Background

BK Publishing wants to invite all writers to take part in this new publishing venture. BK Publishing is a young and vibrant publishing house which has been in existence for three years. The publishers are motivated and passionate about creating book awareness and developing alluring, enchanting and affordable reading material for South African children and adults who are from low income families.

A children’s book will be published in 2009 consisting of ten short stories. The book is aimed specifically at children between the ages of 10 and 13 in South Africa. These stories must be original, exciting, contemporary and mould breaking which will appeal to modern children. As this is a new initiative BK Publishing is looking for any stories that will encourage children to read.

Requirements

Each story must be in English and can be three to four pages (1000-1200 words).

Target age group: 10-13 years old.

You can choose from the following genres:

Biography
Diaries and Journals
Fable, Fairy tale, Folklore
Fiction
Adventure novel
Comic novel
Crime fiction
Detective fiction
Fantasy
Gothic fiction
Historical fiction
Horror
Mystery fiction
Historical romance
Saga, Family Saga
Satire
Science fiction
Thriller
Conspiracy fiction
Spy fiction
Tragedy
Robotics
Racing
Soccer

Feel free to submit more than one story from any kind of genre. Stories don’t necessarily have to be from a specific genre as anything new and special will also be considered.

Payment will be negotiated with the author before a contract has been signed. Please send stories electronically in Microsoft Word format with 1.5 line spacing before 31January 2009 to the following address: mail@alookaway.co.za.
Thank you for participating in this new and exciting project.

For any questions feel free to contact

Elzet Bosch at 012 342 4118 / elzet@alookaway.co.za

BK Publishing
Address: P.O. Box 6314
Pretoria
0001
South
Africa
Telephone: 012 342 4118
Fax: 012 342 4117
Email: mail@alookaway.co.za