Submissions
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What's your story?
Bushland Castle Productions is a beacon for creative writers and readers across Australia and beyond. We are known for nurturing emerging voices, fostering meaningful author growth, and delivering beautifully crafted, thematic storytelling.
We envision a future where authors seek us out for our collaborative, values-driven approach to publishing, and where readers actively engage with us - sharing their ideas, their feedback, and their excitement - through our podcast and creative community.
Bushland Castle Productions aims to reshape how publishing is experienced: as a dynamic, participatory, and evolving creative landscape where stories thrive, authors grow, and imagination is celebrated.
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Submissions Guidelines
Annual Themed Speculative Fiction Novella Series
OUR SUBMISSIONS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED
Themed Non-Fiction Novella Series
Australia Living in the 70s is currently open for submission.
Low/Medium Content Books and Journals
Currently seeking Mindfulness and Worldbuilding themed low/medium content books and journals.
We are looking for workbooks, activity packs, journals, creativity guides, prompt books and many more.
To submit your work to Bushland Castle Productions you have follow two steps
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Email required information listed below to admin@bcpcreative.com.au
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Click on the 'Pitch' button below and book a time with Dianna for a follow up consultation.
Required information for the email:
Pitch: Your pitch describes your project in 300 words or less.
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Tell us all about your book
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Why you decided to write it
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Why are you the right person to tell this story, and why are you telling it now?
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Audience: Who is your ideal reader? Why? Can you think of any comparative titles?
Writing Sample:
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Around 2000 words or a chapter for novellas and template for low-medium content books.
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Ensure your submission is clear to read. Preferably double-spaced Arial size 12.
*Optional Synopsis (up to 1000 words): Your synopsis should be a summary of your book including the plot in detail. Give us the narrative arc and character development. Include every major turning point and the ending.
Author Bio
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A little bit of information about you (100-200 words)
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Please include social links
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Any previous publishing history or experience
Required information for the pitch meeting:
Have your submission information on hand
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Your Pitch - along with any further information you could not fit into the small word count
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Your Bio - be open to talk about how you came onto the creative path and your writerly plans
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Your writing sample (and optional synopsis)
What BCP brings to the Pitch meeting
The pitch meetings are brief and they offer a chance to get to know each other and assess whether you will be a fit for our small company. We will share with you the benefits of choosing to publish with us and our publishing pathways; what the author support platform can provide during your journey from pitch to prose to publication, and how we collaboratively engage with you along the way.
30 min
Free
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