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How to apply
Before you apply, please read about what the mentorship involves to ensure you will be able to commit to it fully.
You can apply if you write fictional children’s books for any age (picture books to young adult) and in any genre.
To apply, you will submit a 5000-word sample and synopsis, or up to three full picture-book manuscripts. We also ask you to tell us why you’re applying to All Stories, in no more than 500 words.
To apply, you must be:
- from an underrepresented background (BAME, LGBTQ+, socio-economically marginalised and writers with a disability)
- unable to afford such a mentorship (worth over £1000) – this is self-certificated, but All Stories reserves the right to ask for evidence of low income
- unagented and unpublished
- resident in the UK
- 18 or older
NB: Writers apply to the programme as a whole, not to individual editors. Once the application period has closed, each editor will be sent entries that fit their specified age range and genre criteria, from which to choose their mentee.