Fantastic children’s publisher Hardie Grant Egmont has announced that its Ampersand Project will begin accepting submissions in November for its 2013 collection.

For those unfamiliar with this, the Ampersand Project looks for YA manuscripts set in the real world, written by unpublished authors. I love their commitment to publishing books based on real life, because they’re not so easy to find these days and that’s a shame.

This is a great opportunity for YA authors, so get cracking on those manuscripts because you’ve only got a couple of months!

For more information, go to the Hardie Grant Egmont website.