World Elite Children’s Literature Submissions

ISBN: 978-1-64516-083-0
Target: Students in Grades 1-6
Length: Poetry 50-200 words; other 100-500 words

Scope:

Science Fiction: Anything creative and/or imaginary; from fairy tales to science fictions, that explorenovel ideas and present wonderful imaginative worlds.

Youth Literature: Share your dreams, the stories of your journey whilegrowing up, the experiences in your life so far that have made you laugh, cry,left you puzzled, amazed and any other emotions.

Poetry: Every child is a born poet! Be creative, be brave and have fun!

Writing Sample:

Submission Deadline

Early submission deadline: Feb28 , 2022

Second submission deadline: March 31 , 2022

Third submission deadline: April 30 , 2022

Fourth submission deadline: May 30 , 2022

Deadline for all submissions: August 14, 2022

Book publication date: November 2022

Other Requirements:

  1. All work, including illustrations or photographs need to be original. Use proper references when quotationsare used.
  2. Submissions have never been published on any other platform.
  3. Please leave author’s real name, mailing address, telephone number, email address and other information to facilitate timely communication.

Instructions for Authors

All submissions must be formatted correctly. Read the specific directions listed below. Any submissions that do not meet the listed requirements will not be accepted.

Submissions MUST be formatted using a Word document (doc. or docx.)

All submissions must be double-spaced, using paragraph format, size 12 font, Times NewRoman. Paper margins should be set at a maximum of 2.5 cm top, right, left, and bottom.

All submission MUST use proper citations and have a bibliography if applicable, for any content that is used or referenced from another source.

You are required to use Chicago reference and bibliography style of documentation.
The guidelines presented here are consistent with advice given in The Chicago Manual of Style,16th ed. (2010). For more information and examples on using Chicago style, see: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

You will need footnotes at the bottom of your submission pages and a bibliography at the end.

Alsoinclude a title page at the beginning with the title of your submission, the date, the school, yourtecher’s name and the word count for your submission (not including footnotes, bibliography and appendices(photos, maps, illustrations, etc.)).