Dundurn Press wants your manuscripts

Dundurn Press

1382 Queen Street East
Toronto, Ontario

https://www.dundurn.com/

Dundurn Press was founded in 1972 by Kirk Howard, who named the company after Hamilton’s historic Dundurn Castle, located near where he’d grown up. Now Dundurn Press has more with more than 2,600 books in print. It publishes books across numerous genres, from literary and genre fiction to lifestyle, memoir and biography, history and public policy, and middle-grade and teen fiction. It’s committed to publishing new authors and, like everybody else, underrepresented voices.

Dundurn is currently accepting nonfiction, fiction, and mystery and thrillers.

Fiction:

Dundurn accepts submissions of literary and commercial novels and short story collections for both their Dundurn Fiction list and our Rare Machines literary imprint.

If you would like to submit a work of fiction for consideration, please include the following in your email:

1. An introductory email telling us about you and your project – subject line should include the title of your project
2. Your full manuscript in 12-point font, double-spaced – they do not accept partial manuscripts for fiction.
3. A literary CV with your previous publications (if any) and other information relevant to your project
4. A complete synopsis of the book – maximum 1 page single spaced

Email your submission to: submissions@dundurn.com

Nonfiction

Dundurn is seeking nonfiction in the areas of:

· History

· Politics

· Business, finance, and economics

· Society and culture

· True crime

· Local interest

· Sports

· Music

· Paranormal/supernatural

· Memoir and biography

· Popular science

Please include the following with your nonfiction submission:

1. An introductory email telling us about you and your project – subject line should include the title of your project
2. Your manuscript or proposal as an attachment in Word or pdf – please do not share links to Google Drive, DropBox, WeTransfer, etc.
3. Your proposal should include:
• A short biography of you as the author, with writing credits and other information relevant to your project
• Your contact information and place of residence
• A short summary of your project – what is it about? Why is it important? Why are you the right person to write it?
• A writing sample – 2-3 chapters or 30-50 pages is ideal for a sample
• Market research into comparative titles – tell us why your book stands out in the market, what is unique about you and your book, what other books are out there for your book to compete with?

Email your submission to: submissions@dundurn.com

Mystery and Thriller Submissions

Please include the following:

1. An introductory email telling us about you and your project – subject line should include the title of your project
2. Your full manuscript in 12 point font, double-spaced – we do not accept partial manuscripts for works of fiction
3. A literary CV with your previous publications (if any) and other information relevant to your project
4. A complete synopsis of the book – maximum 1 page single spaced

Email your submission to: submissions@dundurn.com

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