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sleeper / noun 2. a timber, concrete or steel beam forming part of a railway track, serving as a foundation or support for the rails. 7. Colloquial a. someone or something that unexpectedly achieves success or fame. b. a book... which has slow but constant sales. 8. A spy who is allowed to carry on a normal life sometimes for years before being requested to undertake any espionage.
Macquarie dictionary, 3rd edition
Publishing – Submissions to Sleepers and the Sleepers Almanac
Almanac submissions are now closed
Sumbissions for the sixth edition of the Sleepers Almanac are now closed. We're very busy reading, so stay tuned for more info on the next call.
2010 sees a BIG and VERY exciting development happening with the Almanac; we're turning it into an iPhone App. While we will also be printing the book, beautiful and hardcopy as ever, we will also be launching it as an electronic book, an App, which will come with lots of interesting features not previously seen in a book. Cause a book's a book. And we love them. But we also love the possibilities of making the Almanac a digital experience.
We'll give you lots of updates on how the development of the App is going. In the meantime, get writing! Submissions close February 12.
Make sure you are on our email list, & when you get in touch, let us know how you heard of us and which state you are in here. And to get a sense of what we like to publish, make sure you read an Almanac.
What we like reading
If you are uncertain about whether we will like your work, give us a call or email us. In addition to those who have appeared at the Salons, our favourite writers include (this is not a definitive list).
Some of our recent favourite books include (this is also not a definitive list):
Manuscript submissions
Once you have a complete manuscript, send it to us, as per the guidelines below. NB: Do not submit to Sleepers until your manuscript is finished, & please don't send us drafts. First, read a book that we have published so that you get a sense of us. Then email us a file no larger than 2 megs here. Send us the first 30 pages of your completed manuscript, along with a synopsis, and a short author's bio, all in Word .doc format. Let us know how you heard of Sleepers, and how long your complete manuscript is. We are not in a position to accept submissions outside of these guidelines. Please do not send an enquiry email asking if we are interested in seeing any of your manuscript; just email the synopsis, the first 30 pages, and a short author bio - all as Word documents. Do not send hard copies.
We are accepting works by local, national and international writers.
Feedback
Due to time constraints, Sleepers are no longer conducting manuscript appraisals. For appraisals, see your local writers' centre. Manuscripts submitted to Sleepers will not receive critical feedback.
NB: Sleepers reserves the right to, at any point in proceedings, change our mind on the way in which we receive submissions, and the nature of the submissions that we receive.
Submission Guidelines
Sleepers reserves the right to only accept submissions that comply with all of these guidelines, as outlined below. So please read them carefully.
- Please do not submit work that has been published elsewhere.
- The cover page should include your name, phone number, email address, title of the work/s and word count(s).
- Submit your work accompanied by an up-to-date biography (between 50 and 200 words).
- Please make sure your name appears only on the cover page and not on each individual page.
- Number your pages, and include the title of your piece in the header of each page.
- When submitting longer works, please include a synopsis.
- As part of your synopsis, please define who you believe your audience is.
- Please let us know how you heard about Sleepers.