Independent publishing company
Seren Books
Poetry, Fiction, Independent
Published Updated Reviewed every month · next review November 2026
About Seren Books
Seren Books is closed to submissions right now and reads work only during occasional free call-out windows. It publishes poetry, fiction and nonfiction, including memoir, for adults, with a focus on English-language writing from Wales. Writers must be 18 or over and live in the UK.
Seren Books is an independent publisher in Wales, founded in 1981, that publishes poetry, fiction and nonfiction, including memoir, with a focus on English-language writing from Wales. It publishes only books suitable for adult readers, and it does not run competitions.
Seren reads work only during occasional call-out windows, which are announced on its submissions page with their own guidelines. Writers must be 18 or over and live in the UK. Submissions are digital only, work generated by AI is not accepted, and simultaneous submissions are not allowed.
What Seren Books is looking for
- Poetry collections
- Literary fiction
- Nonfiction and memoir
- English-language writing from Wales
Publishes
- Fiction
- Independent
- Literary fiction
- Memoir
- Nonfiction
- Poetry
Specialties
- Literary fiction
How to submit to Seren Books
From its own guidelines- Watch the Seren submissions page for an open call-out.
- Follow the guidelines given with that call-out and submit digitally.
- Do not submit the same work elsewhere; if you later do, tell Seren so it can withdraw it.
Is Seren Books right for your book?
A good fit if
UK-based adult writers, especially from Wales, who can wait for a call-out window.
Look elsewhere if
Writers outside the UK, children's authors, anyone using AI and writers sending the same book to several publishers at once.
Books published by Seren Books
Well-known titles- I Sing to the GreenheartsMaggie Harris
- GlimmeringMegan Hayes
Questions about Seren Books
Is Seren Books accepting submissions?
Not right now. Seren Books reads work only during occasional call-out windows, and poetry, fiction and nonfiction are all closed for now. Each call-out is announced on its submissions page with its own guidelines. Writers must be 18 or over and live in the UK.
Does Seren Books publish memoir?
Yes. Seren publishes nonfiction including memoir, as well as poetry and fiction, with a focus on English-language writing from Wales. It publishes only books suitable for adult readers. Wait for a nonfiction call-out before you send a memoir proposal, and read its guidelines.
Can I send my book to Seren and other publishers at once?
No. Seren does not accept simultaneous submissions. If you later decide to submit the same work elsewhere, you must tell Seren so it can withdraw your submission. It also rejects work generated in whole or in part by AI and does not accept paper submissions.
Listing history
- Checked on the publisher's own site
