Picture Books and Chapter Books Opportunity – Deadline March 31, 2023

LITTLE PRESS PUBLISHING

PICTURE BOOKS

We are OPEN for environmental/nature picture book submissions ONLY through March 31, 2023. 

Thank you for your interest in sharing your work with us.  

We consider picture book manuscripts for readers, ages 4-8.

We are accepting manuscripts from writers everywhere and are particularly interested in writers who are members of SCBWI.

We accept both agented and unagented submissions. 

We do not require exclusive submissions. 

Please be sure that your manuscript has been critiqued by other writers familiar with picture books. 

If you are submitting rhyme text, please be sure the meter and rhythm have been reviewed/critiqued.

Guidelines:

• Children’s fiction picture books.
• Word Count up to 600.
• Email submissions only. Subject Line to include: ” Submission {Title} {PB} {Your Name}”
• Please send the complete manuscript in the body of the email.
• Author/Illustrators- Please send a dummy book or sample illustrations with your submission.
• In the cover email please include 2 titles published within the past 5 years comparable to your title; writing/professional organizations with which you are a member; social media accounts and any other information you think relevant to your ability to market and help in the success of your title (example: attend XYZ children’s book festivals.)
• If you do not hear a response from us within 3 months, it’s considered a pass.  Please do not be discouraged. We are a small press and therefore, highly selective. And, writing is highly subjective.
• Send submission to debra.littlepresspublishing@gmail.com

 

CHAPTER BOOKS

We are OPEN for chapter book submissions ONLY through March 31, 2023. 

Thank you for your interest in sharing your work with us.  

We consider Early Reader and Chapter Book manuscripts for readers, ages 5-9.

We are accepting manuscripts from writers everywhere and are particularly interested in writers who are members of SCBWI.

We accept both agented and unagented submissions. 

We do not require exclusive submissions. 

Please be sure that your manuscript has been critiqued by other writers familiar with chapter books.

Guidelines:

• CLOSED- Early Reader fiction.  Preferred word count limit 2,000
• Chapter Books. Preferred word Count limit  5,000-15,000.
• Email submissions only. Subject Line to include: ” Submission {Title} {CH} {Your Name}”
• Please send the first 3 chapters ONLY for chapter book submission as an attachment  (pdf preferred, .word accepted.)
• In the cover email please include 2 titles published within the past 5 years comparable to your title; writing/professional organizations with which you are a member; social media accounts and any other information you think relevant to your ability to market and help in the success of your title (example: attend XYZ children’s book festivals.)
• If you do not hear a response from us within 3 months, it’s considered a pass.  Please do not be discouraged. We are a small press and therefore, highly selective (we publish a limited amount of titles a year.) And, writing is highly subjective.
• Send submission to littlepresspublishing@gmail.com