Kensington Publishing

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General

Kensington Publishing

New York, NY 10018
E-Mail:
varies (see guidelines)
Website:
www.kensingtonbooks.com
Query Methods
Accepts queries via...
E-Mail
Genres
This publisher is seeking the following genres:

Fiction

Book Club
Commercial
Contemporary
Fantasy
  • Fantasy, Magical Realism
General Fiction
Historical
Horror
LGBTQ+
Literary Fiction
Multicultural
Mystery
  • Mystery, Cozy
  • Mystery, Historical
Romance
  • Romance, Amish
  • Romance, Comedy
  • Romance, Contemporary
  • Romance, Historical
  • Romance, Inspirational
  • Romance, LGBTQ+
  • Romance, Thriller/Suspense
Speculative
Thrillers/Suspense
Upmarket
Western
Women's Fiction

Non-Fiction

Biography
Business/Finance
Cultural/Social Issues
Current Affairs/Politics
Food/Lifestyle
General Non-Fiction
Health/Fitness
History
Memoir
Military
Multicultural
Narrative
Parenting
Pets
Pop Culture
Relationship/Dating
Self-Help
True Adventure/Crime
Women's Issues
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Author Comments
Comments by authors about this publisher.
Hulagirl
09/22/2025 08:26 PM
EQ 9/22/25 submitted query for women's fiction 95,387 words
Takes too long to prepare for submission and to follow guidelines. I think I'll go back to self publishing. I could have spent the time I spent getting submitting on editing and revising the manuscripts I'm working on for self publishing. There's no guarantee with you submit a query to a publisher or agent that your manuscript will get published - so all the work, time and effort is for what? Likely for nothing. I don't know why I let myself get sucked into attempting traditional publishing. And i have gotten offers to traditionally publish in which the terms were unacceptable to me.

I expect to add a reject to this comment.


TheTugMan
09/07/2025 11:06 AM
Not interested in sci-fi.
Gxbatista
08/24/2025 03:53 PM
Submitted 82k Thriller to Jon
Sazzo143
07/17/2025 08:42 PM
EQ Elizabeth Trout
80K upmarket
SoCalAshez
06/08/2025 04:49 PM
Queried Elizabeth Trout: June 8, 2025

82,500 words, First-person Dark fantasy
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Profile History
Last Update:
03/23/2023 - Genres updated.
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