Orchard Books and Hodder Children’s Books do not accept unsolicited manuscripts for consideration.
Franklin Watts and Wayland do not generally accept unsolicited manuscripts for consideration. Our Editors specially commission the majority of our non-fiction titles.
We wish you every success in placing your work elsewhere. You may already know that you can find a list of children's book publishers and agents in The Writers' and Artists' Yearbook, published annually by A & C Black and available from most public libraries.
Help for Children's Writers Books
The Writer’s and Artists' Yearbook (A&C Black. Updated annually.)
The Writer’s Handbook (Macmillan. Updated annually.)
Writing Children’s Books for Dummies by Lisa Rojany Buccieri and Peter Economy
Writing a Novel and Getting it Published for Dummies by George Green and Lizzy Kremer.
Teach Yourself Creative Writing by Stephen May
Publications
Books for Keeps (bi-montly from 6 Brightfield Road, Lee, London, SE12 8QF - Tel: 020 8852 4953).
Carousel (3 per year from PO Box 507, Birmingham, B4 7TQ - Tel: 0121 643 6411 Fax: 0121 643 3152)
Writing Magazine (monthly)
Courses
The City Literary Institute 16 Stukeley Street, London, WC2B 5LJ - Tel: 020 7242 9872 (A college for adult education. Provides a wide variety of writing courses including writing for children. Daytime and evening).
Arvon Foundation Totleigh Barton, Sheepwash, Beaworthy, Devon, EX21 5NS Tel: 0140 923338 (Also centres in Yorkshire and Scotland)
Editorial Services
The Writers' Advice Centre for Children's Books (Offers individual editorial and marketing advice to children's writers, by Readers currently involved in children's publishing)