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  Full details  Submitting material to Headpress If you have a nonfiction book proposal or ideas that you think we may be interested in, please get in touch via the General & Editorial email below . At this stage submit a brief outline of the propsal plus other relevant info, and a short text sample within the body of the email. Do not include attachments . Allow four weeks for a reply (send a gentle reminder if you haven’t heard from us in that time). Note: Headpress isn’t publishing fiction, prose or poetry. Check out our FAQs Translation rights and film, TV & media options Press enq...

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  Full details Sunspot Literary Journal offers an Editor's Prize of $35 for each digital edition (four times per year), and an Editor's Prize of $50 for the annual print edition (published once per year). Artwork selected for a digital or print cover will be paid $20. Visit SunspotLit.com to download digital editions for free. We welcome prose from flash fiction and poetry to stories and essays, including scripts and screenplays, up to 49,000 words. Genre categories are accepted along with literary works. Poetry can be up to 1,250 lines. Translations welcome. Please note the word count in your cover letter.  One piece per prose submission (except poetry). Use the correct form according to the length of your prose and poetry. Works longer than allowed by the form used will be declined unread. Artists can submit one or two items using different forms. The Fast Flux options offer a one-week turnaround for prose and art. Poets receive a two-week turnaround, with most...

  Full details  Aurelia publishes the work of marginalised genders: women, non-binary people and trans men. The things  you  think and the way  you  feel must be at the centre of your piece. All article submissions MUST be written in the first-person ( “I think, I feel, I want…” )! Aurelia is a publication dedicated to personal thoughts, feelings and experiences. We receive a lot of pitches and a lot of similar ideas; please make sure you have read our work/searched for keywords pertaining to your pitch to ensure we haven’t already published something too similar. Please send a pitch outlining your themes and ideas. You should aim for 200-250 words, and please make sure it’s Aurelia relevant – meaning, how is this piece personal to you? What will make it a good fit for Aurelia? Ensure your pitch is specific and precise. If accepted, we will give you a deadline for your first draft, a word count, and help you structure and edit your piece. We will ...

  Do you have a great new adaptation you've been sitting on, waiting for the right opportunity? We are accepting submissions for adaptations of classic texts (*Shakespeare mostly but if you got something else in the public domain, we're willing to take a look). When submitting an adaptation, please include a brief synopsis or theme explanation (150 words or less), a cast list with brief character descriptions, a production or reading history, and an author bio and contact information. Preference will go to scripts by female/diverse authors that incorporate modern/current ideas and themes. The full script should be sent as a pdf attachment to DragonflyAdaptations@gmail.com . Please allow six weeks before inquiring as to the status of your play.

 Full details  We are always looking for new talent and welcome submissions from writers of all backgrounds. We look at everything we are sent and do not charge a reading fee. We represent fiction and non-fiction for both adults and children. We do not represent children’s picture books or scripts for film, TV, radio or theatre . Submissions are accepted by email only . Please address your submission to a specific agent and make this clear in the subject line of your email. You can find out more about what each of our agents is looking for on their individual pages here and under the tab ‘About/The Team’. Any foreign-language submissions should be addressed to the agent in the relevant territory. Please see below for what to include and we look forward to hearing from you! Due to the great volume of submissions we receive, if you have not heard from us after 3 months please assume your ...

  Full details  Email: submissions@brokensleepbooks.com ​ GUIDELINES: ​ Pages: Poetry collections = 40+ Poetry pamphlets = 15-40 Non-fiction = up to 70 Fiction = up to 50 Format: A5 size preferred for all submissions, this is easily done by changing page size on Word - if not possible submit as standard. Size 10 font for main text. (Palatino Linotype or Times New Roman is fine) Page numbers at bottom. Name on first page. Email: Include a short biography, and brief synopsis, in the body of an email. Subject: [Poetry pamphlet/Poetry collection/Fiction/Non-fiction] Submission - [Name], [Title] ​ We have no definitive preference for what are looking for, we enjoy a variety of genres and styles and consider anything. If it's good enough for us we'll take it. We are fine with previously published work in a book, but it isn't essential, and should preferably not be more than 50% of the full MS. ...