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Tamarind accepting unsolicited manuscripts
I spotted in this month’s Writers’ News (published with Writing Magazine, March 2012) that the children’s publisher Tamarind are looking for submissions directly from writers. Tamarind are part of...
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Strange Chemistry open their doors (briefly!) to unsolicited manuscripts
Good news for authors of young adult fantasy and sci-fi. Exciting new imprint Strange Chemistry (offspring of the adult sci-fi publisher Angry Robots) are opening their doors to unsolicited...
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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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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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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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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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