New Market with Tu/Lee & Lowe
Jul
18, 2011 |Filed in:
UncategorizedTu Books is launching this fall! And we’re still looking for
submissions. (See
http://blog. leeandlow. com/2011/ 03/17/coming- soon-tu-books/ for
a sneak preview of our fall books.)
Call for submissions
TU BOOKS, an imprint of LEE & LOW BOOKS, publishes speculative fiction for
children and young adults featuring diverse characters and settings. Our
focus is on well-told, exciting, adventurous fantasy, science fiction, and
mystery novels featuring people of color set in worlds inspired by
non-Western folklore or culture. We welcome Western settings if the main
character is a person of color.
We are looking specifically for stories for both middle grade (ages 8-12)
and young adult (ages 12-18) readers. (We are not looking for picture books,
chapter books, or short stories. Please do not send submissions in these
formats.)
For more information on how to submit, please see our submission guidelines
at http://www.leeandlo w.com/p/tu_ submissions. mhtml. We are not accepting
unagented email submissions at this time.
What I’m particularly interested in seeing lately: Asian steampunk, any
African culture, Latino/a stories, First Nations/Native American/Aboriginal
fantasy or science fiction written by tribal members, original
postapocalyptic worlds, historical fantasy or mystery set in a non-Western
setting.
Stacy Whitman
Editorial Director
Tu Books
Sounds great, Victoria. Thanks for sharing this.
You're welcome, Rachna! I feel like I'm in a bit of a blogging rut recently. I've already programmed in next week's though and it will be a legitimate post with an honest-to-God question attached.
Oh, yay!!! I have a YA historical fantasy — I will definitiely check this out. Thanks for sharing!!! Also I have been meaning to tell you how much I loved that book I won on your blog earlier this year: To Ride the Gods' Own Stallion, set in ancient Assyria. It was amazing!!!! I wrote a glowing review for it on Goodreads, but was disappointed to see the book had garnered very little attention… so I also voted for it on the best horse books list. I'll also blog about it here soon. Thank you thank you for this great read!
Hey, Margo! Thanks for letting me know about the book, and good luck submitting to Tu! Please let me know if anything comes from it. I wish I had YA stuff for them that WASN'T a short story, but ah well. ;D
I did like that book, but I enjoyed I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade (same author) even more. If you liked the one, I bet you will the other, too.
That's awesome you posted this. Stacey Whitman's story of how she started Tu Publishing is as awesome as a debut author getting published.
Yeah I know. I've been following her for awhile now. I'm excited it's finally launching!
Cool imprint. Thanks for sharing, Victoria.
You're welcome, Medeia!