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. Based in the US, they are a small independent publisher keen to expand and explore new areas of technology as well as… [Read more…]
May 18, 2012
One of the perks of blogging about books is occasionally being sent free books to review. I’ve made the decision that I won’t post any bad reviews, simply because the ethos of this site is to encourage aspiring writers like myself, so if I read a book I don’t like I simply don’t review it… [Read more…]
May 14, 2012
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 stories for young adults aged 12 to 17, read expertly by Graeme Dunlop. They pay £5 per story… [Read more…]
April 25, 2012
I’m very excited to be taking part in a venture initiated by the Victorian Studies Centre at the University of Leicester and Dickens’ Journals Online which starts at the end of this month. To celebrate the bicentenary of Charles Dickens’ birth, a group of readers will be enjoying A Tale of Two Cities in weekly… [Read more…]
April 12, 2012
Story Station is a part of viatouch.com which is a website of resources for teachers and parents. An American market, they pay 1c per world for short stories for children and young adults of between 1,500 to 3,000 words. Full submission guidelines can be found here, but basically they are looking for quality short stories… [Read more…]
April 7, 2012
Perhaps I do go on about the Winchester Writers’ Conference a tad too much, but it is such a fab occasion, and even if you go just for the Saturday (like me) you get 5 workshops, 3 one-to-ones with agents, editors and authors and the chance to mix with other writers and members of the… [Read more…]
March 29, 2012
Thanks to reader Kaytie for spotting another children’s publisher to add to our list! Maverick publish a range of lively and colourful picture books. They are looking for quirky, interesting reads with strong storylines. As a guide, their books are usually 32 pages long and no longer than 1,200 words and they prefer text only,… [Read more…]
March 24, 2012
New e-publishers Alfie Dog Limited are looking for short stories to make available for download on their website, www.alfiedog.com. Submissions details are at http://alfiedog.com/submissions/ and http://alfiedog.com/submissions/submission-process/. Authors will receive just under half of the download fee, so for a 39p short story the author will receive 16p per download. The publisher is aiming at an… [Read more…]
March 7, 2012
As a writer, having your own website seems to be compulsory these days, but the thought of setting one up can be a bit intimidating. Where do you start? What software do you use? Do you pay or use a free site? And what do you actually put on there? There’s a really good way… [Read more…]
February 28, 2012
If you like writing short stories for children you’ll know they are hard to place, so I was chuffed to see in this month’s Writers’ News that the online magazine Knowonder! publishes a new story every day and is open to submissions. Knowonder is dedicated to promoting reading and communication involving parents and children together.… [Read more…]
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