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OF FEES & HOW
TO SUBMIT A MANUSCRIPT
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All you need do is send us your work with the appropriate payment.
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By email |
| 1. Print your manuscript |
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1. Email us your manuscript |
| 2. Write a cheque |
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2. Make payment
- By phone with Visa/Mastercard
- By cheque
- Online via paypal
- Via bank transfer
Please note we do charge 10p per page for printing off.
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3. Send MS & cheque to:
The Writers' Workshop
Pritchards Cottage
Steeple Barton
Bicester
Oxon OX25 4QP |
| As soon as we get your MS and payment, we'll acknowledge receipt and start work. It normally takes 3-4 weeks for us to get back to you with detailed thoughts and comments. 4-6 weeks for screenplays. We're always happy to help if you have questions. |
| Fiction, Non-fiction, Short stories, Children's, Opening chapters, etc
Manuscripts - 100,000 words or less
e.g. a novel of 90,000 words costs £150 + £315 = £465
Manuscripts - over 100,000 words
e.g. a novel of 110,000 words costs £500 for the first 100,000 words + £25 for the next 10,000 words = £525 total
Second read fee
Applicable to second and subsequent reads of full-length manuscripts
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£150 + £3.50 per thousand words
As above, but add only £2.50 per thousand words after the first 100,000.
80% of first read fee
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Film Scripts
TV scrips - Up to 1 hour
Feature films / TV scripts - up to 2 hrs
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£195
£250
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Poetry
Up to 25 poems / 35 pages
Up to 7 poems / 12 pages |
£150
£99 |
Printing
For email submissions |
10p per page |
Mentoring
One
to one assistance
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Please
ask |
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• Cheque. Make payable to The Writers' Workshop.
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• Mastercard / Visa. Please call us on 01869 347040 to give card details - or ask us to call you.
• Paypal. You do not need to be a member, and pay-ments only take a few moments to make. Please ask us to email you with a paypal payment button.
• Other methods. We can also take bankers drafts, or accept payment via wire transfer. Please see bottom of this web page for our wire transfer details.
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• All manuscripts (except filmscripts) should be sent to us in 12 point
text, double-spaced and with normal margins.
Sending pages looseleaf is fine. There's no need for binders, files, boxes, paperclips, or anything else. (For double line spacing, just go the Para Format menu in your word processing program, and select Line Spacing, then Double - easy).
• Do make sure that your name, phone number, and email address are included on the title page of your MS: you wouldn't believe how often we get nameless, numberless, email-less scripts. Please also state word count on your title page - this is helpful to editors & agents alike.
• We are very careful with your manuscript, but please make sure you have a backed-up copy of your own.
• If return of the manuscript is required, please enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope. On the whole though, you may prefer to save yourself the money. If you're about to start making revisions, then the manuscript may not be of much use to you.
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• We are very happy to accept submissions by email, but we do make a 10p / page charge for printing off.
Covering letter
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We suggest that you include a covering
letter
which tells us:
i) what
kind of book it is - crime, romance, literary,
etc
ii) What specific concerns you have,
if any,
iii) What
contact you may have had with agents and / or
publishers so far; and
iv) anything about yourself you'd like us to know - age, occupation, ambitions, that sort of thing.
None
of this is essential, but it helps us focus
on the things that matter for you.
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You may have told us some of this by phone / email already, but it never hurts to repeat it. Your covering letter goes straight to your editor with your manuscript, so it's your chance to address them directly.
Overseas payments
• Overseas manuscripts are always very welcome. We can take payment by wire transfer, Paypal, or by Visa / Mastercard. We are also delighted to take manuscripts via email. If you want to make an international wire transfer, you will need the following details:
| Account name |
The Writers' Workshop |
| Account number |
43055679 |
| Sort code |
09-06-66 |
| Bank Name |
Abbey
PO Box 10102, 21 Prescot Street,
London E1 8TN |
| SWIFT / BIC code |
ABBYGB2L |
| IBAN code |
GB45 ABBY 0906 6643 0556 79 |
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