SUBMIT YOUR MEDIA
FOR REVIEW CONSIDERATION

What genres do you cover?

Our blog covers all manner of Dark Fiction and related NonFiction in regards to: Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery/Noir, Crime Fiction, True Crime, Thrillers, General Dark/Weird Fiction, Paranormal/Weird Romance, Dark Poetry, Cryptozoology/Paranormal Research, Folklore/Fairytales.

The Basics:

Please note: Any and all submissions that are OUTSIDE of the covered genres will be immediately deleted from our inbox.

What audience age groups do you cover?

The bulk of our content is “Adult” audience age group, but we’re very open and welcoming for content aimed at all ages. In fact, we would very much love to expand our coverage of Children’s Lit, Middle Grades, Young Adult, and New Adult. Feel free to submit your content and just let us know the target audience age so we can let our team know. (Some of them deal exclusively in certain age demographics, or have a focus they’d like to increase!)

ALL MEDIA SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Please read the following submission guidelines and disclaimers
thoroughly and carefully before submitting content for review.

Submissions made without regard to our guidelines will be dismissed.
We have a Zero Tolerance policy for bullying or harassment.
We DO NOT accept submissions via Social Media.

GENERAL SUBMISSION
OF MEDIA FOR REVIEW
BY OUR “IN HOUSE” TEAM

Our team uses a variety of platforms to read submissions.  Our preferred format for submissions via e-mail is in the body of an email with an attachment included as a Word Document.  Reviews that fail to meet our format guidelines will be automatically rejected with no confirmation.

If your submission includes related images, please place it as an attachment with clear file names in .jpg or .png formats only.  List your attached image files with your email signature.

Do not send video media via email; we accept links to YouTube or Vimeo for video media.

Along with your submissions, please include your name, e-mail address, website, social media usernames (Twitter preferred).

In the body of the e-mail, tell us a little bit about yourself (a short bio) and what you’d like us to promote.  Please list what format(s) you are offering for review consideration. We also require trigger/content warnings to keep our DHR Team Contributors safe and well. The body content should be a maximum of two to three short paragraphs.

Please include publication information for your content. If your content has already been published/released, please provide a link.  If your content is soon-to-be released, please provide publisher/studio information, release date, format(s) it will be released in, and any other applicable information.

PLEASE READ THE GUIDELINES BELOW
BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR MEDIA:

Media Review Guidelines

PLEASE READ BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR MEDIA

(Media for Review submission form is the preferred delivery method for inquiries!)

MEDIA REVIEW GUIDELINES

REQUIRED INFORMATION WITH YOUR MEDIA

If you are submitting a book, movie, show or other form of media for review,
please be sure to include the following along with your text based pitch and creator introduction:

  • Title of Book/Movie/Show

  • Author/Editor/DirectorIllustrator/Photographer if applicable

  • Publisher/Distributor

  • Link to Amazon or ThriftBooks, Bookshop, or HalfPrice Books (Amazon generally preferred)
    If an item is unavailable on the above sites, include a direct link to the creator’s website where we can purchase a copy of the item. 

  • Image of Book Cover, Movie Poster, or Basic Promotional Image we can include

  • List of Content/Trigger Warnings for our Review Team to decide if the media is for them

  • Let us know where you’re willing to send physical books/media. Our team is located in the US and UK.

  • How many copies of each format are you submitting to our team for review? Example: unlimited digital, 3 physical hardbound, 2 paperback. (etc)

  • Length of book In page or words, or runtime if movie/show/short

DIRECT EMAIL FORMAT FOR MEDIA FOR REVIEW SUBMISSIONS

(Media for Review submission form is preferred for inquiries!)

Subject Line: [ARC Submission or Media for Review Consideration] – Author/Creator Name

Body of the e-mail: Short creator bio with photograph; Short summary of the item you are submitting for review; trigger/content warnings for our team

Format you are offering our team for review: MOBI, ePub, Hardcover, Paperback, etcDVD/Blu-Ray, Digital Video, Screening Passes, etcMP3, CD, Digital Download

If you are sending it for posting/reading by a specific date/event/season etc include that information our reviews can be scheduled accordingly to the best of our abilities. We do not guarantee a reviewer will be able to review/read/consume the media by that time, but we do make our best efforts.

If your media is as yet unpublished/unreleased, include that information so our reviews can be scheduled accordingly.If your media is already published/released, include where our readers/viewers may acquire your media to read, view, stream, or listen.

We please ask that you do not chase our site admins or team contributors for when your media will be reviewed. We try to get to everything on our TBR, but unfortunately that is not always possible, and as all our team are unpaid volunteers, the admins will not chase up team contributors on your behalf for a review of your work.

Please do not request to be updated when a review is posted. Reviews are not guaranteed to be positive, and we do not want to be in an awkward situation with a negative review! We believe firmly that reviews are for readers. You are welcome to keep an eye on our social media and website for reviews of your work, but we will not amend or take down reviews at your request. Read reviews at your own risk.

At any point and time we may update our policy with or without notice;
it is recommended to read the policy page each time before submitting.

A FEW NOTES

OF MERIT

Please Read Thoroughly

Failure to abide by our rules may result in your email being automatically deleted.

