#Publishers accept unsolicited manuscripts full
Send your manuscript by post or email – full text for picture books, first three chapters and synopsis for young adult. Hogs Back Books This small publisher specialises in picture books for up to age 10. Fingers (or pens) crossed, this may turn into an annual opportunity. See the requirements here and submit between 7-11 June. In 2020 it was young adult, and in 2021 it’s middle grade. The new, but already rather fabulous, Guppy Books don’t accept unagented manuscripts, but in the last couple of years they have held competitions for new writers with no entry fee, with the winner being published.
Submit by email only with the specific information listed, including a signed submission agreement. They are part of the Quarto publishing group so submission requirements are on the Quarto website. You will receive an acknowledgement and they aim to reply in 4 months, although that isn’t always possible.įrances Lincoln (Quarto Group) This well-established publisher publishes picture books, young fiction (6-9 years) and novels (9-14 years) and are looking for exceptional writing that really stands out. Email your submission as an attachment that includes the synopsis. They are currently accepting picture book and non-fiction submissions. Note: only approach if you are a Scottish writer or your book has a Scottish setting and/or theme.įlying Eye Books Flying Eye Books are an imprint of publishing house Nobrow and are committed to producing a selection of high quality, visually appealing children’s fiction and non-fiction. Alternatively you can enter the Kelpies Fiction Prize, where you can submit annually for their Picture Kelpies, and Kelpies range of books for 6-9 and 8-12 year olds. Note they do not want sci fi.įloris Books This Scottish publisher accepts unsolicited submissions for their Kelpies imprint, but only from authors from underrepresented communities. If accepted your book will be placed on a longlist for possible publication. If you’re Scottish too that will help! You should send three chapters and a short synopsis by email and they aim to reply within 6 weeks. Make sure you read the guidelines as they have particular requirements for submission.įledgling Press This is a Scottish company that focuses on debut authors writing a variety of fiction including YA. Email with three chapters or the first fifty pages.įirefly Press This vibrant Welsh publisher had a short open submission window at the end of August 2020, so worth keeping an eye on for future opportunities – and they publish the wonderful Catherine Fisher! They accept chapter books, middle grade and YA. They lean towards the literary with a hint of darkness. They are looking for books for readers aged 7+, so think middle grade and YA for this publisher with a minimum length of 40K words. They prefer email submissions of the first three chapters and synopsis of the book and aim to reply within six months if possible.Įverything With Words is a young indie publisher with high standards established by Danish writer and storyteller Mikka Haugaard. No picture books or rhyming books – think fast-paced adventure for 5-8 or 8-12. Note: UK authors only at the moment, and you should be prepared to be actively involved in promoting your book.ĭinosaur Books Dinosaur Books are a small indie publisher looking for exciting fiction for the 5-12 year old readership with a traditional feel – see their wonderfully illustrated Dinoteks books for an example. Submit via the form, confirming you have read the guidelines, and expect to hear back in about 3 months.
Publishing This small indie is open for submissions of children’s books under 25,000, but not picture books, so think chapter book or lower middle grade. May be unsuitable for ‘darker’ material.Ĭ.A.A.B. They are occasionally closed to submissions but check the website for future anthology details. NB Where there is a link, I have endeavoured to take you, the linkee, to the submissions guidelines page of the publisher’s website where that is not possible I have linked to the main website page.īridge House Bridge House is a small press which specialises in themed anthologies of short stories, often for charity. Check their website guidelines and submit away, but please do correct me if I’ve made any errors or incorrect assumptions. So in the spirit of writerly comradeship here is my current list of writer-friendly children’s fiction publishers in the UK who still accept unsolicited manuscripts. Thankfully, there are still a few children’s book publishers who are happy to wade through the ‘slush pile’, that teetering tower of manuscripts we imagine fill up a corner of the office, each one representing an agent-less writer who is hoping against hope that they might be plucked from obscurity. You can’t get published without an agent, and you can’t get an agent without being published – or so the adage goes.
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