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Submit a Book

Submissions for the 2025 San Antonio Book Festival open on June 20, 2024, and close on December 20, 2024.  

The 2025 San Antonio Book Festival (SABF) will take place on April 12, 2025.  

SABF will present approximately 100 authors at the annual event, from Texas and beyond, whose books are published within a year of the Festival (April 15, 2024 – April 16, 2025).  

All authors who are invited to participate will be featured in a panel or solo session; the Festival does not feature authors for book signings only. 

Please read all of the following information and FAQs listed below before submitting a book for consideration. 

How is a book considered? 

To be considered for the Festival, please send or have your publicist complete both of the following steps: 

  1. A completed online submission form that includes attachments: press kit with clippings and reviews; an author bio; information regarding travel funding; local connections; or anything else we should know to best evaluate your submission. After reading the information and FAQs, you can submit a title at the link below.  
  2. After filling out the form, please mail two copies of a finished book/galley/ARC/bound manuscript, marked “Submission” on the package, to the address below:

    San Antonio Book Festival, 4007 McCullough Avenue, Suite 625, San Antonio, TX 78212

Please Note:  

  • Due to the high number of submissions received, SABF is unable to acknowledge receipt of forms or books. 
  • Physical copies of the book/galley/ARC/manuscript are required. Please send to address above. If the suite number is not included, your package may not be received. The mailed-in copies of finished books/galleys/ARCs/bound manuscript cannot be returned. 
  • Incomplete submissions will not be considered. Your submission will not be considered complete until we have received both the completed form and the copies of the books. All materials are due, via mail, by December 20, 2024 at the latest. In-person submissions will not be possible.
  • Should you be selected to be a part of the Festival program, you will hear back no later than February 7, 2025. Due to the high number of submissions, we are unable to respond to inquiries if a book has not been selected. 

Frequently Asked Questions

Books are accepted by the San Antonio Book Festival via completed submissions between June 20 and December 20, 2024.

Titles are considered on a rolling basis. We advise sending your submissions as early as possible. Submissions received after December 20, 2024 will not be considered.

SABF’s Literary Director considers the submissions and, with the assistance of staff and a Programming Committee of authors and writing professionals, selects the lineup. While evaluating submissions, we consider not only a book’s literary merit but where it might fit in with rest of the lineup.

  • Fiction, including all genres such as thrillers and Westerns 
  • Narrative nonfiction—history, biography, memoir, and essays 
  • Poetry 
  • Young People’s Literature—picture books, early reader, middle grade, young adult, etc.  
  • Art and Architecture titles

SABF focuses on the promotion of literature and Texas literary culture. Books on the topics of self-improvement, cookbooks, how-to, books by authors who are deceased, or books strictly of academic or religious interest will not be considered.  

We typically do not accept books published through self-publishing platforms and services. However, exceptions have been made. We welcome all author submissions that meet the below criteria: 

  • The book has, or will have upon publication, an EAN barcode, an ISBN, and a LCCN number. 
  • The title is bound, and printed copies are available, or will be available, for purchase via an established wholesaler or distributor so our partner bookstore can sell them. Checking with your publisher is advised.   
  • The book has been professionally edited and a marketing plan is in place. 
  • The author maintains an accessible website. 

If your question is not answered, email sabf@sabookfest.org.  

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