What is a Submission Package Review?
A Submission Package Review is a 1,000-1,500 word report on the three main elements of an author’s submission – pitch, synopsis or proposal, and sample chapters.
Why is a Submission Package Review helpful?
Our Submission Package Reviews are designed in a way to offer authors an in-depth insight into the successfulness of each element of their submission package, including their pitch, their synopsis or proposal, and their sample chapters too – ultimately asking if the submission package is in the best possible shape to snare a literary agent. If not, it aims to address why this might be, pointing the author towards areas that might require further revisions.
How do I get a Submission Package Review?
At five different points throughout the year we are offering six Submission Package Reviews, making thirty reviews in total for 2022. Starting in April, these will be assigned at random to eligible authors from certain under-represented groups. On each of the five occasions two reviews will be allocated from our pool of Adult Fiction submissions, two from our Adult Non-Fiction submissions, and two from our Children’s / YA submissions. The announcements will be made across our social media channels so we recommend following our Instagram and Twitter accounts to take part.
Specific details
Authors who are eligible for multiple months and opportunities to possibly receive a Submission Package Review are more than welcome to submit for all of the months below that directly apply to them.
Submission Package Reviews for Neurodiverse writers
Six Submission Package Reviews will be randomly allocated to neurodiverse writers that have submitted their material to us between 1st-21st April 2022, coinciding with Autism Awareness Month, and choose to take part. These reviews will be assigned on the first working Monday after the 21st through a random allocation that will be announced on our social media channels. Each of the chosen authors will be contacted directly over email. Neurodiverse writers are free to query as normal during this period and choose not to take part in the possibility of receiving a Submission Package Review, should they so choose. Writers from other under-represented groups are also welcome to submit to us during this time, as they normally would, they will just not be eligible for these particular reviews earmarked for neurodiverse writers.
Submission Package Reviews for LGBTQ+ Writers
Six Submission Package Reviews will be randomly allocated to LGBTQ+ writers that have submitted their material to us between 1st-21st June 2022, coinciding with Pride Month, and choose to take part. These reviews will be assigned on the first working Monday after the 21st through a random allocation that will be announced on our social media channels. LGBTQ+ writers are free to query during this period and choose not to take part in the possibility of receiving a Submission Package Review, should they so choose. Writers from other under-represented groups are also welcome to submit to us during this time, as they normally would, they will just not be eligible for these particular reviews earmarked for LGBTQ+ writers.
Submission Package Reviews for Working Class Writers
Six Submission Package Reviews will be randomly allocated to working class writers that have submitted their material to us between 1st-21st September 2022, ahead of The Working Class Writers Festival in October, and choose to take part. These reviews will be assigned on the first working Monday after the 21st through a random allocation that will be announced on our social media channels. Working class writers are free to query during this period and choose not to take part in the possibility of receiving a Submission Package Review, should they so choose. Writers from other under-represented groups are also welcome to submit to us during this time, as they normally would, they will just not be eligible for these particular reviews earmarked for working class writers.
Submission Package Reviews for Writers of Colour
Six Submission Package Reviews will be randomly allocated to writers of colour that have submitted their material to us between 1st-21st October 2022, coinciding with Black History Month, and choose to take part. These reviews will be assigned on the first working Monday after the 21st through a random allocation that will be announced on our social media channels. Writers of colour are free to query during this period and choose not to take part in the possibility of receiving a Submission Package Review, should they so choose. Writers from other under-represented groups are also welcome to submit to us during this time, as they normally would, they will just not be eligible for these particular reviews earmarked for writers of colour.
Submission Package Reviews for Disabled Writers
Six Submission Package Reviews will be randomly allocated to disabled writers that have submitted their material to us between 1st-21st November 2022, overlapping with UK Disability History Month, and choose to take part. These reviews will be assigned on the first working Monday after the 21st through a random allocation that will be announced on our social media channels. Disabled writers are free to query during this period and choose not to take part in the possibility of receiving a Submission Package Review, should they so choose. Writers from other under-represented groups are also welcome to submit to us during this time, as they normally would, they will just not be eligible for these particular reviews earmarked for disabled writers.