🌿 Submit Your Manuscript to Sheltering Tree Earth Media

A traditional, spiritually‑focused publisher of uplifting fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Welcome, Writers

We’re honored you’re considering Sheltering Tree Earth Media. We are a traditional publisher

—on our way from small to mid‑size—

committed to books that are positive, uplifting, supportive, or spiritual in nature.

Our goal is to make the submission process clear, respectful, and encouraging.

Before You Submit

Please prepare your manuscript by reviewing standard formatting guidelines: spelling, grammar, mechanics, hard tabs, size 12 Times New Roman, double-spaced, no heading triangles. 

How to Submit Your Book

Please complete the submission form below. Accuracy matters—spelling, grammar, and clarity count.

You will be asked for:

  • Your contact information
  • Why you chose our publishing house (5 sentences or fewer)
  • Working title
  • Word count
  • Genre (choose up to 3)
  • Hook (2–3 sentences) 
  • Query (150 words or fewer)
  • Author bio (100 words or fewer)
  • One sample chapter or up to 5 poems (max 5,000 words)
  • Illustration details and sample, if applicable
  • Disclosure of any AI use in writing or art

Our Review Process

Here’s what to expect after you submit:

  1. Response within 15 business days to your query
  2. You will receive either:
    • A letter of declination*, or
    • A request for the full manuscript with a 6‑week exclusive review period 
  3. After the 6‑week review, you will receive either:
    • A declination*, or
    • A contract offer

Timelines may be shorter depending on workload.

* We are not rejecting you or your book. We are simply declining the opportunity to publish it.

Our Release Scheduling Policy

To ensure fairness, quality, and predictability for all authors, ShelteringTree.Earth uses a structured release calendar with limited monthly slots.

How Release Dates Are Assigned

Release dates are assigned only after:

  1. The manuscript is complete
  2. All required materials (bio, headshot, endorsements, etc.) are submitted
  3. The publishing agreement is signed

Next Available Slot System

Books are scheduled into the next available release slot on our calendar.
Authors may not request or reserve specific dates.

Why We Use This System

  • Ensures every book receives proper attention
  • Prevents overcrowding of release weeks
  • Allows for consistent marketing and production timelines
  • Reduces delays caused by incomplete manuscripts

Changes to Release Dates

ShelteringTree.Earth reserves the right to adjust release dates if:

  • production delays occur
  • the author misses deadlines
  • seasonal timing would significantly benefit the book

Authors will be notified promptly of any changes.

Languages We Accept

If your manuscript is originally written in one of the following languages, please submit both the original and an English translation:

Dutch, Indonesian, Gaelic, Lakota, Catalan, Romani, Thai, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Cree, Icelander, Malagasy, Gujarati, Tagalog/Filipino, Queretaro Otomi, Yucatec Maya, Samoan, Tongan, Norwegian, Maltese, Hindi, Navajo

Due to current international policies outside of our control, you may not be able to purchase paperback or hardback copies of your books if you live in countries designated by the US as "unfriendly." This also applies to countries which the US has placed under, or countries which have placed the US under "full travel ban or restrictions." This may prevent us from mailing copies and/or royalty checks to you without an excessive amount of red tape. These political designations are subject to change. If you live outside of the US, please check your country's status before submitting the form below.

ALSO

If you do not live in the US or are not a US citizen, please make sure you understand you will need to pay US taxes on any royalties earned from this publishing house. According to the W-8BEN tax form, "Foreign persons are subject to U.S. tax at a 30% rate on income they receive from U.S. sources that consists of ... royalties..." see https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw8ben.pdf for more information.

What We Do Not Accept

đźš« Submission Restrictions

We will not consider manuscripts that include:

  • Graphic violence — verbal, physical, or sexual 
  • AI‑generated illustrations in children’s books (illustrated picture books, beginning readers, middle grade, YA) 
  • AI‑generated writing without disclosure 
  • Previously published books unless you are willing to unpublish them if offered a contract 

Note: AI‑assisted images may be accepted for adult books and poetry with proper citation 

Ready to Submit?

Please complete the form below to send us your manuscript. You will receive a confirmation notice on this page once you have submitted it. 

We look forward to reading your work and discovering whether we’re the right home for your book.

All Submissions Must Be Sent Through This Form.

* are required  













Please make sure you understand how to write a hook, a query, and an author bio before filling in the next three boxes. There are many articles available online explaining these. And yes, spelling, punctuation, and grammar do count.

Specifically, we are looking for:

Hook: Can you grab our attention in 2-3 sentences and make us want to know more about your book?

Query: Can you, in 150 words or less, without repeating the hook, convince us to ask you to submit the entire manuscript?

Author Bio: Can you, in no more than 100 words, explain to us why you are the best person to write this book? We are looking for solid examples of experience, academic certification, and expertise.







You may also consider our imprint August Isley Books.

It is a hybrid publisher.