Submissions

Submission Guidelines
Pan Macmillan South Africa publishes books for the general market in the following categories:

General fiction (including crime fiction)
Literary fiction
Memoir/biography/autobiography
General non-fiction
Children’s picture books (32 Pages, illustrated)

We do not accept submissions for short story collections, poetry or plays. As an African publishing house, we believe in publishing books by African authors and/or books that deal with contemporary African themes and issues. We are extremely selective in accepting works for publication. Only works of the highest writing standard, level of originality and market appeal will be considered.

All submissions should contain:

For non-fiction: a detailed chapter outline with the first 3 chapters (preferably) or several selected finished chapters. Please do not submit the entire manuscript as we will request this from you if we are interested. For fiction: a brief (one page or less) synopsis of the plot and the first 3 chapters (preferably) or several selected finished chapters. Please do not submit the entire manuscript.
A note on the author's view of the potential market/readership of the book.
A note on any competing books and what might distinguish the author’s book from these.
All of the author’s contact details

All material must be typed. Please ensure all pages are numbered consecutively. No handwritten submissions will be considered. Please make sure to keep a copy of your submission – we cannot be held responsible for manuscript that goes missing in the post. Submissions should be emailed to Pan Macmillan, c/o Kelly Ansara at kelly@panmacmillan.co.za If you also want your entire submission returned, please enclose a suitably-sized stamped self-addressed envelope - submissions will not be returned unless return postage is enclosed. Assessment takes 6-8 weeks, please do not make contact before this period lapses.

Children’s Books Pan Macmillan is interested in books that could be published for the southern African market, preferably by southern Africans, and set in a southern African context. The books should have literary merit, and should be appropriate (in terms of language and reading level) for our market.