Submit Your Sapphic Romance Book to Lesbian Romance Reads

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Are you an author or publisher with a lesbian or sapphic romance book?

You can submit your book to Lesbian Romance Reads for free.

We welcome books from independent authors, small presses and traditional publishers. Submission gives our editorial team the information we need to consider your book for relevant coverage across LRR, including reviews, new-release discovery, trope and genre pages, author features and other appropriate reader resources.

There is no fee to submit a book.

Submitting a book does not guarantee a review, recommendation, ranking or inclusion. We consider books based on their relevance to LRR readers and our available editorial capacity.

What Books Can I Submit?

Lesbian Romance Reads focuses primarily on books in which lesbian, sapphic or F/F romantic relationships are central to the reading experience.

Relevant genres can include:

• Contemporary romance
• Historical romance
• Romantic suspense
• Dark romance
• Fantasy romance and romantasy
• Paranormal romance
• Science-fiction romance
• Sports romance
• Workplace romance
• Small-town romance
• Holiday romance
• Young adult romance
• New adult romance
• Romantic comedy
• Erotic romance
• Other sapphic romance subgenres

Independent and self-published books are welcome. You do not need to be represented by a publisher or publicist.

What Happens When You Submit a Book?

Submitting your book gives LRR structured information about it. That helps us understand not simply the title and author, but which readers the book may be right for.

We may consider submitted books for:

• Editorial review
• New-release coverage, such as our monthly sapphic release roundups
• Relevant trope pages
• Genre and subgenre guides
• Author pages and features
• Themed recommendation pages
• Future LRR editorial projects

Submission itself does not guarantee any of these placements. We would rather make that distinction clear than promise authors coverage we cannot guarantee.

What Information Should You Prepare?

Before submitting, we recommend having the following information ready:

Information	Why It Helps
Book title	Identifies the correct book
Author or pen name	Connects the book with its author
Publication date	Helps with new-release coverage
Genre and main tropes	Helps us classify the book and match it with readers
Short blurb	Explains the central story and relationship
Retailer or preorder link	Lets us verify availability (optional for ARCs)
A PDF or DOCX copy of the book	Required so our editors can read and consider it

Providing accurate information makes it easier for us to evaluate and correctly position your book.

Do You Accept Self-Published and Indie Authors?

Yes. Lesbian Romance Reads accepts submissions from:

• Self-published authors
• Independent authors
• Small presses
• Traditional publishers
• Publicists representing eligible books

How a book was published does not determine whether it can be submitted. What matters is its relevance to LRR readers.

Does Submission Guarantee a Book Review?

No. Submitting a book means that LRR can consider it for editorial coverage. It does not guarantee that we will read, review, recommend or feature it.

Our editorial opinions remain independent. If LRR reviews a book, the author is not purchasing the opinion or determining the rating or conclusion. This distinction protects both authors and readers.

Can I Pay LRR for a Positive Review?

No. A positive editorial review cannot be purchased.

LRR may eventually offer clearly identified promotional opportunities or author services. Payment for such a service would purchase only the specific promotional deliverables described. It would never purchase a favorable editorial opinion, rating or ranking.

Sponsored or paid placements are identified as such. See our disclosure policy.

Can I Submit an ARC or an Unpublished Book?

Yes. Upcoming books and advance review copies may be submitted. Please provide the expected publication date and clearly identify the book as an ARC or forthcoming release.

Submitting early can be useful because it gives us more time to consider the book for upcoming-release coverage. However, please tell us if important information, including the cover, title, publication date or retailer links, is not yet final.

How Early Should I Submit a New Release?

Earlier is generally better. For an upcoming release, consider submitting once you have:

• A confirmed title
• Final or near-final cover
• Reliable publication date
• Book description
• Genre and primary tropes
• Basic content information
• Preorder, author or publisher page when available

Several weeks of lead time gives book sites and reviewers more flexibility than a request arriving on release day. You can provide updated information later if something changes.

Want to see where new books appear? Browse our best new sapphic books of 2026.

What Makes a Good Book Submission?

Accuracy.

You do not need to convince us that your novel is “the best sapphic romance of the year.” Instead, help us understand what the book actually is. For example:

A slow-burn sapphic workplace romance between a newly appointed executive and the woman assigned to lead her most difficult project, with an age-gap dynamic, high emotional tension and an HEA.

That tells us considerably more than:

An unforgettable story of love that readers won’t be able to put down.

Specific information helps us understand who may want the book.

Choose Your Tropes Carefully

Please don’t select every trope that appears somewhere in the story. A primary trope should meaningfully shape the romantic relationship.

• One shared hotel room does not automatically make a novel a forced-proximity romance.
• A brief disagreement does not make it enemies to lovers.
• The presence of danger does not necessarily make a book dark romance.

Choose the tropes that best describe the experience readers will actually have.

If you are uncertain, see our Sapphic Romance Trope Glossary, which defines 15 core tropes with frequency data from LRR reviews. For a step-by-step method, read Sapphic Romance Tropes for Authors: How to Position Your Book.

Lesbian, Sapphic, F/F or Queer Romance?

Use the description that accurately represents your book and its characters.

LRR uses several of these terms because authors and readers use different language when describing books and searching for them. You do not need to force every possible label into your submission. Tell us how you describe your book and its central relationship.

What Happens After I Submit?

Your submission is received for consideration by Lesbian Romance Reads. We may use the information to evaluate the book for appropriate editorial opportunities.

If you did not upload your book with the form, please email a PDF or DOCX copy to admin@eikna.com, using your book title as the subject line. If we need more information, we will contact you at the email address you supplied, so please make sure it is correct.

Before You Submit: Quick Checklist

Before pressing Submit, check:

• Is the book title spelled correctly?
• Is the publication date current?
• Are your genre and main tropes genuinely central to the book?
• Does the retailer or preorder link work, if you included one?
• Have you attached a PDF or DOCX copy of the book, or are you ready to email it to admin@eikna.com?
• Is your email address correct?

Five minutes spent checking this information can prevent a book from being incorrectly categorized later.

More Resources for Sapphic Romance Authors

• For Sapphic Romance Authors: the LRR author hub
• How to choose sapphic romance tropes
• How to write a sapphic romance blurb
• How to get your sapphic romance book reviewed
• Where to promote a sapphic romance book (verified directory)
• New sapphic romance releases