Submission Guidelines

GENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

We love to hear from fellow writers and artists - we appreciate your interest in Pencil Tip Publishing. Our books concentrate on the following genres:

• Cult and Genre Television
• Short Story Collections
• Original Fiction
• Doctor Who

Before contacting us with your submission, please carefully read our submission guidelines and policy.

A large majority of our books are either initiated ourselves or acquired through contact with one of our authors. While we do encourage unsolicited manuscripts and we welcome queries from authors and/or potential authors, we generally will announce when we are seeking submissions.

We are happy to receive submissions electronically, please only submit files as a single attachment in Word or PDF format.

In order to increase your chance that your proposal will receive attention, we ask that you do not submit the entire manuscript. Your proposal should include the following items and/or information:

1. Your contact details (e.g. name, address, contact method)
2. A brief bio of yourself
3. Have you been previously published or not? (If yes, please provide details regarding your publication history, publisher, etc. If no, please provide samples of your writing.)
4. A 300-500 word outline telling us what the book is about and what qualifies you as an authority on the topic.
5. 15-25 pages sample project text.
6. Detail what audience your book will be aimed at. What ways do you envision reaching this audience?
7. What help you can be in the promotion of the book? Organizational connections? Mailing lists? Workshops?
8. What do you anticipate the length of your manuscript to be? (Please provide and approximate word count.)
9. Will your book be illustrated? If so, how many images do you anticipate it including?
10. When do you expect your book to be completed? How much do you currently have written?

Proposals should be formatted as following:

1. Typed using Times Roman 12 pt font size
2. Document margins should be set at 1 inch top, bottom, left and right.
3. Page size should be set to 8.5x11 inch size (Letter format) North American standard. DO NOT SUBMIT DOCUMENTS IN A4 FORMAT
4. Pages should be numbered (e.g. 1, 2, 3, etc.)
5. Page header should include your name, proposal title, contact email.
6. Page justification should be set at either left justified or full justified block.

Publishing books we'd want to read

Response time to submissions generally is 8-10 weeks. If you do not hear from us by this time, please assume it is because we have numerous other submissions to read and assess. We are reading as fast as we can. We will respond.

**PLEASE NOTE WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONS**

WHAT THE FANS THINK SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Unapologetic and critical fan reviews and assessments.

WHAT THE FANS THINK is Pencil Tip’s series of books where the fans review and assess their favorite television series. Fan opinion can be extremely critical, often harsher than that of the meanest television critic. But when the fans love something, you know it. Praise, when given, is genuine and heartfelt.

Each volume will concentrate on a specific series and will feature original reviews, essays and analysis of every episode of that particular series. The fans will have their say on what they think are the best, worst and merely average episodes of a series. You just might be surprised by what they have to say.

To date we have published eight books in the series covering Blake’s 7, Torchwood, UFO, Sarah Jane Adventures, The Tomorrow People, Class and Space: 1999.

THE UNNAMED DOCTOR WHO SEASON 13 PROJECT

We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions for The Unnamed Doctor Who Season 13 Project.

This forthcoming project will celebrate and explore one of Doctor Who's most memorable seasons, and we are looking for articles and essays covering any subject connected with Season 13. Whether your interest lies in the stories themselves, the characters, monsters, themes, production, performances, behind-the-scenes history or the wider legacy of the season, we would love to hear from you.

We are particularly interested in character essays focusing on:

• Broton — Terror of the Zygons
• Professor Sorensen — Planet of Evil
• Sutekh — Pyramids of Mars **Taken**
• The Kraal — The Android Invasion
• Dr. Mehendri Solon — The Brain of Morbius

These are particular areas we are keen to explore, although submissions on any subject relating to Season 13 are welcome.

• Articles and essays should be a minimum of 1,500 words.
• All submissions should be supplied in Microsoft Word format.
• Please send your completed submission as an attachment to an email.
• Submissions should be sent to: penciltippublishing@shaw.ca

Contributors whose work is included in the finished project will receive:

• A contributor's copy of the published project.
• An option to purchase additional copies at a 30% discount) as well as on all Pencil Tip Publishing projects.

If you have an idea for an article or essay and would like to contribute to this celebration of Doctor Who Season 13, we would be delighted to hear from you.

We look forward to reading your submissions and discovering the many different perspectives, observations and areas of discussion that one of Doctor Who's most fascinating seasons still has to offer.

The Unnamed Doctor Who Season 13 Project — now accepting submissions.

REVIEW COPIES

Pencil Tip Publishing is happy to supply review copies to media when appropriate. Review copies will supplied electronically to you at a supplied email.

When requesting a review copy please include your name and position, the name of your publication/institution, mailing address and details of when we might see publication of your review.

PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS

We have a range of materials available for promotional purposes:

• Book covers
• Author bios and photos
• Review quotes and blurbs
• Short excerpts

For all of the above, please contact us at