Submissions
Insomnia is always open for submissions.
It does not matter if you have not been published before, we are more interested in whether you have a fantastic story and loads of talent.
In all cases we can put creative teams together – so you can submit a script without an artist, or a portfolio without a writer. Of course if you do have someone in mind, or want to make a joint submission that is fine, too.
Our books are aimed at teen/mature readers and most have an 18+ age rating. With each of our products we look to publish something which is unusual, literate, challenging and thought provoking.
One of the most important things for both writers and artists is to let us know the length of story to which you feel you can commit. We have an anthology title for people who want to do short stories through to complete graphic novel series of hundreds of pages. Also we appreciate that many creators are showing incredible dedication by working on their comics alongside day jobs and other commitments, but if we like your work enough to publish we will work with you to agree a schedule that suits all parties
Many of us at Insomnia are/were creators ourselves and we appreciate that making submissions can be difficult and nerve-wracking. We will look at everything we receive, and although it may take time we will respond to everyone. The important thing to remember that your work may be great, and we may even personally love to read it, but it sometimes will just not what we are looking for right now.
We are also interested to hear from games designers, animators, and model makers as we often need to call on such services.In most cases we will look to put our books out as albums or “instant trades” so that they can be sold in bookshops and online as well as through comic shops.
Original Graphic Novel Submissions
Vigil Historical Graphic Novel Submissions
Layer Zero Anthology Submissions
Read more about our publishing model
See our standard contract terms
If you would like to see examples of Insomnia books to get a feel for the type of material we publish then you can see previews of forthcoming Graphic Novels and a selection from our Anthology title in our MyeBooks
