A publishing calendar for key dates in the Australian children’s trade picture book market for the upcoming year.
Year round submissions
- The School Magazine Writer’s submissions
- Little Hare (via Hardie Grant Egmont)
- Big Sky Publishing
- EK Books
- New Frontier
- Starfish Bay
Full list of Australian children’s book publishers and their submission information
Calendar
1st February, 2018
Penguin submissions open
20th-28th February, 2018
Wombat Books open for unsolicited PB submissions
1st March
IP Kidz submissions open
24 March 2018
Creating Picture Books: featuring Freya Blackwood. Pinerolo, Blue Mountains.
4th April 2018
CYA Writer’s and Illustrator’s Competition closes
30 April-06 May 2018
Sydney Writer’s Festival, Sydney & Blue Mountains
1st May, 2018
Writers’ Unleashed Picture Book Writing Competition (to be confirmed)
1st – 30th June, 2018
Scribble open for unsolicited PB submissions from writers and illustrators
7th july, 2018
13th Children’s and Young Adult Writers And Illustrators Conference, Brisbane
20th July, 2018
Closing date for the Ampersand Prize – Hardie Grant Egmont
31st July, 2018
Closing date for the School Magazine illustrator eligibility list.
Closing date for the CBCA (NSW) Aspiring Writer’s Mentorship Program (Harper Collins)
18th august 2018
Writer’s Unleashed Festival, Sutherland Shire
30th November, 2018
Closing date for Penguin submissions
30th December, 2018
Closing date for IP Kidz submissions
Pencil into your diary
31st May- 2nd June, 2019
CBCA National Conference, Canberra