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Answers Every Question You’ve Ever Had About Submitting Picture Books to Agents and Editors

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Answers Every Question You’ve Ever Had About Submitting Picture Books to Agents and Editors

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About The Course

What is the System?

In 8 course modules, The Complete Picture Book Submissions System takes you step-by-step through the entire submissions process.

From researching agents and editors, to writing your pitches and queries, to formatting and sending your submission, interpreting responses, receiving offers, and how to establish a firm relationship with your agent once you sign, The System has you covered.

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1. Getting Started

2. Query Letter Components

3. Query Critique Clinic

4. Query Do’s & Don’ts

5. Manuscript Submission

6. Understanding Agent/Editor Responses

7. I’ve Got an Offer. Now What?

8. You’ve Got an Agent! Now What?

The Complete Picture Book Submissions System is Perfect For You If…

  • You want your stories to be traditionally published (vs. self-publishing)
  • You don't know how (or where) to start submitting.
  • You're paralyzed by fear of your manuscript getting rejected.
  • You don' know what a query letter is, let alone what goes into writing one.
  • You're struggling to come up with a compelling hook for your story.
  • You're not sure what too put in your bio, especially if you haven't been published yet.
  • You have no idea how to format your manuscript or query letter correctly for submission.
  • You don't know whether to submit to an agent or directly to a publisher.
  • You've been submiting, but you're getting no responses or rejections.
  • You wish you had a mentor to lead you through this whole process.

Our Course Packages

There are two ways to travel in The Complete Picture Book Submissions System. Business Class (full System) and First Class Cabin (live weekly feedback on YOUR pitches and queries). Both classes of service include lifetime access to The System.

We want you to be 100% satisfied or we don’t want your money. If it turns out The Complete Picture Book Submissions System is not for you, we’ll refund your money with our 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee.

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Economy <br> Class

Select only the modules from the course that you want. Great if you already know parts of the curriculum.
  • Select Individual Modules
  • Pay As You Go
  • Lifetime Access
$59 / each
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Business Class

From how to decide who to decide who to submit to, researching agents and editors, to crafting the query, to evaluating an offer and beyond.
  • All 8 Course Modules
  • One-Time Fee
  • Lifetime Membership
$497*

*$497 One Time Purchase or 3 monthly installments of $169.

First Class Cabin

The ONE thing our members have said they wanted was the ability to get personalized feedback. You asked, we answered.
  • All 8 Course Modules
  • Lifetime Course Membership
  • Live Query & Pitch Critiques During Weekly Office Hours
  • Access To Private Facebook Group
  • Resources & Access To Our Great Community!
$747*

*$747 One Time Purchase or 3 monthly installments of $254.  $350 renewal for First Class Cabin billed annually after first year.

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Who Are We?

Emma Walton Hamilton and Julie Hedlund are two agented, award-winning, multi-published picture book authors who have critiqued thousands of query letters and helped hundreds of picture book creators hone their query letters and polish their pitches.

After years of trial and error with their own publishing careers, Emma and Julie were inspired to create the System to provide authors and illustrators with a step-by-step, easy to use System that teaches the skills needed to research, create, and send outstanding picture book submissions.

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Is your query letter ready for Prime Time?

Download our FREE submission cheat sheet and be guided through Yes and No questions to find out if you’re ready to submit.

Don’t be caught with an unprofessional query. Download the “Is Your Picture Book Query Submission Ready?” cheat sheet here!

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