Daughters of Saint Paul

Submit a Manuscript

We are pleased that you are considering Paulines Publishing House for your manuscript. To help you determine how well your material fits our publishing program, please read the information that follows and browse our website. 

As a general rule, Paulines does not accept the following:

  • Fiction

  • Poetry

  • Personal memoirs or anecdotes

  • Private revelations

  • Works that are secular, not founded in Christian belief and tradition, or contrary to the Catholic doctrine.

Rather, we are looking for products that include, but are not limited to, these themes:

  • Family Life

  • Human Formation

  • Formation on Christian virtues

  • Scriptural content

  • Meditations on the seasons of the Church Year (Advent/Christmas, Lent/Easter) or on liturgical readings and texts

  • Stories on, or reflections with, the life, words and works of the saints

  • Studies, guidebooks for receiving, ministering, and experiencing the sacraments.

Please note: In addition, we do not respond to general query letters or review proposals or manuscripts that are simultaneously submitted to other publishers, nor do we accept responsibility for lost or unsolicited manuscripts.

Submission Guidelines

To help us adequately evaluate your manuscript, we ask that you provide the following. Please be as complete and to-the-point as possible:

I. General Information

  • Author’s name, address, telephone, email,

  • Author’s biography, including your unique qualifications to create this product

  • Subject discipline (prayer, Christian living, faith formation, etc.)

  • Title and subtitle

II. Production Information

Overview:

  • Write a brief description of the manuscript and its overall objective.

  • What question does it answer for the reader?

  • Proposed timeline for completion

III. Market Information

  • Primary market: Indicate those audiences that need this material, and why they need it. Be as specific as possible.

  • Secondary market: List those groups in addition to the primary market who would also benefit from using this material.

  • Contact information of people for possible endorsements/testimonials.

Submit your manuscript via email: edpph@paulines.ph

Submit your manuscript via mail:

Editorial Department

Paulines Publishing House

Daughters of St. Paul

2650 F. B. Harrison St.

1300 Pasay City, Philippines

After Submission

The Editorial Team, in collaboration with the Marketing Team will evaluate your manuscript. If your manuscript is rejected, you will receive a notice thereof. If it is considered a possibility for future publication, you will be notified and the contractual process will begin.

We are always eager to find new authors and new ideas that meet our publication goals. Thanks again for considering Paulines Publishing House.