Getting Published
Manuscript submissions
Each of our trade publishers has its own guidelines for manuscript submissions.
Hodder & Stoughton, Orion Publishing Group, and Hachette Children’s Books unfortunately cannot accept unsolicited manuscripts. If you are seeking publication, it is recommended you appoint an agent to represent you.
Little, Brown Book Group strongly prefers submissions to be sent via an agent. However, it does occasionally accept unsolicited material. To submit a proposal, please send a letter of enquiry outlining the work to: Submissions Department, Little, Brown Book Group, 100 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DY. For more information on Little, Brown’s submission guidelines, please visit the Little, Brown website at www.littlebrown.co.uk.
Headline Publishing Group recommends that submissions be sent via an agent, but does consider unsolicited material. To submit a proposal please send a letter outlining the work to: Submissions Editor, Editorial Department, Headline Publishing Group, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BH. For more detailed submission guidelines please visit the Headline Publishing Group website at www.headline.co.uk.
You can obtain a list of agents through the Writers' and Artists' Yearbook (published by A & C Black) and The Writer's Handbook (published by Macmillan). Alternatively you can search for literary agents on the Internet.
We regret that we aren't able to recommend a specific agent, but we hope you are successful in finding a suitable publisher for your manuscript and we thank you for thinking of Hachette UK.
Links for potential writers
The Literary Consultancy
2nd Floor
C/o Diorama Arts
34 Osnaburgh Street
London NW1 3ND
Email: info@literaryconsultancy.co.uk
URL: www.literaryconsultancy.co.uk
Authorlink
Writers resource and rights marketplace
URL: www.authorlink.com
Booktrust
Provides listings, factsheets on publishing and getting published, plus book news
URL: www.booktrust.org.uk
Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
Guidelines for and examples of rhetorical devices
URL: www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm
Mslexia
The magazine for women who write. Advice and inspiration; news, reviews, interviews; competitions and grants
URL: www.mslexia.co.uk
Credo Reference
Reference search engine
URL: corp.credoreference.com/
Writer Services
Provides guidelines to publishers; includes a list of UK literary agents
URL: writersservices.com/index.htm
Abctales
A place to upload, read and discuss poems and short stories
URL: www.abctales.com
The Frontlist
Writers submit a synopsis and two consecutive chapters of up to 3,000 words per chapter. They critique the work of others and have their own work critiqued. Each month, the best are referred to either The Friday Project or agency A M Heath
URL: www.thefrontlist.com
You Write On
Authors submit opening chapters, between 6,000 and 10,000 words, for peer-review. Top five best-reviewed each month receive a free critique from a professional agent or editor. Sponsored by Arts Council England
URL: www.youwriteon.com