PIXIU Press is a new, independent publishing company specializing in full-color, illustrated speculative fiction stories for children and adults. Please visit our bookstore to preview book interiors.
FOR WRITERS
STORY SUBMISSIONS
A. General Science Fiction & Fantasy Submissions: We are currently not open to "general" unsolicited science fiction and fantasy works. Please check back.
B. Submissions for Heritage Tale Books: Heritage Tale storiesare speculative fiction books for juveniles.Each book is a "Coming to America" story told using myths and/or legends from the native culture. The first in this series is Raggedy Chan: A Chinese Heritage Tale. We will grow this series to include other Tales, such as AnItalian Heritage Tale, A Mexican Heritage Tale, A Jewish Heritage Tale, An African Heritage Tale, etc. The intent of this series to help children explore themes of immigration while exposing them to myths, legends, and fairy tales they might not come across in general text books. Required length is 8,000 to 12,000 words. Stories must lend themselves to strong visuals. Selected stories will be published as stand-alone, fully illustrated books.
Heritage Tale books are marketed to schools, libraries, and educators. PIXIU Press works with two California-credentialed teachers to develop free teaching curricula for each of these stories. All curricula are available online for free download. We attend teaching conferences and encourage classroom visits. We hope to increase the amount of speculative fiction used in learning environments.
PAY RATES
PIXIU Press operates on a modest budget, though we hope to compensate by giving our writers good exposure. We will pay a $250 advance, plus royalties.
MARKETING
We need authors who are willing to participate in our marketing programs, namely school visits and bookstore signings. Please indicate in your cover letter if you are willing to participate in these events. We will try to keep all events local to your home residence. Please also let us know if you have any specific skill, expertise, or experience that might help us to better market you and your story.
PLEASE SEND MANUSCRIPTS TO:
PIXIU Press
Camille Picott
P.O. Box 183
Healdsburg, CA 95448
Submissions will be accepted until May 31st, 2010. Please use standard manuscript format. Please include an SASE or an email address for a response. No simultaneous submissions. Multiple submissions are okay for our Heritage Tale books. Response time is approximately 2 months.
If you have questions, send an email to Camille Picott, editor.
FOR ILLUSTRATORS
ILLUSTRATION SUBMISSIONS
PIXIU Press is seeking illustrators for our Heritage Tale books. These are speculative fiction "Coming to America" stories for juveniles. Illustrators must be able to provide artwork in the following digital formats: PDF, JPEG, and AI. Please send 1 - 2 JPEG samples of science fiction and/or fantasy illustrations from your portfolio. We'll keep them on file until we have stories selected.
INTERNSHIPS
For student illustrators, please email editor Camille Picott for information regarding internship opportunities.
PAY RATES:
At this time we can only offer modest payment, though we hope to compensate by giving our illustrators good exposure. Payment for cover is $150. Payment for book interior is $500, plus royalties.
ABOUT THE EDITOR
My name is Camille Picott, and I am the owner and editor of PIXIU Press. I've always felt speculative fiction lends itself to spectacular artwork. PIXIU Press began as a venue for me to produce my own full-color, illustrated books. I enjoyed the process so much that I now wish to expand my publishing operation. I want to bring stories and illustrations together to create beautiful books.
With my company, I also seek to support education and, in doing so, to bring more speculative fiction to the classroom. I have two in-house curricula specialists, both of whom are credentialed educators. They develop teaching curricula for our Heritage Tale books. All copy-ready curricula are given away for free online.
If you would like to chat in person, I will be at the World Fantasy Convention 2009 in San Jose, California.
I look forward to reading your stories and seeing your illustrations.
