Guidelines for Children's Writers and Illustrators
Writers
The School Magazine welcomes submissions from writers from within Australia and internationally. Click here to download a copy of our submission guidelines, and click here to read our new Do's and Don'ts for Successful Manuscript Submission - some tips to help you get published.
We strongly encourage all potential contributors to familiarise themselves with copies of our magazines before submitting material. Hardcopy submissions ONLY should be posted to:
Alan Edwards
Editor, The School Magazine
Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre
Department of Education and Communities
Private Bag 3
Ryde NSW 2112
Australia
We do not accept email submissions (other than queries for nonfiction articles). Our response time is approximately 4 months and all our correspondence with you is by email. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE AN EMAIL ADDRESS WITH ALL MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS. Further enquiries can be emailed to school.magazine@det.nsw.edu.au
Illustrators
Illustrators eligibility list for 2012 is now OPEN.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING PORTFOLIOS: 1 OCTOBER
From 1 July to 1 October each year, The School Magazine updates its eligibility list for occasional or regular commissioned work for issues of The School Magazine. Before you apply, we suggest you familiarise yourself with our publication (copies are held in many children's libraries, as well as in university and state libraries).
Artists on our eligibility list are sent texts to illustrate throughout the year, including poems, stories, plays, nonfiction articles and activities. We value a broad range of artistic styles and techniques. Artists retain the rights to their work, and are paid at a reduced rate for the re-use of their work in subsequent years.
During the July to October period, we invite expressions of interest from accomplished artists who feel they have the appropriate skills and experience to illustrate literary texts for children.
Comic serial creators
Submissions of comic serials for 2012 are now OPEN
THE STRICT DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS OF COMIC SERIALS IS 9 SEPTEMBER 2011.
The School Magazine runs at least two cartoon serials or graphic novellas in each issue of the magazine. For comic serial submission guidelines, please email Sue Murray, Assistant Editor: sue.murray2@det.nsw.edu.au.
Comic serials can take the following forms:
(a) a single page serial in ten parts;
(b) two single page serials of five parts each;
(b) a two page serial in ten parts.
We strongly encourage all potential contributors to familiarise themselves with copies of our magazines before submitting material.
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