Get expert editorial feedback on your children’s manuscript
Perfect for anyone writing for young people
Get feedback from world-class children’s editors
With an in-depth report on how to improve your writing
We work with some of the best children’s editors in the world
In this Children’s manuscript Assessment, they’ll read your entire manuscript and give you structured editorial feedback that you can use to whip your work into shape. You’ll even be able to ask your editor follow-up questions about your report afterwards. If your editor thinks your work is ready, we’ll even help it find the right agent, for free.
Got questions? Then contact us. We’re here to help.
Select your word count to get an exact price
From 20,000 to over 240,000 words
Why use us?
We’ve hand-picked the best children’s editors in the world to help your book become the best it can be.
Whether you’ve hit a wall and need help breaking through, or just want an expert eye before publication, our editors have decades of experience working with writers just like you. In the last twelve years, we’ve seen our writers achieve some incredible success. View our success stories.
Plus, if you’re a member of Jericho Writers, you’re entitled to a discount. Find out more or join us.
- Length of editorial reports: Minimum 3,000 words for longer manuscripts (60K words and over). Shorter manuscripts will generally get shorter reports.
- Opportunity to ask questions: Yes. After you’ve received your editorial report, you’ll get chance to ask your editor questions.
- Help with agent submissions: Yes, and at no added cost. See info below.
- Genres accepted: All fiction, including chapter books, middle grade and teen.
- Manuscript length: 3,000 words and over (If your manuscript is shorter than this, it’s probably a picture book).
- Work with writers from: Anywhere in the world.
- Cost: Depends on length – Get a price here.
- Editors: View list.
- Turnaround time: Usually 3-4 week.
Detailed product information
Writing for children is one of the most joyous activities under the sun. It’s also one of the hardest. If you’re serious about getting published, send your manuscript to us. Tell us what it’s about, and feel free to mention any specific questions you have, or problems you’re struggling with. We’ll match your work with one of our experienced children’s editors, and they’ll put together an instructive, comprehensive editorial report for you.
Your report will address the style, structure and pacing of your manuscript. It will also feedback on your plot, your character development and how suitable it is for the children’s market. Your editor will tell you in detail what’s working, what’s not working, and what you need to do to get a publishing deal, or to make it as a successful self-published author.
If your manuscript is great, and we mean really great, we will do what we can to make sure your work gets in front of one of the many agents we work with. We have outstanding links with literary agents and have placed work with leading literary agencies in the UK.
Our editors act as our talent scouts; if they are seriously impressed with your work they’ll let us know and we’ll use our contacts to get your manuscript the attention it deserves. There’s no cost for this – if our editors think your work is good enough to get an agent, we want to help make that happen.
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Guarantee
We’re confident that we’re the best at we what we do. That’s why we offer a guarantee for all editorial work we undertake. We promise:
- To give you a properly in-depth report. That means a minimum of 3,000 words for manuscripts of 60K words or more.
- To use a genuinely expert editor with authority in your genre.
- To consider the market for your manuscript.
- To be honest and constructive.
- To respect your copyright.
- To pitch your work to agents if, in our view, it is strong enough to be marketed.
- To respond honestly and in good faith in case of problems.
- To advise you honestly, always.
We’ve had thousands of satisfied customers – and helped countless writers like you get agented and published. Join them!
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