Submissions

WE ARE CLOSED TO ALL SUBMISSIONS AT THIS TIME

We are interested in debut illustrators and experienced illustrators for Children’s Picture Books, Chapter Books, and Middle Grade. You must provide samples of your work in a pdf file or a link to your portfolio. Please send your query and sample artwork/portfolio link here: https://QueryManager.com/3327

We are currently accepting Children’s Picture book manuscripts, Early Reader, Chapter Book manuscripts, and Middle Grade manuscripts from agents, authors, and author/illustrators.

We are looking for Picture Book (300-700 words), Early Reader (800-1,500 words), Chapter Book (4,000-15,000 words), and Middle Grade (15,000-55,000 words) manuscripts with the following themes:

Adoption
Affirmations
Boundaries
Disability
Diverse & Multicultural
Divorce
Foster Care
Humor with heart
Mental Health/Big Emotions
Military Child
Mysteries
Mythical
Non-Fiction (NO BIOGRAPHIES)
Paranormal
Peer Pressure
Perseverance
Spiritual
Sports
STEAM

Please send your query letter, three comp titles, a brief synopsis/pitch, and your full manuscript in a doc or docx file to publisher [at] harborlanebooks [dot] com

Due to translation deals, we do NOT want books written in Rhyme.

Diverse submissions are more than welcomed and strongly encouraged.

All authors who submit to us must be 19+ years of age.

Please submit ONE query at a time.

We do NOT accept previously published manuscripts at the EverImagine imprint.

We are a royalty-paying publisher. You DO NOT pay to publish with us.

We are extremely selective in our acquisitions process as we only publish a select amount of titles per year. We will not be able to respond to every submission. If we are interested in working with you, then you will hear from us within 12 weeks.

We accept submissions from agents, authors, and illustrators worldwide as long as the book is written in American English or British English and you are able to receive payment via PayPal. You can view the available countries here: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/country-worldwide

For more information please see our FAQ page.