Independent publisher known for fiction contests and books that challenge boundaries of form.

Leapfrog Press is an award-winning and prize-giving independent publisher of critically acclaimed books. Committed to the championing of outstanding writers from all walks of life – new voices and old, underrepresented and diverse – our goal is to enrich our shared cultural life and heritage with storytelling that addresses the many pressing issues of both our time and of times past.

Leapfrog Press publishes authors from all around the globe, and our annual Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize for Adult and Young Adult | Middle Grade Fiction guarantees global publication in the English-speaking world. Past winners have been both debut and seasoned authors writing across a wide spectrum of genre fiction; from short stories dabbling in magical realism to cutting crime novels and speculative climate narratives.

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Adult Fiction Submission:

Please read and follow the instructions below when submitting.

This category is for adult novels, novellas, and story collections. At this time, we are not accepting graphic novels, poetry collections, or picture books. 

PLEASE Include a one-page synopsis at the beginning of your submitted material. This will help our judging panel and finalist judges better understand your intent.

Upload your complete manuscript. 

Use the title as it appears on the manuscript as the file name (or as much as possible, if the title is very long). 

Please be sure there is NO identifying information anywhere in the file (author name or address), including on the title page and in page headers.

Manuscript must be between 22,000 words and 100,000 words to be considered. We do not accept works that have been generated with the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), unless there is some specific reason that its use is central to the work. We suggest contacting us first before submission if this is the case.

Adult Fiction Submission

Young Adult/Middle Grade Fiction Submission: 

Thank you for your submission to the Young Adult/Middle Grade category of the 2025 Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize.

Please read and follow the instructions below when submitting.

This category is for young adult and middle grade fiction only. We are currently not open to graphic novels, poetry collections, or picture books.

PLEASE Include a one-page synopsis at the beginning of your submitted material. This will help our judging panel and finalist judges better understand your intent.

Upload your complete manuscript. 

Use the title as it appears on the manuscript as the file name (or as much as possible, if the title is very long). 

Please be sure there is NO identifying information anywhere in the file (author name or address), including on the title page and in page headers. 

Upload your complete manuscript (must be between 22,000 words and 100,000 words to be considered). We do not accept works that have been generated with the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), unless there is some specific reason that its use is central to the work. We suggest contacting us first before submission if this is the case.

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