Samiha Hoque

I accept unagented and agented submissions. Pretty booked for the 2025 year, but you never know.

More details can be found here:
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/samiha-hoque/

Posting my most updated #mswl for @shaherazadshelf . Always looking for:

-Muslim characters
-ownvoice second world fantasy
-cozy/magic-less fantasy (but yes to mythical creatures)
-books for 14,15 yo readers & 8,9 yo readers

Losing my mind that I’ve been an editor for almost 3 years at a press called Shaherazad Shelves and no one’s submitted a Scheherazade/Shahrazad retelling to me‼️

Please send one, a million, I don’t care #mswl

Saying bismillah before sending a ballistic missile to your oppressor is kind of crazy
. . .
I need that vibe for Shaherazad Shelves’ newest imprint, Saladeen Books, which is open to all writers, agented or not. #MSWL

Please DM for a link to submit. You can also familiarize yourself with Shush Books and Sorra Books here:
shaherazadshelves.com/

4. Adding on chapter books (5-15k words)

Really interested in stories that teach older kids about life through adventures.

Examples: The Magic Tree House series, Yusuf and Yusra's Holiday Dilemma series, Jeronimo Stilton, Naruto (in book format)

3. FABLES

If you have stories that are folklore lite, I want them! They can be imagined or real stories from a culture.

Examples: 1001 Arabian Nights, Aesop's Fables

2. MORALS and LESSONS

I'm keen on publishing books that teach children about virtues (e.g., forgiveness, patience), emotions, and mistakes through a fun or engaging story.

Examples: The Boy Who Cried Wolf, My Hijab Is My Crown, Who Will Make Iftar With Me?

1. COMMUNITY

I'm the perfect one for you if your PB focuses on teaching children how to navigate this world with kindness, compassion, and sympathy toward themselves OR others via a story.

Examples: Brown is Beautiful, Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, My Block Looks Like

For the first time, I will be open to select picture book submissions for Shush or Sorra Books (on top of chapter books)!

What I'm looking for — a quick #MSWL 🧵

#MSWL 💚

Reading up on the Victorian era, and it was exclusively aristocrats--Barons, Earls, Ladies--who converted to Islam. Is someone going to write me a historical regency fic with a strikingly rich and handsome Muslim lead? #MSWL

I've updated my #MSWL ! It's gotten a bit smaller (due to my 2024 goals to focus on middle grade books).

Note: I accept unagented submissions until Jan. 14.
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/samiha-hoque/

Since @shaherazadshelf is opening to unsolicited submissions next week, Heather and I are really looking forward to fantasy, dystopian, and romance in nearly all genres.

To read Heather's MSWL, check her pinned @inkbyomari and you can find my MSWL here: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/samiha-hoque/

One of my earliest tweets was of how the pioneering women in the geosciences dressed like me, a practicing Muslim woman who also has a degree in geoscience. Now, I want to say #MSWL to this! Give me books where modest girlies can learn & save the Earth, too.

💚 ECO FICTION 💚
YA Climate, nature-heavy fantasy

💚 ANTICOLONIAL WORK 💚
In historical or fantasy, I want themes of condemnation of colonizers &/or Muslims reclaiming heritage

💚 REVISE & RESUBMIT 💚
Anyone with an R&R should know I am always open to re-queries.

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I am closed to queries but will open to this specific #MSWL . Please DM me for a special link:

💚 MIDDLE-GRADE FANTASY 💚
Cozy, character-driven, magic-less (or magic-limited), second-world/high fantasy, mythic creatures (dragons etc)

Ex: Ella Enchanted, The Last Mapmaker
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Super excited to announce my official #MSWL has been posted on Manuscript Wishlist!

manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/sami…