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Author Comments
Comments by authors about this publisher.
nmsauthor
08/05/2022 02:55 PM
Now part of Astra Publishing, so the link at least is wrong. I found a link on the new company's website that points to dawbooks.com, but the link keeps timing out on me.
Utopiandreams
04/15/2022 08:14 PM
4/15/22
ASF 93K
ASF 93K
MonicaAnneBooks
03/22/2022 10:07 AM
Submitted: 2/23/22
Rejected by form letter on 3/15/22
80k+ YA Fantasy
Rejected by form letter on 3/15/22
80k+ YA Fantasy
gwprouse
12/29/2021 02:40 PM
Submitted 12/8/2021
Rejection (Form): 12/29/2021
109k adult fantasy
Rejection (Form): 12/29/2021
109k adult fantasy
TheBorg
09/25/2021 08:26 PM
Generic response/rejection, but fast.
Submitted 9/2/21
Declined 9/24/21
Submitted 9/2/21
Declined 9/24/21
melm27cat
08/28/2021 09:33 AM
Sent two manuscripts in this weekend. 7/31/21
Urban Paranormal Fantasy - 84k words
Dystopian Fantasy - 202k words
edit: 8/25 and 8/27 - Declined.
Urban Paranormal Fantasy - 84k words
Dystopian Fantasy - 202k words
edit: 8/25 and 8/27 - Declined.
dixiejen
07/26/2021 11:26 AM
I'm well past 120 days, and at this point I'm pretty worried I screwed up the submittable form and it never sent.
JanaKas
03/12/2021 06:19 AM
EQ: 03/12/2021 104k Adult Sci-Fi
paulaschumacher
01/24/2021 10:30 PM
EQ: 01/24/21. 77k historical speculative fiction.
LordRandall
10/19/2020 11:31 AM
Submitted full manuscript
EQ:19/10/20
Lower YA, High Fantasy: 84k
EQ:19/10/20
Lower YA, High Fantasy: 84k
vepoloya
10/13/2020 11:21 AM
Submitted full manuscript 10/13/20- 105,000 words, adult sci fi.
mlpichey
02/15/2020 03:34 PM
FQ: 12/16/19
ER: 2/15/20
Submission status never went from "Received" to "in-progress" and I wondered if it ever would. Form rejection below:
Thank you for considering DAW Books for your submission. Unfortunately, we do not feel your work would be right for DAW at this time.
However, remember we have rejected works that went on to be published by other companies, and other publishers originally rejected some of our best-known writers.
We wish you the best of luck in finding an enthusiastic publisher for your work and in your ongoing writing career, and please feel free to try us again.
ER: 2/15/20
Submission status never went from "Received" to "in-progress" and I wondered if it ever would. Form rejection below:
Thank you for considering DAW Books for your submission. Unfortunately, we do not feel your work would be right for DAW at this time.
However, remember we have rejected works that went on to be published by other companies, and other publishers originally rejected some of our best-known writers.
We wish you the best of luck in finding an enthusiastic publisher for your work and in your ongoing writing career, and please feel free to try us again.
isinglass
02/15/2020 03:19 PM
64 days from submission to form rejection. (Urban fantasy.)
isinglass
12/13/2019 04:50 PM
Full manuscript through Submittable: 12/13/2019
adult contemporary fantasy
adult contemporary fantasy
WHMontana
12/02/2019 10:04 AM
EQ: 11/2/19
ER: 12/2/19
Fantasy. 80,000 words
I didn't read the fine print the first time as to who the query should be directed to. So I submitted twice. Probably not the best idea. :( oops!
ER: 12/2/19
Fantasy. 80,000 words
I didn't read the fine print the first time as to who the query should be directed to. So I submitted twice. Probably not the best idea. :( oops!
StorySpinner
11/25/2019 01:49 PM
Require exclusive submissions.
VanEssler
08/20/2019 03:39 PM
OFQ: 8/20/2019
104k Dark Steampunk Novel
104k Dark Steampunk Novel
selcampbell
07/19/2019 09:27 AM
@Enatus The website link in the publisher's profile here on QT is out-of-date (and it's very weird to me that DAW still has out-of-date information floating around out there). The actual link to information about their online submissions is here: https://www.penguin.com/publishers/daw/. If you want to go straight to their submissions page without the info, here's that link: https://submit.dawbooks.com/submit. Good luck!
Enatus
07/15/2019 02:53 PM
I do not see instructions for submitting electronically. Is it still only through snail mail?
selcampbell
03/07/2019 10:16 AM
@IFermont You may check your spam filters/folders. I did get an email for my form rejection.
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