Send a query letter, first three chapters of manuscript (pasted in body of email), a couple sentences about the message your book contains, short Author Bio or experience and contact information. Submissions: Manuscripts must be between 55,000 and 120,000 words. If you choose to package that up in a fantasy, horror, or sci-fi, so be it!'

Your message can be inspiring, moving, sad, or make people change the way they view others around them. We’re looking for a message woven into the words of a well-written, young adult or middle grade novel. At Blaze, we’re not looking for any particular genre. They might be fantasy, contemporary, horror, or any genre really, but they’ll all have heart and a message waiting for readers to discover. 'Krystal is on a mission to introduce readers to Books with Heart.

Note: They will not review any submissions that do not follow their submission guidelines.īlaze is a new publishing venture started by Krystal Wade. They read and review unagented manuscripts and proposals for picture books, middle-grade fiction, and young adult novels. Submissions: Albert Whitman and Company currently has an open submissions policy. Albert Whitman’s special interest titles address subjects such as disease, bullying, and disabilities. They have since expanded to include YA literature. And YA literature would be pop.)įor over 150 publishers looking for writers - no agent required - see: Publishers Accepting Unagented ManuscriptsĪlbert Whitman & Company has been publishing award-winning children’s books since 1919. (If adult literature were translated into music, it would be classical. YA literature, especially contemporary YA lit, is often humorous, snappy, and less demanding than many books geared to the adult market. Perhaps not surprisingly, adults enjoy reading young adult literature almost as much as teenagers. These themes are the mainstays of young adult literature. Since that dark period in our literary history, young adults (aka teenagers) have gained the power of the purse, and they want to read about themselves - their growing pains, their first forays into sexual (mis)adventure, love, friendship, and struggles with identity. There were children's books and books for adults, but there were no books specifically aimed at teens. Young adult literature did not exist when I was growing up.

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