Is the next Harry Potter hiding in your imagination? Do you find yourself dreaming of teaching not just a classroom of kids, but a whole generation? Then it's time to finish up that manuscript and get your hands on the 2001 Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market, the ultimate reference guide for anyone who wants to get involved in publishing for kids. Covering magazines, publishers, agents, contests, and conferences for children's books, games, puzzles, greeting cards, and toy packaging, this is truly the definitive title on the subject. It includes both contact information and specific submission tips to help your work get into the right hands, as well as examples of successful queries and cover letters. Each chapter is devoted to a particular area of children's publishing and provides hundreds of listings with full contact information, payment rates, guidelines, and market-specific advice such as "Present the most professional package possible. The market is glutted, so you must find a new approach." Interviews with successful authors and illustrators provide encouragement and practical advice. Why wait another year for that manuscript to reach perfection? The kids aren't getting any younger! --Jill Lightner
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The next best thing to being there:
Let's be honest. In a field saturated by talented writers, there is no substitute for having some help from inside the industry. However, for any persistent writer or illustrator who has the talent, but no "in," there is no substitute for this listing, which gives one hope for publication without candy coating the difficult task of breaking into this field. The listings are easy to use, and writer/illustrator-oriented, really bending over backwards to provide enough details about each potential... more info
Excelent:
This is a necessary, indespensible resource for anyone desiring to become published. It is completely detailed with every iota of info you could possibly need for submission. It also provides helpful anecdotes & facts about the whole process of getting published.
An absolute must for children's writers:
If you want to find out where to submit your novel or story, there's no doubt that Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market is about the best place to look. Unfortunately, despite the 2000 edition's claim of containing 250+ book publishers, the number I found suitable for a fantasy novel was pathetically small. A publisher for children that doesn't have a fantasy list has always seemed to me like a butcher shop without sausages, a hot bread shop without French loaves, a sweet shop without toffees... more info
A Must Have Book:
What's to say about Children's Writer's and Illustrator's market? If you write or illustrate children's books you have to have this book. A library edition won't do because this book has to have yellow highlighting and colored tabs applied! and then too, it needs to be constantly updated as new information arrives about which editor is working where and which publisher is still in business. No, every writer and illustrator needs their very own copy!
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