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In The Bear's House

In the Bear’s House
Congratulation to Bruce Hunter for winning the Banff Mountain Book Festival’s Canadian Rockies Award.

Shirin and Salt Man

Shirin and Salt Man
Congratulations to Nilofar Shidmehr, finalist for the 2009 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, one of the BC Book Prizes.

Renovating Heaven

Renovating Heaven
Congratulations to Andreas Schroeder, finalist for the 2009 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, one of the BC Book Prizes.

Elf The Eagle

Congratulations once again to Ron Smith and Ruth Campbell, whose book, Elf the Eagle, has been nominated for a Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Shining Willow Award for 2009.

They were also finalists for the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize, BC Book Prizes 2008.

The Year I Got Impatient

Congratulations, Valerie Stetson, runner-up for the 2008 Danuta Gleed Award for The Year I Got Impatient.

The Incorrection

Congratulations, George McWhirter, finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, BC Book Prizes 2008, for The Incorrection.

Time Out of Mind

Congratulations to Laurie Block, winner of the inaugural Landsdowne Poetry Prize for Time Out of Mind.

Laurie Block

Cogratulations to Bill New on being named an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Readings

See our new Events Page for the current schedule of readings by Oolichan authors.

 

Oolichan Books
P.O. Box 2278
Fernie, B.C.
Canada V0B 1M0

Phone
(250) 423-7461

Email
info@oolichan.com

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the British Columbia Arts Council through the Ministry of Tourism, Small Business and Culture.

Submission Guidelines

If you wish to submit your material for our consideration . . .

We publish literary fiction, poetry, children's and young adult books, and creative nonfiction. If your work falls under one of these categories, we would be happy to see a brief sample of your writing. We publish approximately ten titles each year. These include two or three poetry titles, and two or more each of fiction, creative-non-fiction and children's/young adult books.

We do not accept emailed or faxed submissions or queries. All queries and submissions must be sent by mail. The text for children’s picture books should be no more than 1,200 to 1,500 words in length. You may submit the complete manuscript for a children’s picture book. For all other genres, please submit a sample of ten poems, or the first three chapters of a fiction or non-fiction manuscript. Please include a cover letter, and a self-addressed stamped envelope for return of your materials. Please note: we do not read or respond to manuscripts that do not have a SASE enclosed. We accept no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, so please don't send us originals, or your only copy.

The manuscript should be typed and double-spaced, with page numbers clearly marked, on white unbound pages. Let us know of any credentials or experiences that particularly qualify you to write your book, and include a list of previous publications, reviews and awards you may have received. If you have access to special markets or promotional opportunities for your book, we’d like to know about them as well.

We receive over 2,000 submissions each year, so please be patient. It takes us several weeks to read and respond to your work.

We accept multiple submissions, but let us know that yours is being submitted to other publishers and inform us if your work is accepted elsewhere.

We publish only Canadian writers.

We do not consider fantasy, science fiction, romance, thriller or mass market fiction, or rhyming greeting-card style verse.

Thank you for your interest in Oolichan Books. We look forward to reading your work.

Submissions may be mailed to the following address:

P.O. Box 2278
Fernie, B.C.
Canada V0B 1M

 

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