Zondervan Books

We're currently accepting unsolicited book proposals only for the following categories:

• Academic (only college and seminary textbooks in the areas of theology, biblical studies, church history, etc.)
• Reference (commentaries, handbooks, encyclopedias, etc.)
• Ministry Resources (books and resources for pastors and ministry professionals)

A proposal for one of these categories should be saved as a Microsoft Word document (unless it contains Hebrew, Greek, or language other than English, in which case it should be saved as an Adobe PDF document) and sent electronically as an attachment to submissions@zondervan.com, putting the appropriate category in the subject line. Your proposal should include

• the book title
• a table of contents, including a two or three sentence description of each chapter
• a brief description of the proposed book, including the unique contribution of the book and why you feel it must be published
• your intended reader
• and your vita (personal biographical sketch), including your qualifications to write the book.

The proposal should be no more than five pages. If we're interested in reviewing more material from you, we'll respond within six weeks.

For all other categories (fiction, Christian living, devotional, etc.), we'll consider only those proposals that come to us through ChristianManuscriptSubmissions.com, the manuscript service of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (www.ECPA.org), or directly from agents or authors already published by Zondervan. Book proposals posted to ChristianManuscriptSubmissions.com are available for review by all the member publishers of ECPA, and Zondervan has assigned an editor to regularly review all new proposals submitted there.

All unsolicited proposals or manuscripts received outside of the above instructions, either hard copy or electronically, will be discarded.


Zonderkidz

Currently we're not accepting proposals for new Zonderkidz products.


Zondervan Bibles

• Proposed title
• Description of the target market and rationale for this new Bible title
• Full description of the Bible idea, including samples of features
• Information on author team, including academic and/or writing credentials

To help you in your writing craft, you may be interested in reading The Christian Writer's Manual of Style by Robert Hudson. Another resource to note is the Christian Writers' Market Guide by Sally E. Stuart. This book includes writer guidelines and submission procedures for all Christian publishing houses. Further publishing information is available in the industry directory Literary Market Place, published by R. R. Bowker.

Thank you for your interest in publishing with Zondervan.

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