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. We do not undertake large print runs of books and in most cases we do not aim for wide print distribution in bricks and mortar stores.You can’t get published without an agent, and you can’t get an agent without being published – or so the adage goes. Our focus is on selling eBooks to massive global audiences. ** Please do bear in mind that although all of our books are available as print on demand, we are a predominately digital publisher. Unfinished manuscripts will not be considered for publication. * Please note we can only consider complete manuscripts. If you have not received a response within this time, please do give us a nudge, as well as check your junk/ spam folders. You can send all of the above as email attachments as Word Documents to aim to respond to all submissions within six weeks of receipt. A cover letter telling us about you and your writing career to date.If the synopsis is incomplete we will not consider your work. A synopsis of your work (no more than 1500 words).We only accept submissions electronically via email. We do not consider any work that is fewer than 60,000 words. We will not consider non-fiction, YA fiction, children's fiction or sci-fi. We publish writers we believe in, whether they are a debut novelist, an agented author, a self-represented writer or an author who is already established. We are looking for great stories, fresh ideas, natural writing ability, and original voices. We encourage authors of colour, LGTBQ+ authors, differently-abled authors, and authors from diverse backgrounds to submit their work. We also welcome women’s fiction, historical fiction, romance, chick-lit, steamy romance and sagas. Our favourite genres are crime fiction, mysteries, psychological thrillers, literary, suspense, and domestic noir. īefore submitting, please read the guidelines below. We accept unsolicited submissions, manuscripts from agents, previously published authors, including self-published authors, and debut writers. We bring passion, experience, and dedication to every single book we publish.īloodhound Books is a member of the Independent Publishers Guild and The Crime Writers’ Association. We work extremely closely with authors to create international bestselling books. Any unsolicited submission sent in outside this window will not be considered.īloodhound Books is one of the UK’s leading independent publishers of commercial fiction, focusing on crime, thriller, psychological, literary, historical, women’s and mystery fiction. Submissions will re-open on the 28th of February 2024.
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