Submissions Open for Publishing Competition - Atlas Award

Atlas, a boutique Australian publishing company, is proud to launch the inaugural Atlas Award in search of an exceptional author of an unpublished fiction or nonfiction manuscript. The winner of the Atlas Award will be announced in April 2011 and will have their manuscript published by Atlas in 2012. Atlas Productions Director, Helen Goltz, said budding authors were finding it almost impossible to get their manuscript seen by a publisher."Very few publishers are accepting unsolicited manuscripts and very few agents are accepting new clients," Ms Goltz said. "Even a small firm like Atlas, gets inundated by authors both locally and from overseas requesting consideration. "The Atlas Award allows us to accept submissions at least once a year to unearth some great new talent and to offer budding Australian authors the chance for publication," she said. The competition is now open and manuscripts ideally should be between 55,000 and 85,000 words. The deadline for receipt of entries is Tuesday 14 December, 2010 and entries should be postmarked on or before this date. A $20 entry fee applies. For more information go to the Atlas website: www.atlasproductions.com.au