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  Full details  Our Submissions policy When you have written a book, it can be tricky to know who to contact and how. The first step is to get to know the publishers who you think would be the best fit. You’ll find information about Birlinn and our imprints here on our website but follow us on social media too – Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok. Literary Agents You might want to reach out to a Literary Agent. An agent will work with you to present your book to best advantage when submitting to publishers. They have good knowledge of what publishers are looking for at any one time. You can find details of agents online or in the Writers and Artists Yearbook. Direct submission If you have a work that you really believe would fit the areas covered by our imprints (Arena, Birlinn, BC Books, John Donald and Polygon), we would like to hear from you. Please email info@birlinn.co.uk with a synopsis and sample material, and make clear why you think your work would...

 Full details  T hank you so much for your interest in submitting to The Belladonna! We can only accept work that fully follows these (hopefully helpful) guidelines: WHO can submit We warmly welcome all women, non-binary, genderqueer, and GNC authors, however green or seasoned, to submit. We exist to nurture and claim more space for writers of marginalized genders. WHAT to submit One single, complete piece at a time : Please no first drafts, pitches, or previously published work, even from your blog or Medium page. Please don’t submit multiple pieces simultaneously to us, or submit work that is also out for review elsewhere (with the exception of ultra-timely pieces). We will respond to you within our three-week review period. Satire and other humor , in a variety of formats and lengths up to 800-ish words. (Our sweet spot is 550–700-ish). We love lists (both short and expanded), longer satirical pieces and essays, animations , cartoons , illustrations, and open letters ...

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  Full details  Fantasy & Science Fiction has no formula for fiction, but we like to be surprised by stories, either by the character insights, ideas, plots, or prose. The speculative element may be slight, but it should be present. We prefer character-oriented stories, whether it's fantasy, science fiction, horror, humor, or another genre. F&SF encourages submissions from diverse voices and perspectives, and has published writers from all over the world. Do not query for fiction; submit the entire manuscript. We publish fiction up to 25,000 words in length. Please read the magazine before submitting. A sample copy (print edition) is available for $7.00 in the US and $17.50 elsewhere (to NJ address below). •    We do not accept simultaneous submissions. Please prepare your submission according to standard guidelines, which you can find here: www.sfwa.org/2008/11/manuscript-preparation/ . If you're mailing your manuscript, put your name on each page, and en...

Full details Hi. You’re here because you’re a funny person who wants to write satirical nonsense on a website that even search engine bots avoid. You will earn $2.50 USD per article you sell us because money is hard to come by nowadays and we’re generous. We want to harness the funniness within you and use it to create content. That’s capitalism, buster. Read on for guidelines and stuff. Guidelines Submit satirical articles that are between 25 to 300 words in length (or however many words it takes to get the joke(s) across!) PLEASE read the site to first to get a feel for what we do here. We don’t write short stories or rants, we write faux news articles! Again, we don’t publish poetry or short stories. No, seriously. You’re a very good traditional fiction writer, but if you could please read the site a little bit first (even just a teeny, tiny bit), that’d be great It can be about any topic you like but it does – at the very least – need to be somewhat funny ...

Welcome to Manuscript Monday! On the first Monday of every month only, between 10am and 4pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, we accept electronic submissions that comply with the guidelines set out below. Manuscript submissions sent on any other Mondays or day of the month will not be read so we advise you to wait until the next month if you miss the deadline. We are looking for: Commercial fiction – women’s fiction, romance, thriller, crime, historical, humour, paranormal, fantasy Literary fiction and non-fiction – novels, short stories, and narrative non-fiction only Children’s books and young adult – junior and middle grade fiction, young adult/crossover fiction; we are not accepting picture book submissions Commercial non-fiction – history, memoir, mind body spirit, travel, health, diet, biography Please familiarise yourself with what we publish . We do not publish scripts, plays or poetry in Australia and will not assess them. Academic submissions are not ...