She Writes Press Toward Equality in Publishing (STEP) 2026 – YOA

Deadline: September 10, 2026

Applications are open for the She Writes Press Toward Equality in Publishing (STEP) 2026. Each 12 months, they run the STEP contest to supply two authors publishing packages (plus a 500-e-book print run), one writer per season, to publish on She Writes Press. The objective of this contest is to help inclusivity throughout She Writes Press publishing program, and to fortify their very own mission to present voice to ladies writers.

She Writes Press is exclusive in the world of publishing as a result of they’re neither conventional publishing, nor are they self-publishing. As an impartial writer, they invoice themselves as a “third way” for authors, and so they proudly occupy a a lot-wanted different in a quickly altering publishing panorama.

Benefits

Both packages embody the total companies of the She Writes Press Publishing Package (every valued at $12,000 + a 500-copy print run):

• Custom inside design for as much as 100,000 phrases
• Custom cowl design
• E-e-book file conversion and add to 130+ distribution companions
• Traditional distribution to the commerce by way of Simon & Schuster
• Proofreading of the ultimate manuscript
• Copyright submitting and acquiring your Library of Congress management quantity
• Warehousing of quick-run printed books
• Preordering and success of all orders
• Support of the e-book by means of the manufacturing schedule and submit-publication by an assigned editorial supervisor
• Complimentary Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs)
• Initial print run of 500 copies to the Simon & Schuster warehouse

Eligibility

One entry per individual. Open to all international locations and areas. Entrants should fulfill all the next necessities:

• Anyone over the age of eighteen.
• Women solely (a author figuring out as feminine/girl, trans, non-binary, or genderqueer).
• Women of coloration (by which we imply individuals whose heritage is African; Indigenous to the Americas and Australia; Latinx; Asian/Pacific Islander; Arab; or individuals of combined racial heritage with one or two mother and father who match into the above teams).
• Agented or unagented work qualifies.

Application

Submit by way of Word or PDF attachment each a chapter-by-chapter abstract and both:

• the primary 50 pages of your manuscript OR
• a full nonfiction e-book proposal (that features pattern chapters)

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to She Writes Press Toward Equality in Publishing.