The annual, bestselling guide to all aspects of the media and how to write and illustrate for children and young adults. Acknowledged by the media industries and authors as the essential guide to how to get published.

The 70+ articles are updated and added to each year. Together they provide invaluable guidance on subjects such as series fiction, writing historical or funny books, preparing an illustration portfolio, managing your finances, interpreting publishers' contracts, self-publishing your work.

Foreword by Sarah Crossan, Carnegie Medal winner and author of One, Breathe, Moonrise (published July 2018) and We Come Apart (with Brian Conaghan)

NEW articles for the 2019 edition include:

LGBT+ characters in children's fiction by Lauren James

The hybrid author by Shelli R. Johannes

A jobbing writer's lot by Joanna Nadin

Adapting children's books for stage and screen by Emma Reeves

Where does your book sit? by Jasmine Richards

Murderous inventions by Robin Stevens

The long and winding road to publication by Paul Stewart

Writing picture books by Tessa Strickland

The ups and downs of being a writer by Theresa Tomlinson

All of the 2,000 listings of who to contact across the media have been reviewed and updated.

The essential guide for any writer for children.

Stuffed full of useful facts to help you get writing (and drawing).

Whenever people ask me about how to get their work for children published . . . the first words to come out of my mouth are always: Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook.

How to get published? 1. Write a good book. 2. Read a good book - this one.