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PITCH YOUR BOOK AT SAS25

Get ready to make your case for your book to become a reality! We have four publishers accepting pitches at SAS25. All sessions are on FRIDAY, MARCH 28, and you must pre-register with the publisher(s) in advance.

Full details and publishers’ contact info below:

10 AM—12 PM—*pre-registration is required
PITCH SESSIONS WITH AMBLE PRESS
Amble Press’s former Managing Editor, Eric Peterson, will be meeting with authors at SAS2025. The press has been publishing for five years as an imprint of Bywater Books. Amble seeks to publish fiction and narrative nonfiction by queer writers, with a primary, though not exclusive, focus on writers of color who tell stories with contemporary resonance. Eric will forward pitches of high interest to Amble’s new Managing Editor, Orlando Ortega-Medina and Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Salem West. To set up an appointment with Amble Press, contact Eric Peterson at: eastendboy7@gmail.com and include PITCH in the subject line.

 

11:30 AM – 1:30 PM—*pre-registration is required
PITCH SESSION WITH MCFARLAND PUBLISHING
McFarland Publishing has recently partnered with Clayton Delery, who will be General Editor of a new nonfiction book series titled LGBT+ In America. This series seeks to highlight the queer experience, with preference given to topics involving life outside of major east and west coast cities. Clayton will review pitches and proposals at SAS 2025 and forward promising ones to McFarland for recommended inclusion in the series. For more information on McFarland Publishing, visit mcfarlandbooks.com. Anyone wanting to schedule a pitch meeting with Clayton should email him at claytondelery@yahoo.com.

 

12:15—2:15 PM—*pre-registration is required
PITCH SESSIONS WITH RATTLING GOOD YARNS PRESS
Rattling Good Yarns Press managing publisher, Ian Henzel, will be meeting with authors at SAS2025. RGYP is looking for fiction, novels, story collections, and nonfiction, including but not limited to history and memoirs. No poetry or plays. They are most interested in unusual perspectives on topics of interest to the LGBTQ+ community. To schedule a pitch appointment, contact Ian Henzel at ian.henzel@rattlinggoodyarns.com. Pitches will be for possible 2026 publication. For more information about Rattling Good Yarns and online submission guidelines, visit: rattlinggoodyarns.com/submissions/

 

2:30—4:30 PM—*pre-registration is required
PITCH SESSIONS WITH REBEL SATORI PRESS
Rebel Satori Press’s publisher, Sven Davisson, and Tom Cardamone, TLOHC imprint curator, will be meeting with authors at SAS2025. The press has been publishing for more than two decades and has more than 200 titles with many more in development. The editors are looking for book-length literary fiction, single-author collections of poetry, speculative fiction, or occult/spiritual nonfiction from talented LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC authors. Contact publisher, Sven Davisson at: svendavisson@rebelsatori.com to schedule your pitch! Pitches will be for possible 2026 or 2027 publication. For more information about Rebel Satori Press visit: www.rebelsatoripress.com

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