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The Purple Crayon: Getting It Out of the "Slush Pile"

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The "slush pile" is a publisher's sizeable reading stash, and this site is a great resource for attempting to get a publisher to get your manuscript OUT of the pile. Includes several pieces of advice concerning the story itself, your type of manuscript, and your cover letter. Most relevant for children's literature but may work with other genres.

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children's literature
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Additional Tags
children's books, cover letter publishing, publish, slush pile, submit manuscript, the purple crayon, production and distribution of writing (publishing)
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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