Chronicle books will only accept children s book submissions on paper. As well as winning many awards for her books, including the childrens book of the year, jacqueline is a former childrens laureate, and in 2008 she was appointed a dame. We have therefore taken the difficult decision to close our submissions pages until further notice. If you would like to have your work or manuscript considered for publication by a major book publisher, we recommend that you work with an established literary agent. If youve written a childrens book and want to get it published, you have a few options. If youve been dreaming of putting a little bit of yourselfand your bookout. Find information, games, and activities for board books, picture books, chapter books, and e books. Penguin children brings you the best new and classic childrens books. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold. Submissions will be for board books, picture books, chapter books, nonfiction, middle grade, graphic novels and young adult novels. Entries submitted in any other way, including by email or hardcopy, will not be accepted.
We are interested in fiction and nonfiction books for children of all ages, as well as board books, decks, activity kits, and other unusual or novelty formats. If you are submitting a work of illustrated nonfiction or childrens. The deadline for entries is tuesday 3 march 2020 at 2. Picture book submissions are open from 1 april to 30. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as tracy beaker and hetty feather. If your manuscript will engage and excite young readers, wed love to see it. All entries must be submitted as a pdf via the submission form at the bottom of this page. Welcome to the penguin frequently asked questions page. If your manuscript will engage and excite young readers. Melissa faulner is the associate publishing manager for dutton childrens books. You can selfpublish your book, hire a publishing services company or hybrid publisher, or find a legitimate childrens book publisher childrens book publishers. If you would like your manuscript for children or young adults to be considered, please take a couple of minutes to read our important guidelines. I work for a media outlet interested in covering a penguin book. Penguin random house llc does not accept unsolicited submissions, proposals, manuscripts, or submission queries via email at this time.
Your manuscript needs to be within 15,000 words and you need to send in a detailed outline with a copy of the manuscript. Kokila will publish work for children and young adults across all formats and genres. Submitting a children s manuscript to penguin random house. Heres our list of 75 publishers that publish childrens book. Getting published children penguin books australia. This new little golden book is about princess mulan, star of the disney classic mulan just in time for the live. She joined penguin in 2010 in the consumer products and licensing department for the young readers group before eventually transitioning to editorial.