Guidelines
Fox Eye Publishing is interested in publishing well-written fiction and non-fiction for children in the following age ranges:
- 0-3 years: board books up to 16 pages, up to 350 words
- 3-5 years: 24-32 pages, up to 750 words
- 5-8 years: 32-64 pages, up to 10,000 words
- 8-12 years: 64-120 pages, up to 20,000 words
- 13+/Young Adult: 100+ pages, up to 60,000 words
Please pay careful attention to these guidelines because the Editor will not read your unsolicited manuscript unless you first send in a complete submission. Your proposal needs to include the following:
- A cover letter with your full name and contact details
- A brief CV/resume
- A one-page description of the proposal, including:
- A synopsis of the plot and description of the main characters;
- The intended age group and audience;
- A paragraph explaining what is unique or necessary about this book in comparison to similar titles that are currently available on the market or our publishing backlist.
- What is distinctive or different about this book?
- Word length (actual or proposed)
- Your manuscript. If your manuscript is short, you may submit the entire manuscript; otherwise, in the case of chapter books, submit one or two sample chapters.
Please make sure that your spelling and grammar are correct! British English is preferred, although North American English is acceptable.
- The whole manuscript must be in a single document (not separate documents for different chapters);
- Set your manuscript in plain text, Calibri or Times New Roman font, 11 point, 1.5 spacing, left-margin justified with document margins of 2.5 cm on all sides. Do not send manuscripts in fancy or coloured fonts. Do not send in handwritten manuscripts by post.
- Do not send in artwork for your manuscript. If you have ideas for artwork or layout, you may submit these along with your text.
- If you are a semi/professional artist and are writing and illustrating a picture book or comic book, please submit a selection of your work along with some illustrations you have prepared for the particular project.
After considering a submission, the Editor will contact you to say if the Editorial team wish to see a complete manuscript for further consideration or not. This may take up to nine months if we send your manuscript to be reviewed by external readers. Unfortunately we cannot respond to all unsuccessful submissions.