Submissions
Sizzling stories, page–turning plots and creative characters please apply within. We are always on the lookout for fresh talent and new ideas. We accept submissions via post or email to the addresses opposite.
If you are a literary agent, please do feel free to give us a call and we’ll be happy to discuss plans for our list.
Q: What sort of books and apps are we looking for?
A: Brilliant stories with characters that will become the literature, visual, audio and animation landscape of the future.
- We will consider books of all genres for all ages 3-13 approx. Our criteria is that we publish a book if we think it’s brilliant; which means if children think it's worth reading
- We specialise in character publishing
- At the moment we are particularly seeking stories and ideas for young fiction (ages 7-9) appealing to boys and;
- Comic book style stories (and comic writers and illustrators!)
Please read the following guidelines below before submitting:
- Please allow up to twelve weeks for a response, although we’ll try to be as quick as we can
- Unfortunately, due to the large volume of submissions we receive, we are unable to provide editorial feedback
- Postal submissions: we require a self addressed envelope complete with the correct return postage
- Fiction submissions: please send a synopsis and a maximum of three sample chapters
- Please do not send original artwork
- We cannot reply to all illustration submissions, but we do keep all illustration samples we like on a file that we refer back to as and when a commission arises
- We do not reply to questions about submissions (Would you be interested in a story about X?) when there is no submission attached to the enquiry
Please try not to be disappointed if we reject your work. We select only a few titles a year from the many, many submissions we receive. Just because your book isn't right for us doesn't mean it won't be right for another publisher or agent. Good luck!
