Ons 2021-oproep vir voorleggings
Ons is 'n boetiekuitgewery vir kinderboeke en jongvolwasse literatuur in Suid-Afrika, en ons vra vir manuskripvoorleggings . Stuur vir ons jou fantasie-/wetenskapfiksie-romans, strokiesprentboeke, kinderprenteboeke en niefiksie-kinderboeke!
Voorleggings sal op 1 Mei 2021 oopmaak.
Aanvaar slegs voorleggings vir
Moet asseblief nie vir ons voorleggings stuur buite die volgende genres nie:
- Fantasie- of wetenskapfiksie-romans vir jong volwassenes of volwassenes
- Stripboeke
- Kinderprenteboeke
- Niefiksie kinderboeke
Ons prioriteit vanjaar is gefokus op kinderprenteboeke, hoofstukboeke en niefiksie-kinderboeke.
Ons missie as 'n uitgewery
Voordat jy induik en jou werk vir ons stuur, is dit goed om te weet waarvoor ons staan. Imagnary House is daarop gefokus om 'n groter mark vir Afrika-kinderskrywers en -illustreerders te bou, deur sowel die plaaslike leserspubliek aan die brand te steek as om met internasionale lesers, regte en literêre agente te skakel.
Lees meer oor die ontwikkeling van ons "verkeerd gespelde" naam.
Ons 2021-oproep vir voorleggings
Raak opgewonde! Op 1 Mei 2021 sal ons voorleggings oopmaak en so bly tot die 30ste September 2021.
KYK INDIENINGSBESONDERHEDE
Blogplasings
Wat doen 'n literêre agent? 'n Kindergids vir publisering (Deel drie)
Wat doen 'n uitgewer? 'n Kindergids vir publisering (Deel twee)
Kommentaar
Imagnary House het gesê:
@Koketso Maropefela – We don’t have an ideal word count for fantasy novels… but a range that we often see books published in is between 70,000 – 150,000 words for YA (that being said, many books go up to 300,000 words). Submissions are open every year between 1 May and 30 September… so on the 1st of May we will open the floodgates.
Koketso Maropefela het gesê:
Hi there.
Whatis your ideal word count for a YA Fantsay novel?
When do submissions open this year?
Imagnary House het gesê:
@Thabang Tsolo We unfortunately don’t yet accept manuscripts in Sesotho, only for the reason that we don’t yet have editors able to review manuscripts in this language yet. But we are working on opening up to more African languages soon and will update our community as soon as this happens.
Thabang Tsolo het gesê:
Do you accept sesotho manuscript?I have short story for children 3000 words
Imagnary House het gesê:
@Shireen Mukadam There is no real average word count that we would hold any submission to for a picture book, but it should be able to be broken down into 32-40 fully illustrated pages.
@Nanette Spurway An interesting concept, although unfortunately we do not consider submissions made in blog comments. You will need to submit through our official form when our submission period is open.
Nanette Spurway het gesê:
Dear Sirs, I write about young friends who buy an old house outside Neslpruit. According to the squatters they will not go near it as it has bad spirits in the house. There are skeletons, fully clothed in Boer War Uniforms in the basement as well as gold bars, antiquated whisky etc. Jason Ambrose has much on his hands when a crooked Estate agent gets involved. One of his friends is a Vet who tends to a baby elephant in the Kruger Park. They have other problems with rogue rural people with sharpened teeth who pelt the house with stones. There are many adversaries to overcome and unusual happenings. It is a fast moving book between 40,000 and 50,000 words. I look forward to your comments
Shireen Mukadam het gesê:
Hi, is there a recommended or approximate word count range or limit for the children’s picture book submissions please? This is a query related to the call for submissions due on 30 September 2021. Thank you!
Imagnary House het gesê:
@Ramsha and @Zethembiso Hlongwane Unfortunately at this time we are not considering outside of the SFF genres for young adult novels. But we will update our submission guidelines as soon as this changes.
Zethembiso Hlongwane het gesê:
I write horror and paranormal so does this mean I can’t submit my manuscript?
Ramsha het gesê:
Hi, would you consider a YA contemporary, coming of age book? Or is it strictly sci fi and fantasy YA you consider?
Imagnary House het gesê:
Hi Henlu,
We are accepting submissions in Afrikaans, and fantasy novels are part of our current criteria for submissions. So yes to all!
However, if possible, please do try to write your author biography and synopsis in English (not a necessity, but preferred). This is only so that our entire panel can review those elements, while our Afrikaans Editor can review the manuscript itself.
Kind regards,
Imagnary House
Henlu het gesê:
Hello there!
Is Imagnary House looking for submissions in Afrikaans, and more specifically, for fantasy?
Imagnary House het gesê:
Hi Charlotte, certainly! We would love to read African-centered manuscripts. They would ideally be poised in a way that they can still be enjoyed by international readers, though, as our focus as a publishing house is in growing local authors internationally.
Charlotte het gesê:
Good Day
I would like to find out if stories that are African centered will be considered for publication?
Imagnary House het gesê:
Hi Jeanne, we’re so glad to hear that! As you’ll note in our post above, our submissions will open on 1 May 2021 and the submission form will be provided on our Submissions page, which is linked to in the blog above (if you click on “view submission details”).
Jeanne het gesê:
Good Day
How do I submit my stories, I write Children’s stories and would like to submit them for publishing?
Please advise
Regards
Jeanne Gleimius