What we’re looking for
Hardie Grant Egmont will consider fabulously charming proposals for novels or series in the areas of
junior fiction,
middle-grade fiction and
young adult fiction.
We are not currently accepting picture book manuscripts for any age group.
Submitting your manuscript
Please send your submission to HGEsubmissions@hardiegrant.com.au
In the interests of the environment, we are no longer accepting manuscripts by post. Any hard-copy submissions postmarked on or after 31 October, 2011 will be recycled without being read.
To be eligible for consideration, your submission must include the following:
1. A short email that demonstrates:
An understanding of your proposed audience.
Knowledge of the competition and an explanation of how the book fits with the existing market (in what way is it better than or different to what’s already been published?).
An outline of any previous publications or relevant experience.
2. A one-page synopsis of your story proposal.
3. The first three chapters of your submission.
Important note
We are only accepting one submission per three-month period from the same author, so make it your best one! If you submit more than one manuscript, we will simply look at the first one and delete the others.
Our response
We will acknowledge receipt of your submission by sending an automatic response email. Your manuscript will be assessed by one of our editors, but we are unfortunately unable to respond personally with feedback due to the large number of submissions we receive.
If you do not hear back from us within 12 weeks, please assume that we are declining to pursue your submission further.