Submitting to Orange Blossom Publishing

At Orange Blossom Publishing, our mission is to create unique books with a focus on quality with our stories and the physical look of our books. We welcome authors of all genders, ethnicities, and backgrounds and appreciate the opportunity to specifically share more female, LGBTQ, and neurodivergent voices. Our press caters to a mostly female audience, focusing on love, humor, and children's books. Please see below for which genres we are currently accepting. We use Submittable for all submissions. Do not email any submissions. Response time 6 - 8 weeks. 

Note: We are not a vanity press or author services. We are a traditional press. Authors will not pay money to be published.

Book Submissions:

• Currently accepting: young adult, middle grade, romance, and women's fiction novel manuscripts of any subgenre, series preferred for romance and middle grade but not required​
• ​We are closed to other genres at this point in time, including picture books
• We are very selective about which projects we decide to take on. Any project we decide to publish must be in alignment with our brand about love, wellness, and/or humor or children's books.  These themes can be expanded, for example "love" includes self-love, love of family, romantic love, love of friends...

Art Submissions:

• We love seeing illustrator portfolios. Please send them our way!
• If we aren't currently in need of an illustrator, we will save your information for a later time. 
• Portfolios can be emailed to info@orangeblossombooks.com.
• Post cards can be mailed to Orange Blossom Publishing, 2020 Geronimo Trail, Maitland, FL 32751

Blog Submissions:

• Currently accepting posts around 1000 words, not strict on word count
• Topics include anything about writing or publishing, or aimed at our target audience of parents, educators, and women (no book or service promo)
• Original submissions preferred
• DO NOT USE SUBMITTABLE - Email pitch or post to Arielle at info@orangeblossombooks.com 
• Selected posts will have full bio with headshot and link at the bottom of the post
• ​Posts will be sent out to email list and posted on our social media

How I Met My Other: Volume Four
Real Weddings, Real Forevers

Almost time for the next volume of HIMMO! For book number four, we want your crazy, funny, sweet, romantic, unbelievable, or unforgettable wedding stories. All kinds of love stories are welcome and we encourage everyone to submit. Volume four will be published in February of 2023, before Valentine's Day. Submission window: January 1, 2022 - May 31, 2022. Questions? Email Arielle at info@orangeblossombooks.com. Looking forward to reading your work!

Submissions closed. Window opens 01/01/22.

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Submission Requirements

• 3,000 - 5,000 words
• Piece must be previously unpublished
• Written as a narrative (We don't want to be told about what happened, we want to be shown--see what the person is seeing, feel what the person is feeling...)
• A true story or based on a true story.
• May be written in the first or third person and can be your own story or someone else in your family's.
• Submissions must be 12 point font, Times New Roman, one inch margins, double spaced, indented but not tabbed. Author information to be included on the top left: author name, email address, phone number, word count. Pen names can be included in the by-line. 

Additional Information

• Authors will be notified if their story has been chosen for publication by July 31, 2022.
• There is no payment for contributions at this time but authors whose stories are selected will receive a free contributor copy and access to print copies near cost for resale at retail price.
• Orange Blossom Publishing will have exclusive rights for six months from the date of publication. Rights revert back to the author upon expiration of that period. Orange Blossom Publishing will maintain the rights to publish the story in the anthology as well as use excerpts for promotional purposes.
• Questions? Email info@orangeblossombooks.com​

Submissions closed. Window opens 01/01/22.