Welcome to our submissions page. Currently, we are not accepting proposals or manuscripts for poetry, mysteries, fantasy, science fiction, or children’s picture books. Neither are we looking at how-to books, cookbooks, or self-help books.
We do, however, accept proposals that relate to the following imprints:
Great Plains Publications (non-fiction)
Enfield & Wizenty (literary fiction)
Great Plains Teen Fiction (young adult fiction)
Great Plains Publications is a non-fiction publisher specializing in Prairie history and biography. Our mandate is to publish books that are written by Prairie authors (Note: our other imprints are open to authors from across Canada). If you have a manuscript or a book idea that you feel has a well-defined market, have reviewed our recently published titles, and are confident that your book will suit our publishing program, send us a letter outlining your proposal along with one sample chapter. Please include a brief description of your background and publishing history.
Submissions should follow our general guidelines below.
Enfield & Wizenty is a literary imprint seeking original novels and short story collections by Canadian writers at all career stages. Before submitting a manuscript to us, consult our backlist to decide if your work is likely to fit into our publishing program. You may query by email or mail. We do not accept email submissions except by invitation. When submitting by mail, send a synopsis along with a sample chapter (from a novel), or one short story. Please include a covering letter that summarizes your professional writing credentials. If you are submitting a short fiction manuscript, you should have published a number of the stories in nationally recognized literary magazines; otherwise we are unlikely to seriously consider publishing your book.
Submissions should follow our general guidelines below.
Great Plains Teen Fiction is currently seeking contemporary and historical fiction from Canadian authors for readers age 14-18. Stories can be set anywhere, though we prefer them to be set on this world, present or past. If you are a previously published author you may query by email with a synopsis of your story, a short bio, and your previous publications. If you are an emerging author please send by standard mail a cover letter, synopsis, and the first one to three chapters of your book. Clearly state in your cover letter what genre, if any, your book falls into. Do not, however, say it is a “comedy/coming-of-age-mystery/slasher/romance/buddy story.”
Submissions should follow our general guidelines.
- We only publish authors who are Canadian or permanent residents of Canada
- Use 8.5″x11″ bond paper with good quality ink.
- Print single-spaced on one side of paper only.
- Do not use coloured ink or fancy fonts.
- Include full name and address in upper left–hand corner of first page.
- Put approximate word count in the upper right–hand corner of first page.
- Use Canadian spelling, number all pages and do not staple.
- Enclose a self–addressed stamped envelope (SASE) for our reply and the return of your manuscript. Submissions without a SASE will be recycled.
- Submit only one manuscript at a time.
- Do not hand-deliver your manuscript or submit by email unless invited, or are on our top-secret favourite author list.
- Please inform us if you are sending your manuscript out to more than one publisher.
Address your submission as applicable to:
- Editor, Great Plains Publications
- Editor, Enfield & Wizenty; or
- Editor, Great Plains Teen Fiction
345-955 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3G 0P9
Due to the volume of submissions, we cannot provide detailed editorial comments on manuscripts. Response times vary and are sometimes lengthy.
Thank you for your interest in Great Plains Publications, Enfield & Wizenty, and Great Plains Teen Fiction.
