Submission Policy

 

Five Mile Submission Policy

 

 

2024 Submission dates are as follows:

 

29/11/2024

2025 Submission dates are as follows:

28/03/2025

25/04/2025

30/05/2025

Please read our submissions guidelines below carefully to successfully submit your manuscript for publication.

We appreciate the time and thought you have put into your proposal; however, due to the volume of the submissions we receive we cannot respond to everyone. Please note that only successful submissions will be contacted by a representative of our team.

We look forward to reading your work. Good luck!

 

Submissions Criteria

Five Mile is a boutique book publisher specialising in picture books, board books, novelty, activity books, fiction and non-fiction.

Our submissions are open on the last Friday of every month. Please note that submissions received after Friday 11:59pm AEDT will not be assessed. Stay tuned to our social channels for updates.

Our publishing team will be accepting unsolicited manuscripts for young readers of all ages – from babies to young adults.

 

Picture Book and Board Book authors

We’re looking for:

1. Your completed picture book or board book manuscript. We publish bright, fun, quality books with humour and heart, so that’s what we’re looking for.
2. We’re always on the lookout for original fiction and non-fiction stories with a running theme of big emotions, big ideas, and creative problem solving.
3. A strong pitch would include a few sentences about your book, including the intended readership, the hook, which titles in the market your book is similar to, and what makes it different to others out there.
4. We’d love for you to consider how your manuscript would flow across a 24-page or 32-page picture book, or a 10-spread or 12-spread board book. We accept submissions with and without illustration notes.
5. Tell us about yourself! Please also consider including a short biography about your writing experience.

 

When you’re ready to submit, please email: publishing@fivemile.com.au

 

Illustrators and Designers

We’re looking for:

1. A PDF of your folio and/or a link to your website or Instagram. We’re looking for examples that show how you illustrate character, movement, emotion, world building and landscape, as well as examples of the mediums you work with.
2. We’d also love to know what type of books you would like to work on with us.
3. Tell us about yourself! Please also consider including a short biography about your illustrating experience.

 

When you’re ready to submit, please email: publishing@fivemile.com.au

 

Tips

Before sending through your submission, please consider you must be prepared to work with us on marketing and publicising the finished product. Promoting the product often requires ongoing collaboration with Five Mile, the wider reading community, as well as local media outlets and event partners.

 

We do not accept unsolicited short stories or poetry.