In this time of perpetual evolution and advancement in digital publishing Harper Voyager is delighted to announce a new venture that will offer talented aspiring writers the chance to join the global science fiction and fantasy imprint.
For the first time in over a decade, Harper Voyager will open its doors to unsolicited submissions in order to seek new authors with fresh voices, strong storytelling abilities, original ideas and compelling storylines. Harper Voyager publishes some of the biggest names in science fiction and fantasy, including George R. R. Martin, Kim Harrison, Raymond E. Feist, Robin Hobb, Richard Kadrey, Sara Douglass, Peter V. Brett and Kylie Chan, among others, and plans to expand this illustrious list with the digital originals.
Submissions will be open for a limited two-week period from 1st to the 14th of October, 2012. The manuscripts will then read and those most suited to the Harper Voyager list will be selected globally by editors in the UK, USA and Australia teams for world English language distribution.
Voyager will be seeking all kinds of adult and young adult speculative fiction for digital publication, but particularly novels written in the epic fantasy, science fiction, urban fantasy, horror, dystopia and supernatural genres. Submission guidelines and key information can be found at www.harpervoyagersubmissions.com
The submissions and digital publications are a joint, global effort by Harper Voyager worldwide, spearheaded by Deputy Publisher Director Emma Coode in the United Kingdom, Associate Publisher Deonie Fiford in Australia, and Executive Editor Diana Gill in the United States. The three editors note that: “This is the first truly global digital submission - no other publishing company has done a coordinated, global submission period for unagented authors across three continents - and all of us at Harper Voyager and at HarperCollins Publishers are absolutely thrilled to be launching this huge opportunity. We look forward to discovering and digitally publishing many new exciting voices globally at Harper Voyager.”
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