Submissions

Submission criteria

I am keen to receive fiction and non-fiction writing that stimulates debate, comments on the world around us, and evokes an emotional response.

I am especially keen to see literary and reading group fiction, and stories with commercial cross-over appeal. Authors I admire include Anne Enright, Jon McGregor, Kevin Barry, Maggie O’Farrell, Marilynne Robinson and Colm Toibin.

With non-fiction I am most interested in narrative non-fiction, nature writing, memoir, politics, and social issues. Recent books I enjoyed include Motherwell by Deborah Orr, Notes to Self by Emilie Pine, Underland by Robert MacFarlane and Humankind by Rutger Bregman.

How to submit

For fiction, please send me a cover letter and the first three chapters of your novel.

If you are submitting non-fiction please send a detailed outline, a sample chapter and an introductory email.

Please do not send me: children’s, crime and thriller, YA, horror, or SF.

Please send submissions to us at submissions@robertcaskie.com

Please note that due to the large volume of submissions it is only possible to reply to those from whom I wish to receive more material.