How to submit a book to Candlewick Press

In its own words

“sorry, but we're unable to accept unsolicited manuscripts at this time.”

What it has bought from outside

1. 2000

   Because of Winn-Dixie, a first novel passed to a Candlewick sales rep, lost in a pile of manuscripts, then found from Kate DiCamillo

   “It was rediscovered when the employee's office was cleaned out.” en.wikipedia.org

Other companies that take a book

• Baen BooksReads unsolicited workBaen takes manuscripts through the submission form on its site, baen.com/slush, and prefers the complete manuscript with a synopsis.
• Chronicle BooksReads unsolicited workChronicle Books has an open submissions policy and takes unagented proposals for anything suited to its list, from books to gift products.
• HarlequinReads unsolicited workHarlequin’s series lines take unagented manuscripts through harlequin.submittable.com: the full manuscript or first three chapters, with a…
• Kensington PublishingReads unsolicited workKensington takes unsolicited, unagented queries, though it still advises an established literary agent for anyone aiming at a major…
• Workman PublishingReads unsolicited workWorkman, Workman Kids, Algonquin and Artisan take no unsolicited submissions.

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  HarperCollinsOnly through an agentHarperCollins Canada accepts no unsolicited submissions, and manuscripts, proposals or query letters sent anyway are not returned.

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  Penguin Random HouseOnly through an agentPenguin Random House accepts no unsolicited manuscripts, proposals, artwork or queries and tells writers to find an established literary…

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  Simon & SchusterOnly through an agentSimon & Schuster accepts no unsolicited or unagented submissions.

All of them, open doors first