Nigerian writer, Ouida Books, is at present open for submissions to all six of its imprints, and is inviting African writers to ship of their manuscripts.
Be aware that this name is barely open to works of prose, and doesn’t lengthen to poetry or drama.
Normal submission tips are as follows:
In your question letter (within the physique of the e-mail), introduce your self. State every little thing you assume Ouida must know concerning the work in query (story premise and story blurb). Take into account mentioning why you assume you might be greatest positioned to put in writing this work. Two information needs to be submitted.
File 1: A one-page synopsis of the work you might be submitting, in Microsoft Phrase. Please embrace all main plot factors in your synopsis, together with spoilers.
File 2: A pattern of the work in query. This needs to be the primary 3 chapters, or the primary 50 pages, or the primary 10,000 phrases, whichever is longer.
Your submission needs to be historically formatted. Ship your manuscript pattern in double-spaced, indented paragraphs, left-justified solely, Occasions New Roman textual content on A4.
You’ll be able to solely submit one manuscript at a time.
Particulars on the imprints and their submission emails might be discovered beneath:
Ouida (Literary Fiction)
House to A Spell of Good Issues, The 5 Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Daughter in Exile, and extra. Please ship an e-mail with the topic heading “Submission: [title of your work]” to submissions@ouidabooks.com. Ouida isn’t accepting quick story collections right now.
Cognix (NonFiction)
House to The Boko Haram Doctrine, The Villagers and extra. Please ship an e-mail with the topic heading “Submission: [title of your work]” to cognix@ouidabooks.com.
Phoenix (Africanjujuism and Africanfuturism)
House to The Lovely Aspect of the Moon and Who Fears Dying. To submit your Africanjujuism (fantasy) and Africanfuturism (science fiction) manuscript, ship an e-mail with the topic heading “Submission: [title of your work]” to phoenix@ouidabooks.com. Phoenix is open to novels, novellas, and quick story collections.
Lufu (Industrial Fiction)
House to Damilare Kuku’s Solely Massive Bum Bum Issues Tomorrow. To submit, please ship an e-mail with the topic heading “Submission: [title of your work]” to Lufu@ouidabooks.com.
Tanja (Kids’s books)
House to Do As You Are Informed Baji, Jamila’s Intelligent Plan, Ugo and Sim Sim and extra. To submit, please ship an e-mail with the topic heading “Submission: [title of your work]” to submissions@ouidabooks.com.
Ouida Books is impressed by the pin-tailed Whydah, recognized for its love of freedom, its braveness and plain magnificence. Led by Nigerian creator and educator Lola Shoneyin, it has established a reputation in recent times as considered one of Nigeria’s main publishers.
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