We Are Now Accepting General Submissions!

That's right, Mirror World Publishing's 2022 submission season has officially begun. If you have written a novel or novella that you think would fit among the titles we have already published, then please consider sending us a query, along with a one page synopsis of your plot (including the ending) and the first three chapters...

Mirror World Submissions open in ONE WEEK!

Attention writers: we will be accepting manuscript submissions of novels and novellas between October 1st and November 30th, 2022. If you've written a novel between 25,000 words and 125,000 words that fits our definition of escapism, we would like to see it. Please review our submission guidelines below or on our website, and if you...

Announcing the Short List – 2022 MW Anthology Contest

I have exciting news. Since the contest opened, the judges have been busy reading furiously through all the entries. And I can tell you, it's been a fierce competition so far, which is only about to get fiercer as we try and narrow down the short list to pick the winners. We asked for short...

Finally Learning to Plot

As followers of this blog will likely already know, Murandy Damodred and I are pantsers when it comes to writing, which means we tend to write by the seat of our pants; wild and free, without much forethought. Over the years, however, we've learned a few things from plotters, those who plan out every character,...

Only 10 days left to enter!

You read that right, you only have ten days left to enter our novella and short story contest! Entry form can be found here: https://forms.gle/JVFHfQMKGqDn6ZeJ6 Remember, we're looking for short stories and novella between 5000 words and 25,000 words that focus on a journey, quest or travel between one place or realm and another. As...

Reminder to all writers!

A couple of weeks ago, we announced our upcoming contest. Writers, consider this your reminder to start writing or to polish that short story or novella you’re thinking of submitting to us. We start accepting entries May 15th and you have until June 30th to get those entries in to our fabulous judges: David McLain,...

Let the countdown to submissions season begin!

30 days. That’s how long you have to get your submission package ready. That’s right, we’re opening our general submissions period early this year. We’ll be accepting queries from October 1st through November 30th, 2021, so if you’ve got a manuscript you think might be a good fit for us, now’s the time to start...

Pandemic Blues and Creative Burnout

There’s no denying that the past year and a half has taken its toll on many of us and I’m no exception. The lockdowns and social distancing have left us with no choice but to be constantly aware of how daily life has changed and have limited the ways we can creatively recharge. Not only...

Novels vs. Novellas vs. Short Stories – And what in the world is a Novellette?

I’m a novelist. I’ve a long history of writing longer books, and some multiple book series, even. Though recently, I’ve had the chance to experiment with shorter forms and I’ve discovered that writing a novel is a very different experience from writing a short story, for example.  I know how strange it sounds. Writing is...

We open for general submissions again starting November 1st, 2020

That's right, in just six days (maybe less, depending on when you read this) on November 1st, 2020 our annual submission period opens and will remain open until December 24th at midnight. So if you're a writer looking to publish a novel, novella, or children's book that fits into our definition of escapism fiction this...