Description

Foreword by bestselling and award-winning author Smriti Halls.

The indispensable guide to writing for children of all ages from pre-school to young adults, this Yearbook provides inspirational articles from dozens of successful writers and illustrators on how to get your work published. It includes a directory of over a thousand up-to-date listings with contacts from across the media and publishing industry.

This bestselling Yearbook is full of practical advice on all stages of the writing and illustration process from getting started, writing for different markets and genres, and preparing an illustration portfolio, through to submission to literary agents and publishers. It also covers the financial, contractual and legal aspects of being a writer and illustrator.

Widely recognised as the essential support for authors and illustrators working across all forms: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, screen, audio and theatre, it is equally relevant to those wishing to self-publish as well as those seeking a traditional publisher-agent deal.

It includes advice from bestselling writers, such as Sarah Crossan, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Tom Palmer, David Wood and many more.

Additional articles, free advice, events information and editorial services at www.writersandartists.co.uk

Publisher Review

Riffle these pages and turn your dream into an ambition * Frank Cottrell Boyce * Stuffed full of useful facts to help you get writing (and drawing). * Liz Pichon * Whenever people ask me about how to get their work for children published . . . the first words to come out of my mouth are always: Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook. * Michael Rosen * Consult the excellent Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook. * Jacqueline Wilson *