Gold Dust Publishing
Topic Publisher
Why pick this one
Gold Dust Publishing accepts LGBTQIA fiction and non-fiction submissions without submission fees and offers royalties ranging from 10% to 50%.
Best for
- LGBTQIA authors seeking fiction or non-fiction publication
- Authors submitting fantasy, science fiction, horror, paranormal, romance, young adult, or middle-grade manuscripts
- Authors seeking publishing support that covers editing, cover art, illustrations, and formatting
- Readers seeking fiction featuring LGBTQIA characters
- Projects documenting LGBTQIA history, culture, memoir, poetry, art, or personal experiences
Look elsewhere if
- Authors seeking erotica as the primary focus of a manuscript
- Submissions containing graphic sexual content between minors
- Fiction depicting rape, incest, or other extreme material as romantic or titillation devices
- Authors seeking a publisher outside Gold Dust Publishing's listed fiction genres or LGBTQIA-focused scope
Specialties
- LGBTQIA fiction publishing
- LGBTQIA non-fiction publishing
- Fantasy, urban fantasy, science fiction, horror, thriller, mystery, paranormal, romance, young adult, and middle-grade publishing
- LGBTQIA history preservation through non-fiction
- Coming-out and finding-love story compilations
What makes them different
- Provides a publishing avenue and safe place specifically for LGBTQIA authors
- Accepts submissions without submission fees or other required payments
- Pays royalties ranging from 10% to 50% depending on format and production
- Covers editing, cover art, illustrations, formatting, and miscellaneous production expenses through company funds or crowdfunding
- Publishes fiction with LGBTQIA characters or by LGBTQIA authors and non-fiction related to LGBTQIA culture or written by LGBTQIA authors
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
Services
- Book publishing
- Manuscript submissions
- Bookstore sales
- Merchandise sales
- Charity book publishing