Submissions
We're currently closed to proposals.
We open for pitches a few times a year, and we're genuinely grateful you're thinking of J-Card even while the window's shut — putting a pitch together takes real work. Here's the shape of what we look for, so you're ready to go whenever we reopen.
What to send
- The band you want to write about, and why they're a good subject
- Why you're the right person to write it
- A sense of the band's audience today
- A proposed table of contents, or how you'd structure the book
- Writing samples
- A professional bio
- How long you expect the book to take
What we're looking for
- Full biographies, around 40–45K words — a band's history and albums, not gossip or score-settling
- Bands only — no solo artists or singer-songwriters
- Alternative, indie rock, hip-hop, or riot grrrl, roughly out of the '90s
- A group that hasn't already been the subject of a book
- A story worth telling, not just your favorite band
- Band involvement or endorsement strengthens a pitch — if the story depends on it, line that up before you submit
Once a submission window closes, we take about a month to read through everything carefully — every pitch gets a real look. When we're open, send it all as a single email or Word/PDF document to submissions@jcardpress.com. Thanks for thinking of us.