15 April 2014
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Open submissions window at The Borough Press
The HarperCollins imprint is accepting unagented submissions until 21 April ...
The HarperCollins imprint is accepting unagented submissions until 21 April
The Borough Press, which publishes Nathan Filer's Costa-winning The Shock of the Fall, is interested in all kinds of literary fiction.
Katie Espiner, publishing director said: 'The Borough Press has got off to a dream start with The Shock of the Fall winning the Costa Book of the Year Award. Even more pleasing, the novel was Nathan Filer's debut. Borough has a rich mix of established writers and upcoming talent and we are very keen to continue finding and nurturing new writers. That's the thinking behind the open submission – we know that publishers can often seem like a dauntingly closed fortress to new writers and we hope that by opening our submission doors, people will be encouraged to submit directly to us, in the knowledge that their work will be read by the editors here. We’re all excited to start reading and are confident we will find some gems.'
To submit, unagented writers should have written an unpublished literary novel of at least 70,000 words. Send the opening or first three chapters (up to 15,000 words), a synopsis and an author bio, by the closing date of 21 April.
The Borough Press, which publishes Nathan Filer's Costa-winning The Shock of the Fall, is interested in all kinds of literary fiction.
Katie Espiner, publishing director said: 'The Borough Press has got off to a dream start with The Shock of the Fall winning the Costa Book of the Year Award. Even more pleasing, the novel was Nathan Filer's debut. Borough has a rich mix of established writers and upcoming talent and we are very keen to continue finding and nurturing new writers. That's the thinking behind the open submission – we know that publishers can often seem like a dauntingly closed fortress to new writers and we hope that by opening our submission doors, people will be encouraged to submit directly to us, in the knowledge that their work will be read by the editors here. We’re all excited to start reading and are confident we will find some gems.'
To submit, unagented writers should have written an unpublished literary novel of at least 70,000 words. Send the opening or first three chapters (up to 15,000 words), a synopsis and an author bio, by the closing date of 21 April.
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