadlines and monitor the manuscript as it moves from concept to production.

Thank you again for considering Liguori Publications.