CB/MG/YA Nonfiction with Olivia Swomley

Submissions: <p>Writers will submit a package of <b>up to 15 pages</b> in total (standard, 12 point font, double-spaced) comprising the following elements:</p><ul><li><b>Proposal</b>&nbsp; - 1-3 pages, to include a pitch and overview of the project, author bio, and any relevant information about what drew the author to the project&nbsp;</li><li><b>Simple Table of Contents</b> with chapter titles&nbsp; - 1 page</li><li><b>Writing Sample</b> - 10-12 pages of material from your opening chapters.&nbsp;</li></ul>

Members: $130; Non-members: $160

About Olivia Swomley

Olivia Swomley is an editor at Candlewick Press, working predominantly on nonfiction titles for the MITeen and MIT Kids imprints. In collaboration with MIT Press, the imprints publish engaging and ambitious books with a focus on STEAM themes for kids ages 0-18. Olivia especially enjoys editing books that celebrate discovery, creativity, and the intersection of art and the humanities with scientific content. Some of her projects include Star Sailor, the autobiography of a former NASA astronaut and Administrator; Maker Girl and Professor Smarts, a graphic novel series about two kids who use science as a superpower; Become an App Inventor, a guide to making apps from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab; and Discovering Life’s Story, a series on the history of biology. Olivia is a graduate of Haverford College, where she majored in Spanish and Comparative Literature and worked as a bookseller at Children’s Book World. She’s also a graduate of Hamline’s MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults, where she won the T.A. Barron Fantasy Award and the Anne Tewes Schwab Award for her critical thesis, “Deathly Seduction: Monstrous Female Bodies in Young Adult Literature.” Olivia is from the Boston area; when she’s not reading, she’s thinking about her next meal or trying to convince her dog, Amanita, to stop chasing bunnies.