Submit your manuscript
What we publish
At Sifiso Publishers we publish books by African authors, with African content and in all South African languages. Sifiso Publishers publishes books for the general market in the following categories:
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Educational/Academic
Autobiographies, Biographies, Memoirs
**Note: We do not accept religious or self-help manuscripts unless they are solicited.**
Process to submit your manuscript
Before you send your manuscript through, consider the following:
Does your manuscript fit into our publishing categories listed above?
For fiction manuscripts, we require the synopsis and the full manuscript.
For non-fiction manuscripts, we require the synopsis and the first chapter of the manuscript.
We only accept digital submissions. No handwritten submissions will be considered.
You will need to have the following documents ready before submitting your manuscript
Your profile/CV (This helps us to get to know who you are)
Cover Letter
Your proposal should include the following:
Brief Description (In short, what is the manuscript about?)
Extra Materials (Does the manuscript include photographs, illustrations or graphs?)
Target audience (Who is your target audience or reader?)
Networks (If you know media personalities, experts or specialists in the area that your manuscript is about, and may be willing to endorse your book, please list them.)
Competition (What other books in the market are similar to your manuscript?) N.B. All your documents should be in PDF format.
Process after the manuscript has been submitted:
Step 1: We check if you have followed all the guidelines. If not, we will automatically reject the manuscript. If yes…
Step 2: We check if the manuscript has the potential to be published. Is there a market for it? If yes…
Step 3: We contact you to discuss non-disclosure agreement.
Step 4: If necessary, the manuscript will be taken to a reviewer to check if the book meets the requirements of the subject or theme it is written in. If yes…
Step 5: We discuss publishing contract
Step 6: The process of publishing begins.
Please fill in the below form, it is important that you prepare your submission before completing the below form in order to avoid errors on submission.