Written by January 5th, 2017

Boyds Mill Press: Now Accepting Submissions

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Seven common manuscript submissions mistakes that are very easy to avoid.

Updated July 2019

Boyds Mill Press was owned by Highlights for Children. They are an award winning publisher of children’s books. In 2019 they were sold to Kane Miller and are now known as and is now Boyds Mills & Kane.

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