Lobster Press seeking YA

[Stephanie]

Lobster Press (http://www.lobsterpress.com/html/guidelines_a.html) is currently seeking original work targeted at young adults aged 12-15 or 15+. "We are searching for character-driven fiction with sharp and edgy plot lines, and are particularly interested in materials that would appeal to boys, although we are open to all YA queries. Word count 30,000 - 40,000."

This is a Cdn company, based in Montreal.

[toto1958]

12-15 year olds can write that much?

[mammamaia]

...it'scalling for books FOR readers of that age... not BY writers that young...

[Yeshanu]

And yes, some thirteen- to fifteen-year-olds can write that much.

Signed,

Mother of a fifteen-year-old who writes.

[cluelessspicycinnamon]

12-15 year olds can write that much?

I think you meant "read," but yes, I'm 15, and I finished my first novel at 12 and had been writing before that and since that, so yes. That sounded sort of insulting.

[kaliannah]

Thanks for sharing the link. Too bad they're not considering YA non-fiction. Sigh!

[kaliannah]

Hi Mammamaia,

Totally of the topic, but I haven't visited this forum in a while and happened to see your name. I wanted to thank you for your earlier suggestion ref a title for my YA career guide. It fits perfectly!