I would imagine that as a children's imprint they are flooded with manuscripts written by earnest twelve-year-olds. Since they do encourage unpublished/unagented writers to submit, perhaps they think it will make their workload more manageable to impose an age limit. And of course any such limit is going to leave someone on the wrong side feeling they've have been arbitrarily excluded.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhi 
If they refuse to accept you on grounds of your age, they're not worth your time. |
Chicken House has done
remarkably well for a new publishing house. They've established an international reputation (and distribution) very quickly, and their books have already won a number of awards. So I think, Rhi, it may be a bit arbitrary to dismiss them as not being worth somebody's time on the grounds of the age limit.
Not that I'm saying someone should submit now if they'll just be rejected because of their age; I simply mean that it may not be a good idea to form an early prejudice against a house that may be a very, very good choice for that same writer at the age of 18.