Submissions

Our reading period is open from May 1–June 1.

This year, we're reading translations of works by authors from the Middle East and North Africa—fiction, narrative nonfiction, and essay.

To submit, please include the following:

• Short biography of the author

• Summary or synopsis of the book in English

• A PDF of the original language edition

• A sample translation of at least the first 20 pages (or full manuscript, if available)

• Availability of rights, if known

• List of previous works you’ve published/translated if applicable

You may email submissions to submissions@transitbooks.org 

Please note we are not currently considering poetry.

About Transit Books:

Transit Books is a nonprofit publisher of international and American literature, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 2015, Transit Books is committed to the discovery and promotion of enduring works that carry readers across borders and communities.

Transit Books publishes a carefully curated list of award-winning literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, essay, and literature for children. Transit authors have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, a National Book Critics Circle Award, and the PEN Translation Prize, and have been finalists for the National Book Award, the International Booker Prize, the National Translation Award, and more.