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Neil Dunnicliffe
Spring Literary
Open to submissions
Submission Guidelines
- Submit via
- Submission contact
- submissions@springliterary.com
- Looking for
- High-quality writing and illustration that takes a fresh or different approach to storytelling or illustration; the agency does not publish a detailed wishlist because they often do not know what they want until they see it
- How to submit
- Email submissions@springliterary.com with a covering email explaining who you are and why you are getting in touch. Fiction: one-page synopsis and 5,000–10,000 word sample chapters in Word (no full manuscript). Non-fiction: synopsis, rationale for writing it, and three sample sections or chapters; optional short CV. Picture books: up to four full texts. Illustrators: portfolio of up to 10 images as PDFs or JPGs, keeping file sizes small.
- Response time
- 6 weeks
What They Represent
- Genres
- Children's Fiction, YA, Children's Non-Fiction, Picture Books, Illustration
- Age categories
- Children's, YA
- Location
- UK
What we found
Neil Dunnicliffe founded Spring Literary in 2022 after more than 20 years as a publisher at HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, and Pavilion. The agency works with clients from first idea onwards and places work with all major publishing houses as well as entertainment companies.
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