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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
We are very open to taking on new clients. Submit a well-prepared proposal that will take minimal fine-tuning for submission to publishers. Nonfiction writers must be highly marketable and media savvy – the more established in speaking or your profession, the better.
WHAT TO SUBMIT:
Email ("only" method):
Queries and proposals will be accepted by email only.
Please do not send your entire manuscript unless requested.
Email submissions should be sent to:
bigscore@bigscoreproductions.com
BigScore needs one to two months to evaluate your work.
Fiction - Proposals should include the following:
- Overview, including what makes your material fresh and unique, target market, category, length of manuscript, and completion date
- Synopsis (overall - 100 words or less, and chapter-by-chapter)
- Three sample chapters (chapters 1, 2, and your final chapter; or chapers 1, 2, and 3)
- Author's biography with publication history and what you can do to help promote your book
- Endorsements, if available
- Analysis of your book's competition (give title, author, publisher, year of publication, and why your book is different)
- List of publishers, if any, that have seen your manuscript
- Are other agents looking at your manuscript?
Nonfiction - Proposals should include the following:
- Overview, including why there is a need for your book, what makes your material fresh and unique, target market, category, length of manuscript, and completion date
- Outline or table of contents
- Two or three sample chapters
- Author's biography with publication history and what you can do to help promote your book
- Endorsements / foreword, if available
- Analysis of your book's competition (give title, author, publisher, year of publication, and why your book is different)
- List of publishers, if any, that have seen your manuscript
- Are other agents looking at your manuscript?
SAMPLE PROPOSALS
CATEGORIES OF INTEREST
FOCUS:
All nonfiction and fiction
No poetry or television/movie scripts
Books that would appeal to the broadest market
CATEGORIES:
Bible
Biography (celebrity, historical, personal if very unusual, and well-written narrative nonfiction)
Business (including investing, management, motivation, today's headlines)
Careers
Children (all types including picture books)
Child Care & Development
Christian Growth & Living
Compilations
Cookbooks
Crafts / Games / Hobbies
Current Events & Issues
Education / Home-schooling
Family
Fiction (all types, both general and Christian)
Food
Gardening
Gift
Health / Nutrition / Beauty (especially women's health)
House & Home
How-To
History
Humor
Inspiration
Leadership
Living / Lifestyle (no alternative)
Marriage / Divorce
Outdoors / Nature / Environment
Parenting
Personal Finance
Pets
Photography / Illustrated Coffeetable
Politics
Pop Culture
Prayer
Psychology
Real Estate
Reference (nothing too technical or narrow)
Relationships / Couples
Religion (Catholic, Jewish, Protestant)
Retirement
Self-Help
Singles
Spirituality
Sports / Recreation
Teens / Young Adult / Tweens / XYZ
Travel
Trivia
Wedding
Women's Issues
CONTACT US
BigScore Productions, Inc
Email: bigscore@bigscoreproductions.com |
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