2026 Best Unpublished Manuscript

A world Percy Field does not like is convinced he is a prophet of God, and he may just be beginning to believe it

In Walking Over Wet Paint, a guarded, emotionally reserved editor in vintage togs collides with a charming oncologist in the wake of her mother’s terminal illness, forcing both to re-evaluate their emotional defenses, past patterns, and ideas of permanence.

When two postpartum witches curse their wellness-obsessed town’s 'skinny juice' out of spite, they accidentally unleash a chaotic mother magic that allows them to rebuild the community support they never had, because a town that starves its mothers eventually starves itself.

In 1936 Seattle, an actor is having the time of his free-wheeling life, until he meets the woman of his dreams, who won’t let anything get in the way of her acting career. When her twin brother turns up dead, together they unearth a horrific set of murders, and a perpetrator who is untouchable.

Searching for a deeper spiritual connection can be a life-changing quest. But where do we find a God alive and active in the complex tapestry of our lives? In ordinary living, by everyday people. Through a rich narrative of story-telling God Quest – God Discovered in Everyday Places leads to hidden...

In Seattle, 1935, a young girl right out of high school, falls in love with a glamorous older man, entering into a world of elegant gowns, cocktails, and dancing. But when he grows more controlling and violent in his pro-Nazi group, the Silver Shirts, she runs away with the help of an actor (Max)...

In war-ruled Vael, sixteen-year-old Jorium has trained his whole life to kill, but when he alone can wield the forbidden Death Arts, the power sickens him. As his people face ruin, he must balance life and death while falling for a Life Artist boy he is certain hates him.

When a neural wellness system begins rewriting human thoughts, its creator fakes his death to stop it—while his wife, still under its influence, must reclaim her mind before she’s replaced by a weaponized copy of herself.

John Hopkins, a young Irish-American, believes he is worth more than his humble upbringing, so he tries for a job working for George Pullman, industrialist, who is building a futuristic city for his workers. At first, the two men hit it off, but when Pullman’s workers try to unionize, the two men...

Is this a ghost, an hallucination, or a symbol of unresolved damage? Set over four days in a 1997 context of social and political change - with flashbacks to a 1960s childhood- 75,000 word 'Balancing Act' explores 32 yr old Ana's fight to address the childhood trauma that tore her family apart.

The world’s third-oldest person can’t afford his high-end care home, so his fiery granddaughter sets out to make him too famous to evict by murdering the two people who are older.

The Unblinking I is the story of three people who meet on a remote island in Thailand. Rune and Greg are tech wizards, and Issy is a woman with a secret. The story moves to Burma where the reader experiences exotic undercover activists, mysterious temple ceremonies, and the true identity of The...

When three generations of the Walker family chase a silver rush onto native land during the final years of the Apache Wars, Tad Walker seeks refuge from his loveless marriage and father’s constant abuse, which leads him to Ekta, a Chiricahua woman who challenges him to break free from a family curse...