SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR ACORN PRESS

The Acorn Press publishes books about Prince Edward Island by Prince Edward Islanders. Please peruse our online catalogue to see what kinds of books we publish, and whether Acorn is an appropriate publisher for what you’ve written. Genres include fiction, poetry, non-fiction, children’s picture books, and cookbooks.

If you decide that your manuscript could fit into Acorn’s list, please prepare your manuscript according to the suggestions in Canadian Writers' Market, any of the US Writers Market publications, or other standard references.

All submissions should be sent by regular post and be accompanied by a cover letter, which includes the following:

• a brief profile of yourself (one page or less) summarizing professional and personal information relevant to this book;
• a list of previous publications, including any portions of the manuscript that have been published;
• suggestions for possible niche or specialty markets for your work;
• a stamped self-addressed envelope (Canadian stamps or international reply coupons only, please) for reply and for any material you want returned.

In addition, please include the following:

FICTION and NON-FICTION

• a synopsis or outline of the book, and a sample of 30 to 50 consecutive double-spaced manuscript pages, or enough stories to make up a sample of this size.

POETRY

• a manuscript (minimum 48 pages) of poems, many of which will have been published individually in such literary periodicals such as The Fiddlehead, Antigonish Review, CVII, Grain, and Malahat Review. (Please list credits.)

CHILDREN'S

• for picture books: the entire manuscript. It is not necessary to include illustrations as we generally find our own illustrators.
• for young adult fiction: follow the above guidelines for fiction.

Submissions can be sent to

The Acorn Press
P.O. Box 22024
Charlottetown, PE C1A 9J2

Inquiries can be sent to info@acornpresscanada.com

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