Monday, August 10, 2009

What Children's Publishers Want (U.S.)

Stolen from Pub Rants

Looking for contemporary stories with a paranormal element. Contemporary main story with just a touch of paranormal.
voice and character driven fiction (isn’t that what all editors want?)
a family-oriented story with complicated relationship between main character and parents or main character and siblings etc.
gritty fiction
novels where the reader watches while the main female protagonist makes bad choices or learns to survive
quirky funny, outcasts, dark but weirdly funny
MG fantasy
literary voices in YA or MG, well-crafted stories
more Meg Cabot-type stuff
hip or hot topics
MG or YA with boy protagonists

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