Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2025: The best advice on how to write and get published

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Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2025

The best advice on how to write and get published

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Bloomsbury Yearbooks
29 October 2024

Creative writing & creative writing guides; Writing & editing guides; Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs; Publishing industry

Series: Writers' and Artists'

‘What is your best investment? Buying a copy of the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook.’ Kimberley Chambers

This bestselling Writers' & Artists' Yearbook contains a wealth of information on all aspects of writing and becoming a published author, plus a comprehensive directory of media contacts.

Packed with practical tips, it includes expert advice from renowned authors and industry insiders on:

- submitting to agents and publishers

- writing non-fiction and fiction across different genres and formats

- poetry, plays, broadcast media and illustration

- marketing and self-publishing - legal and financial information

- writing prizes and festivals.

Revised and updated annually, the Yearbook includes thousands of industry contacts and over 80 articles from writers of all forms and genres, including award-winning novelists, poets and playwrights, scriptwriters for TV, radio and videogames.

If you want to find a literary or illustration agent or publisher, would like to self-publish or to crowdfund your creative idea then this Yearbook will help you.

New content for this edition includes articles on If at first you don't succeed ... by Jessica Irena Smith, The importance of story development by Greg Mosse, Writing for readers by Rachel McLean, Creating a poetry comic by Chrissy Williams, Ghosting: writing other people's stories by Gillian Stern, Romantic motifs by Sue Moorcroft, How a publicist can help you by Hannah Hargrave, Writing across forms by Rob Gittins, Pitching your travel ideas by Jen & Sim Benson, The hybrid author by Simon McLeave.

‘The wealth of information is staggering.’ The Times

Imprint: Bloomsbury Yearbooks
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 118th edition
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781399411783
ISBN 10: 1399411780
Series: Writers' and Artists'
Pages: 816
Publication Date: 29 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Major sections on: Newspapers and magazines Books Poetry Screen and audio Theatre Literary agents Art and illustration Societies, prizes and festivals Self-publishing and indie authors Resources for writers Law and copyright Money, tax and benefits

For over a century, the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook has been providing writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and scripts with invaluable and up-to-date advice on all aspects of the writing and publishing processes. Since the first edition in 1906, the Yearbook has expanded and developed to reflect changes in the media industries, and has been an annually updated resource that award-winning and bestselling authors have put their faith in. Articles across the Yearbook's 118 editions include writers such as A. A. Milne, Fay Weldon, Doris Lessing, William Boyd, Bernard Cornwell, Terry Pratchett, J. K. Rowling, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, David Lodge, Deborah Levy, Neil Gaiman, and hundreds of others. It remains the ultimate resource for creatives from a brand that can be trusted.

Reviews for Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2025: The best advice on how to write and get published

"""Crammed full of indispensable know-how."" --Claire Fuller ""WAYB remains an indispensable companion for anyone seriously committed to the profession of author, whether full-time or part-time; and as always it is particularly valued by those who are setting out hopefully on that vocational path.'"" --David Lodge ""My final nugget of advice [is] go and get yourself the most recent version of the Writers' & Artists' Yearbook. It is such a valuable resource and you'll find the answers to all your questions about who you should be speaking with, how to contact them and what to say when you do, within those glorious covers."" --Niamh Ennis, Irish Country Magazine ""A must for established and aspiring authors."" --Society of Authors"