Penguin Books is a well-known and highly respected publisher that doesn’t typically accept unsolicited submissions directly from writers. However, for three months only, Penguin Books is accepting unsolicited submissions from aspiring writers!
Submissions should be emailed to submissions@uk.penguingroup.com before the end of October 2010. Don’t worry if you’re not in the United Kingdom where this division of Penguin is located. For example, I live in the United States and two of my books are published by the division of Macmillan Publishing in the United Kingdom (Palgrave Macmillan). If a publisher likes your book, it doesn’t matter where you or the publisher is located.
You can get the details on the Penguin website, but here is an overview from the site:
“We ask that email submissions comprise a brief covering note and synopsis and not a full manuscripts. Please do not send attachments, please write out your cover note and synopsis in the body of the email. We remain unable to accept hard copy submissions and will not return or be responsible for the safety of any that we do receive, so please do not send any original or hard copy manuscripts to us. We will not contact you with feedback on your submission and will only enter into email correspondence with you if an editor within Penguin is keen to progress your idea.”
There are no specifics about genre, so it looks like Penguin is open to all submissions. This is a huge opportunity! Good luck if you decide to send in a submission!
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