Berkley
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Genres
This publisher is seeking the following genres:
Fiction
Action/Adventure
Chick Lit
Commercial
Contemporary
Crime/Police
Erotica
Family Saga
Fantasy
Historical
Horror
Humor/Satire
LGBTQ+
Literary Fiction
Military/Espionage
Multicultural
Mystery
New Adult
Offbeat/Quirky
Poetry
Religious/Inspirational
Romance
Science Fiction
Short Story Collections
Thrillers/Suspense
Upmarket
Western
Women's Fiction
Non-Fiction
True Adventure/Crime
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Author Comments
Comments by authors about this publisher.
Christi12
05/07/2025 11:27 PM
Less than 10 days away from my year anniversary of submitting! I'm not holding my breath.
anotherearth
04/24/2025 02:26 PM
I'm out, but I guess I might as well continue updates.
Recent activity:
- Jan 2: Full Request (1 - mystery) - congratulations!
- Jan 9: Rejection (1 - mystery)
- Feb 7: Full Request (1 - dark fantasy) - congratulations!
- March 19: Rejection (1 - Women's Fiction) Note: This was submitted 6-15, so I don't think it was part of the May open submissions.
- April 9: Rejection (1-historical)
- April 16 Full Request (1 - New Adult Sci-fi) - congratulations!
- April 17 Rejection (This is me - LGBTQ. Guess I'm out) Good luck to everyone else.
- April 18 Rejection (1 - sci-fi)
Genres requested so far:
- Fantasy: 2
- Gothic: 1
- Mystery: 4
- Mystery Historical: 1
- New Adult Sci-fi: 1
- Romance: 1
- Romance Comedy: 1
- Romance Contemporary: 1
- Science Fiction: 1
- Women’s Fiction: 1
Recent activity:
- Jan 2: Full Request (1 - mystery) - congratulations!
- Jan 9: Rejection (1 - mystery)
- Feb 7: Full Request (1 - dark fantasy) - congratulations!
- March 19: Rejection (1 - Women's Fiction) Note: This was submitted 6-15, so I don't think it was part of the May open submissions.
- April 9: Rejection (1-historical)
- April 16 Full Request (1 - New Adult Sci-fi) - congratulations!
- April 17 Rejection (This is me - LGBTQ. Guess I'm out) Good luck to everyone else.
- April 18 Rejection (1 - sci-fi)
Genres requested so far:
- Fantasy: 2
- Gothic: 1
- Mystery: 4
- Mystery Historical: 1
- New Adult Sci-fi: 1
- Romance: 1
- Romance Comedy: 1
- Romance Contemporary: 1
- Science Fiction: 1
- Women’s Fiction: 1
histficdebut
04/18/2025 12:20 PM
anotherearth, I'm so sorry to hear you received a rejection. This is a tough business indeed. Have you been pulling this information from QueryTracker's Query Timeline? Thank you!
PortiaDe
04/17/2025 07:15 PM
Rejection 17th April 2025. That was a mighty long wait. I've done a full rewrite since.
seburton85
01/22/2025 02:09 PM
@KathrynFaye007 I also did a major edit and polish since submitting. 8+ months with no update.
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