Indie Novella

About

Indie Novella is a non-profit independent publisher and social enterprise devoted to supporting underrepresented authors by removing the barriers to publishing. The Arts Council has funded us to run a free online writing course providing key publishing essentials to a wide range of writers. A range of literary agencies are supporting our work and have provided pro-bono content for our writing course.

Limited Demographic: Submissions are restricted to those based in the UK whose works are underrepresented narratives (see guidelines for full details).

The editors may not respond to all submissions. After waiting 90 days, assume your submission will not be accepted.

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Publication Medium

Print Publication Print Publication

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Fiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Novella: No specific word count limits known (our definition: 15000 to 40000 words).
Novel: No specific word count limits known (our definition: more than 40000 words).

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Unknown advance + Unknown royalties Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Dates

Last Updated: 15 Jul 2026

We check their guidelines for changes every four weeks, and we audit the listing twice a year.