Submission Guidelines

Types of Submissions We Accept

Please note that while we do accept unsolicited submissions, we will only accept submissions that meet the requirements below.

Currently, we only consider submissions in the following categories:

• Arts and Ideas
• Biography of Famous Persons
• Canadiana
• Children’s Picture Books (in the areas of natural history, ecology and the environment only)
• Cookbooks
• Cultural Studies (including Native Studies)
• Current Affairs
• Environmental Issues
• First Nations Studies
• General Non-Fiction (excluding personal and family memoirs)
• Health
• History
• Literary Fiction (excluding the categories mentioned below)
• Nature
• Photography
• Political Issues
• Popular Culture
• Science
• Social Issues
• Sports & Recreation
• Travel

Please browse our books to get a sense of the titles we have published in the past. See Current Books.

For non-fiction submissions, we are not accepting:

• Self-help
• Poetry
• How-to books
• Textbooks
• Personal or family memoirs

For fiction submissions, we are not accepting:

• Science-fiction
• Romance
• Mystery
• Horror
• Fantasy

How to Submit a Query Letter

If you have read our guidelines and feel your project is a good match for our publishing programs, please download our Submission Cover Sheet and include the following materials with your submission:

Submission Cover Sheet

• A cover letter with a synopsis of your project, including any writing/life experience that you feel is pertinent to your project.
• A short, annotated outline describing your project.
• A sample chapter of your project. (Sending a query letter without a sample of your writing is not recommended.)
• If your project is highly visual, you may include sample copies of your photographs or artwork. However, please do not send originals.
• A self addressed, stamped envelope for reply. Please note that because of the great number of submissions that we receive, we do not send notifications of receipt.

Send all materials by mail to:

Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group
Attention: The Editorial Board
201 - 2323 Quebec Street
Vancouver, BC V5T 4S7

Responses take approximately 6-8 weeks.

Thank you for considering Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group.