Guidelines for Manuscript Submission to the Liturgical and Sacred Music Editorial Department
GIA will consider for publication any material that is suitable for Christian worship. This includes music for the assembly, cantor, choirs of various descriptions, and instruments.
GIA makes the following assumptions of submitted material:
- The material is written by you.
- The material has not been simultaneously submitted to other publishers for publication.
- Unless indicated otherwise, the material is not currently published or held under copyright.
Please cite any additional writers or copyright holders directly on the scores.
We require complete scores for submission; lead sheets without keyboard accompaniment or vocal harmonies are insufficient. It saves us some time if you provide a keyboard reduction for choral music in open score format. Please do not send originals; a clear copy is all that is required. Submissions will not be returned unless you provide a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Although not required, we do appreciate receiving a CD of a performance of the work, especially for more complex compositions.
The first review may take up to 90 days. You are free to withdraw your work from consideration at any time. If we are interested in your work, you will receive a letter of intent with details regarding copyright information and contracts. In general terms, we pay writers a total combined royalty of 10% of the retail selling price on all copies sold, as well as 50% of our net receipts from all licensing of the work.
If we are not interested in your work, you will receive notification via postcard, or via email (if you have included an email address with your contact information). Every submission is given individual attention; however, due to the large number of submissions we receive, we are unable to send a personal report.
Although you may submit as many scores as you wish, we recommend that you send up to five or six of your best pieces. Send your scores to:
Submissions
Editorial Department
GIA Publications, Inc.
7404 S. Mason Ave.
Chicago, IL 60638