Enter the Serving House Books 

International Series Contest  

2024: T-Z countries (see list below)

Objective

Our goal is to publish as many books from as many authors from different countries as possible. This is your chance to represent your birth nation. 

General Guidelines

Open to writers who are native to the listed countries (T-Z). You may be a citizen of a different country now, but your birth country must be one of the listed. Please upload proof of birth/citizenship. Winners (and finalists) may be asked to provide further proof of birth/citizenship. 

Any genre from the following: short story collection, novella, novel, or poetry collection 

Works must be written with soul by a soul. That means absolutely no AI generated content at all.

Word count: 100,000 words maximum  

The work does not need to be about your homeland, but it's a real bonus if it is!

Translations allowed only for works older than 100 years. 

Previously published works seeking North American or global second editions are also eligible.  

Short excerpts of the work previously published in literary magazines (print or online), will not disqualify the manuscript.

Submission Process:  All manuscripts must be submitted through Submittable in PDF or word.doc format. Manuscripts sent to Serving House Books’ email or postal addresses will not be read. 

All novel and novella submissions must be accompanied by a <250 word synopsis included at the beginning of the manuscript. 

Anonymity: Manuscripts must be anonymous; there should be no appearance of your name or any other identifying features anywhere on or in the manuscript, or in the document name of your submitted work.

No multiple submissions.

Simultaneous Submissions allowed, but please notify us of acceptance elsewhere. No refund can be provided for withdrawals.

Cover Letter: Please include a separate cover letter with a 3rd person BIO for the editor. Committee readers will not see this document, and again there should be no appearance of your name or any other identifying features anywhere on or in the manuscript, or in the document name of your submitted work.

The award winner will receive:

A standard publishing contract with generous royalties and placement in the SHB International Series

About the press: 

It's always a smart idea to get to know the press you're submitting to. Have a look at our previously published books. Read a few of them!

Serving House Books is proud to have published award-winning international writers with a catalogue of over 125 books and counting.  Please read about the history of our press on our website.

We are an international press, founded in Denmark and the United States, so we naturally welcome English writing authors from around the world.

This contest submission has a fee of $7, which helps us to maintain the press and goes towards publication costs. 

Countries T-Z

Taiwan         Uganda          Vanuatu           Yemen          Zambia

Tajikistan     Ukraine           Venezuela                             Zimbabwe

Tanzania      UAE                 Vietnam

Thailand       United Kingdom

Togo             Uruguay

Tonga           Uzbekistan

Trinidad/Tobago    

Tunisia        

Turkey          

Turkmenistan   

Tuvalu             

Please note, due to shipping restrictions, we are unable to ship to and sell in some of the above countries. Winners will be offered a publishing contract with global distribution limited by what countries the distributor works in. 

While it would be a feat to publish a book representing all of the listed countries, it may not be possible based on the number/quality of submissions.