This March The BIA turns five years old...
...and to celebrate this momentous anniversary, we are going to be holding an open submission fortnight from the 15th March to the 29th. Watch this space for more details, but here's some bare bones information about what we will be looking for and how/when to submit:
We are currently actively seeking new manuscripts in the following areas:
PLEASE NOTE:
WHAT TO SEND:
WHEN, HOW AND WHERE TO SEND:
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Something to look out for on the Ides of March, eh Brutus?
We are currently actively seeking new manuscripts in the following areas:
- Middle Grade Fiction (7+ and 9+)
- Teen and Young Adult fiction (12+, 14+, 16+)
- All genres and sub-genres considered within these age bandings.
PLEASE NOTE:
- We are NOT looking for picture books or any books for 5s and under
- We do NOT accept any submissions for adult fiction or non-fiction
- We do NOT accept hard copy submissions
- We do NOT accept poetry or rhyming texts, excepting verse novels
- We do NOT represent clients who are not based primarily in the UK or Europe
WHAT TO SEND:
- PLEASE just the one submission per writer. We're anticipating a tsunami as is, so pick your strongest!
- 50 pages or 3 chapters of your work, uploaded as a word document attachment
- Brief synopsis (maximum one side A4), uploaded as a word document attachment
- In the form: book title, intended readership (7+, 9+, 12+, 14+, 16+) and a brief author biography
- And again, please keep to just the one submission per writer!
WHEN, HOW AND WHERE TO SEND:
- Just fill out the form at the bottom of this page, which will magically appear when submissions are open (15th - 29th March 2018)
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
- ALL FILES TO BE LABELLED WITH TITLE AND AUTHOR (eg, 'amazing book by joe bloggs.doc'; 'amazing book synopsis by joe bloggs.doc)
- ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE SENT AS WORD DOCUMENTS
- NO PDF or RTF
- NO ILLUSTRATIONS
- STANDARD FORMATTING (NO MARGIN ADJUSTMENTS)
- SINGLE LINE SPACING
- 12 POINT FONT SIZE
Something to look out for on the Ides of March, eh Brutus?