Open Submissions Month #3: The Announcement!
16th April 2015
Hello hello!
So here it is! We’ve trolled you quite long enough; you’ve waited patiently through all my waffling, and now you’re going to find out (some) of the winners of the Open Subs Month!
(wait, what?)
Okay, yes, we’re holding a little something back. More on that below.
So this has been an amazing experience, as ever, with some top-notch submissions, some fantastic talent on show – it was particularly gratifying seeing some of the same names as last time, and seeing how they’ve changed and grown – and some really warm responses from feedback. Connecting to the genre writing community is one of the most rewarding parts of being a publisher, and this has been no exception.
It was, as I’ve said before, a fiercely competitive field, and a tight result, but in the end we decided – based on a long list of criteria – on three hugely exciting projects, adding some fantastic new and rising writers to our stable of talent. (As an added bonus, we’ve also spoken to some authors about holding back pitches to revisit later, or to pitch again; it was a rich crop!) We’re adding to one of our oldest and best-loved lines, and to one of our newer, unrulier babies. It’s a hell of a time to be alive.
So without further ado, here are our two successful “existing worlds” pitches:
Tomes of the Dead: The Lazarus Conundrum
Abaddon X tenth anniversary celebrations, and we’ll be making the announcement right there at the Abaddon X party. That’s due to happen on the evening on Wednesday 5th August this year, at an undisclosed location in London, and we’ll splash the series, novella and author’s names all over the place the very next morning.
So please give Paul and Cassandra a huge welcome and go and find them on the social medias!