Submission Opportunities
Hot Off the Press
Updated monthly, this list is featured on the Readers homepage of our website and heavily promoted through our social media channels. A call for book submissions is sent to CBC member publisher publicity and marketing contacts every month. They can submit up to five titles per month with a pub date of that month.
Email cbc.info@cbcbooks.org with questions.
CBC Showcase
The CBC Showcase is a thematic booklist which changes quarterly and is featured on the Readers homepage of the site. Both frontlist and backlist books are accepted for submission and a call is made to publicity and marketing contacts of CBC member publishers four times a year. Showcase themes are created to highlight books of many genres, formats, and topics. They are designed to introduce readers to backlist titles they might have missed and frontlist titles they will love.
Email cbc.info@cbcbooks.org with questions.
Best Of Lists
Outstanding Science Trade Books, Best STEM Books, and Notable Social Studies Trade Books comprise the Best Of Lists. These lists aim to provide educators and students with high-quality reading resources to be used in and outside of the classroom.
Submissions for these three co-sponsored lists open in June of each year. All children’s trade publishing companies or divisions can take advantage of this opportunity. There is no fee to submit books for CBC Regular Members. For CBC Associate Members there is a $75 fee per each title submitted. For non-members, the fee is $300 per title submitted. Learn more about the lists and the organizations that co-sponsor them.
Email Jena.Groshek@cbcbooks.org with questions.
Favorites Lists
The Children’s, Young Adult, Teacher, and Librarian Favorites are selections made by thousands of children, teens, teachers, and librarians across diverse geographic locations of the United States of their favorite books published each year. The final lists are compiled and distributed by the Children’s Book Council each spring and will be announced in PW, in a press release, and on the CBC Favorites page.
Submissions for these CBC awards open in May of each year. All children’s trade publishing companies or divisions can take advantage of this opportunity. There is no fee to submit books for CBC Regular Members. For CBC Associate Members, there is a $60 fee for each submitted title. For non-members, the fee is $250 per title.
Email Sommer.Wissner@cbcbooks.
Knowledge Quest
The CBC works with the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) on a Meet the Author/Illustrator column for each issue of its bi-monthly periodical, Knowledge Quest. Each column embodies common goals that AASL and the CBC share—belief in the power of reading enjoyment, immersive learning, and a commitment to a high level of literacy for every child.
Columns are written by authors and illustrators with a wide variety of styles and genres. Only CBC member publishers can take advantage of this opportunity. Submission calls for this opportunity are sent to our publicity and marketing contact list every other month. Each Knowledge Quest issue highlights a new theme, giving CBC members the opportunity to submit a wide range of book creators throughout the year who are appropriate to speak to these themes.
Email Jena.Groshek@cbcbooks.org with questions.
Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice
Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize celebrates the power of the written word to create change in the name of justice for all people—a value shared by the publishing community and Goddard Riverside. It will be given each year at Goddard Riverside’s Book Fair Gala in the fall.
This prize was created in 2020 and is given in celebration of nonfiction books for young readers that represent urban life and themes of community, compassion, and equality—complementing the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice for adult readers.
Email Carl.Lennertz@cbcbooks.org with questions.
More
We have more CBC program submission chances each year and partner with various organizations to bring our members both book and book creator feature opportunities throughout the year. Examples of these opportunities, which we will email you about, include:
- Submitting books or links to resources at your website for our regularly updated Inclusivity Resources section
- Submitting book creators for CBC Blog features
- Submitting titles for Screen-Free Week and Bank Street Spanish Books reading lists
- Submitting books for the Mathical Book Prize and Books for Life Jewish interest titles
- Donating books to worthy causes such as the unPrison Project, KIND shelters, and more
- And please visit Every Child a Reader for updates on those programs (Every Child a Reader is CBC’s charitable arm run by CBC staff, with separate funding and its own Board of Directors.)
Email Carl.Lennertz@cbcbooks.org with questions.