Physical copies of books or any other tangible product we receive is considered a gift, and will not be eligible to be returned to the sender, or have monies paid for that product/shipping & handling.  Sending physical books or other media does not guarantee a review either.

Due to the high volume of review requests we receive, we cannot and do not guarantee that your media will be accepted by a DHR Team Contributor for review.  We will do our best to distribute in a timely manner.  While we do assume the right to deny or refuse content, we do not discriminate based on gender, sex, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.  All are welcome to submit.  Priority may be given to Own Voices submissions and marginalized creators if we have a high volume of content as this is the focus of our website/platform.

Each reviewer has a preferred book format, sub-genre(s) they tend to gravitate towards, so the more formats you are able to offer, the better chance you’ll have of our DHR Team Contributors accepting an ARC or Media for Review.

All of our DHR Team Contributors as well as our Admins are currently participating in reading, writing, viewing, and reviewing on a volunteer basis.   We do our best to ensure we accept as many submissions as possible, but it is worth noting your media is submitted for consideration; consideration or submission does not mean you are guaranteed to get a review.

The mental and physical health of our team comes first, and we will not push our team to review if they are not able to at any time.  This means we may sometimes deprioritize reviews, posting, or receipt of media due to personal reasons.  Please, take this into consideration and be kind and empathetic.

We are a fair, balanced, and unbiased platform and thus we do not and cannot guarantee your media will receive a positive review.  Negative reviews are equally as constructive and important as positive ones, and we’ve seen more than our fair share of books achieve positive momentum and sales even if negatively reviewed by members of this team. After all, no press is bad press!

We do not tolerate harassment, berating, or bullying of our reviewers.  Reviews are for readers/consumers and not to boost a creators’ ego.  The safety and well-being of our DHR Team Contributors and review colleagues are paramount.  If we are informed of you launching a smear campaign or bothering our reviewers for any reason, we will cease current promotional efforts as well as refuse to promote you in the future. This applies to anyone who exhibits malicious or salacious behavior towards our team, including but not limited to publishers, authors, filmmakers, creators.

We reserve the right to archive, remove/delete, or edit content on this website, including but not limited to reviews or guest spots or special features or other items, at any time without notice given. We reserve the right to do so as a direct response to any intolerable behavior towards our admins, teams, or other guests or any infractions of the above or otherwise listed policies elsewhere on our site.

DO NOT contact our reviewers by their personal email unless they have given you explicit consent.  Due to previous safety violations of personal space, bullying, and harassment, our Co-Admins prefer to be the liaison between our DHR Team Contributors and those submitting media for review.  We do our best to help mediate and monitor contact to ensure the safety of our team and friends. Please, respect this policy. Violating this will ensure you are no longer able to submit media for review.

DO NOT solicit our reviewers by their social media accounts unless they have given you explicit consent.  Although our DHR Team Contributors are often friendly or interact with folks frequently, their mentions and inboxes are not a free-for-all in which you can spam with requests.  Please, respect this policy. Violating this will ensure you are no longer able to submit media for review.

DO NOT use any of the addresses to our team members without their explicit consent for any reason.  This includes sending our DHR Team Contributors books without their express consent to receive media from you. Even if they’ve received a book from you before, you must submit following our guidelines if you wish your media to be considered and reviewed on our platform.  Likewise, we will not turn over addresses or personal details for our DHR Team Contributors without their express consent each and every time they accept a request for review.

Please continue reading for our Zero Tolerance Harassment Policy Before Submitting

! DISCLAIMER !

READ BEFORE SUBMITTING.

Divination Hollow Reviews
Has a Zero Tolerance Policy

Divination Hollow Reviews abides by  a ZERO TOLERANCE policy for bullying and/or harassment.

While it is unfortunate that we have to make this disclaimer at all, we have been around long enough to understand bullying/harassment is something that must be addressed.

Divination Hollow Reviews believes strongly in protecting the well-being, safety, and reputation of its reviewers, contributors, and staff as best we are able.

If you harass a Team Member/Reviewer about not reviewing/interviewing you, or not getting to your book as quickly as you expect them to, complain about what was written in a review, harass/bully our reviewers in any other way, or if it is proven that you harassed/bullied anyone within the horror/writing community, consider yourself permanently cut off from our services. 

If you harass an Admin, Editor, or Team Member about not accepting your content, or not getting to your pitch as quickly as you expect them to, harass/bully our Team in any other way, or if it is proven that you harassed/bullied anyone within the horror/writing community, consider yourself permanently cut off from our services. 

Additionally, any/all unprofessional conversation(s) with and/or comments made in regards to our reviewers may be “screenshot.” Should our staff deem it necessary, screenshots of inappropriate conduct may be released publically to the rest of the community as a warning of your unprofessional conduct.

Divination Hollow Reviews may not give any further warning.

We do our best to promote and foster a healthy and positive environment for our readers and our reviewers! We do our best to avoid promoting content from known offenders, but unfortunately as that list is always changing and growing, we sometimes miss things.   If you notice that we have promoted or previously posted your abuser, harasser, or other malicious character, please reach out to one of our Co-Admins and we will look into the matter. 

At Divination Hollow Reviews, we are committed to doing what we believe is best for the community and its people, and that will never change.