Querying and Submitting
Emdash Book Publishing is a small independent publisher of
literary fiction, poetry, and topical nonfiction. We do not
publish "genre fiction" such as romance, sci-fi, mysteries,
or westerns.
We also do not publish children's literature. Please do not
send unsolicited children's stories.
Emdash is primarily interested in publishing engaging
fiction with strong narratives, and socially-relevant and
intellectually engaging nonfiction, as well as poetry of
high quality — whether
traditional or avant-garde. We publish books by both new
and established writers.
As a small publisher, Emdash does not have a marketing
budget for in-store displays or travel expenses for
authors. We rarely pay advances, but we do pay a generous
royalty. We also engage in significant marketing to help
our books reach the Canadian market, and will help contact
local bookstores to set up readings, as well as
agresssively seek to produce reviews and stories about our
authors.
If you are interested in submitting work to Emdash, please
send us an email or letter briefly outlining your book
project, rather than sending your entire work for us to
consider. In the case of poetry, three or four pages of
poetry are usually sufficient for us to guage interest.
Please send these as plain text or Word attachments via
email.
We should respond to all queries within a month. If we do
not respond within that time frame, feel free to contact
us.