No. Every submission goes through a quality review. We check your cover, blurb, read sample pages, page count, spice level, genre, and overall presentation. We keep each event intentionally curated and as AI free as possible — fewer books also means more visibility for everyone included. We do not provide individual rejection reasons but you are always welcome to try again in a future event. Some rejections are simply due to the event capacity being reached.

Full details are in our Terms & Conditions.

Standard free entry is one book per pen name per event. The same book can be entered a maximum of six times per calendar year and you must skip at least one event between entries. Members can enter more depending on their tier — see our membership page for details.

Approximately one to three weeks before the event goes live. Check your spam folder if you have not heard from us. We do not communicate decisions via social media or direct message.

We send out information about the event you are in, after the event prior to it ends. So e.g. if you apply for Septembers event, you would hear more information after Augusts event ends.

Paid features are non-refundable once the work has been complete. E.g you paid for a mini-upgrade in the event, and the event has gone live.

If you need to reschedule, or cancel, a paid option prior to the event starting you are welcome to reach out to the admin team via email - theindieauthorhive@gmail.com

Full details are in our Terms & Conditions.