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Cast of Wonders short story market – and an interview with a successful...
I am really pleased to come across yet another market for short stories for children. This one is called Cast of Wonders and it takes the form of a weekly podcast of science fiction and fantasy short...
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Pants on Fire Press call for submissions
Pants on Fire Press have contacted me to tell me they are currently accepting unsolicited manuscripts for picture, middle grade (equivalent to the 8-12 age readership in the UK) and young adult books....
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Curious Fox sniffing out new talent
It’s always heartening to hear of a new publishing venture starting up. This one from Curious Fox looks promising, with two new series already commissioned from book packager Hothouse plus four young...
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Interview with Derrick Alderman of CoopJack Publishing
Hello Derrick. What is your background and what led you to starting CoopJack Publishing? I’ve been working for a textbook design company for 10 years, doing the same thing over and over and over...
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Meadowside Books no longer trading
Sadly I heard today that Meadowside Books are no longer trading. Staff have been made redundant. As far as I know, any manuscripts they have been holding have been shredded – which sounds drastic but...
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Pete’s success story
Followers of this blog (and particularly followers of the comments on the Children’s Publishers Accepting Unsolicited Manuscripts page) will be impatient to hear news of Pete, who has been keeping us...
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Put your question to Curtis Brown’s children’s literary agent
UK literary agency Curtis Brown has a shiny new submissions portal and is embracing the e-slush pile with open arms! I will be putting some questions to their children’s agent Stephanie Thwaites in...
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Publisher update 2013
At the birth of the new year (I was going to say the demise of the old year, but that sounded a bit depressing and we try to be positive over on this blog!), it’s time to check over my list of...
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Children’s publishers in the US accepting unsolicited manuscripts
I’ve been asked several times about US publishers and have not been able to help very much. I did think about trying to put together my own list, but it would involve a massive amount of research and...
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A-Hunting We Will Go! On the prowl with Agent Hunter.
At last you’ve finished writing your masterpiece. It’s time to take a journey. Either to find a publisher, or to venture into that no less terrifying and treacherous terrain that is… (cue tribal...
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New markets
A couple of children’s fiction markets for you this month. Crooked Cat is a small UK publisher accepting young adult fiction for its Silver range, up to a maximum of 90,000. The bad news is that it...
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Trudi Granger’s success story
I am delighted to share the success story of Trudi Granger, a reader of this blog, who is due to have her picture book ‘Always There Bear’ published next month by Top That! Publishing. What is your...
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New indie markets
A couple of interesting indie publishers featured in Writing Magazine this month. First is Fledgling Press, a Scottish company that focuses on debut authors writing a variety of fiction including YA....
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How to submit a children’s book
If you’ve just finished writing a children’s book and are ready to get it out into the big wide world, this post is for you. I’m a serial submitter, and these are my steps to getting your manuscript...
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Interview with Penguin Ireland’s Claire Hennessy
Thank you to everyone who suggested questions for Claire Hennessy, children’s author, writing teacher and Penguin Ireland children’s editor. And thank you Claire for sparing the time to talk to us in...
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2017 – the year YOU get published
Happy New Year readers – I hope you enjoyed your festivities and are raring to go with your new year’s writing resolutions. And I am here to help! I will shortly be working through and updating both...
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How to write a covering letter or email
The covering letter is an important part of your submission package, but it shouldn’t be one you have to agonise over. The main thing is to keep it business-like. Introduce your work and yourself,...
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An interview with Tiny Tree
Following blog subscriber and critique customer Fiona Barker’s picture book acceptance by Tiny Tree, I caught up with James Shaw from Matthew James Publishing to ask him about his new picture book...
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