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International Literary and
Illustrators Agency |
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Submission Guidelines
for writers
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It is very important that you follow our submission
guidelines precisely. First of all; you MUST send your works to our
Italian offices in The new postal regulations intended to safeguard the
mail have dramatically increased the burdens on us in getting out the
mail. We want all our prospective clients to have a response from
us. We can only make that happen through your cooperation. If you included the amount for the stamps (same
amount as you paid to send us your work), you will receive a response. About
the amount for the stamps you can use cash or international coupons (Union Postale Universelle), but for
us cash make life easy because with the international coupons we have to go
to the Central Post Office. The Post Office will discard or return mail that
has no return address or mailed improperly. If you do not follow these instructions precisely,
we cannot guarantee you will receive a response. Also, please do not call to check up on your
submission; due to the large volume of submissions we receive, we cannot
track them individually. WHAT
WE'RE LOOKING FOR: We
are actively looking for established and new writers in a wide range of
genres. We're
interested in all kinds of commercial fiction, including thrillers,
mysteries, children's, romance, women's fiction, ethnic, science fiction,
fantasy and general fiction. We are also interested in literary fiction
as long as it has a strong narrative. In
nonfiction, we are interested in current affairs,
health, science, psychology, cookbooks, new age, spirituality, pop-culture,
adventure, true crime, biography and memoir. We are also open to
reviewing other genres and topics, as long as the material is for a trade or
general audience and not scholarly. We
do accept unsolicited manuscripts and seriously consider all submissions,
including first time writers. We
do not represent
screenplays and/or poetry. HOW
TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK: We
only accept finished manuscripts (at least 90% complete). Please do not
submit ideas or
treatments. Please,
always include the amount for the stamps (same amount as you paid to send us
your work). We
do not respond to submissions that aren't accompanied by the amount for the
stamps. We will not return any material unless the amount for the
stamps accompanies the submission. Additionally,
because of new postal regulations, we cannot use metered mail for returns.
All self-addressed envelopes must have the amount for the stamps, not meters.
Also, please make sure you include an envelope, just because you send amount
for the stamps does not mean you will receive a response. Please
send only paper submissions; no disks or CDs. We
do accept queries via email. However, we will not download attachments
and will only respond to emails that we are interested in. We
normally respond to email queries within one week. If
we haven't responded after one week, we are either not interested in the
material or have not received the email. For
illustrators, please visit the Submission
Guidelines for Illustrators. Due
to new postal regulations, all self-addressed envelopes must follow these
guidelines. Send us the amount for postal stamps only. No
metered mail. Envelopes must be addressed and include our address
as the return address in the top left corner of the envelope. Use
self-sealing envelopes. We prefer business-sized (#10) envelopes
(and like sized envelopes) that will be used for our response only— all
submission material will be discarded. If you want your manuscript
returned to you, large mailing envelopes with sufficient amount for postage
are acceptable. Please keep in mind that this is a courtesy; we do our
best to make sure you receive your manuscript back but cannot guarantee it. Because
of the large volume of submissions that we receive, we will only respond to
those that follow the above guidelines. Submissions
made that do not follow our protocol will be discarded. The address to send submissions to is: Authors
Selection Dept. via
Cenisio, 62 20154
Milano – Please, take note that, with our free reading
service, we do not give comments or suggestions; we only value if your work
is suitable for our agency and for our clients and that our reply will arrive
in, about, six months. If you need, we can also send you back a “reading
card” with comments and suggestions, but this is not a free reading service. Here below our conditions: |
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Fiction, including thrillers, mysteries, romance,
women's fiction, ethnic, science fiction, fantasy and general fiction. Non fiction, current affairs, health, science,
psychology, cookbooks, new age, spirituality, pop-culture, adventure, true
crime, biography and memoir.
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Children’s books and tales.
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InkandColors Ltd. International Literary
Agency will send you the “reading card” within 90 working
days. How to pay You
can send a check, together with your work, to the following address: Ink and Colors Ltd. Reading Card Service Via Cenisio, 62 20154 Milano – The
beneficiary of the check must be (pay
to the order of) H.A. Diffusione Thank
you for considering us for literary representation. We
look forward to reading your work. |
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