{"id":1869,"date":"2021-11-10T11:14:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T15:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/isp\/?page_id=1869"},"modified":"2021-11-10T11:14:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T15:14:26","slug":"submission-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/copyofisp\/submission-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Submission Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Island Studies Press has been publishing Island stories for over thirty-five years. Our mandate is to publish books that speak to the culture, environment, and economy of Prince Edward Island. Our focus is adult non-fiction, both academic and trade, though we also publish the occasional poetry title. As a small regional press, we only publish 2-4 titles a year. Writers are asked to familiarize themselves with existing Island Studies Press titles&nbsp;to ensure our press is a good fit before making a submission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Non-fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please send an outline, along with the full manuscript OR three sample chapters. In your cover letter, please list any past publication credits\/awards, why you are uniquely suited to write this book, and the potential audience and markets for the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Poetry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please send the entire manuscript (no more than 80 pages) along with a cover letter listing any past publication credits\/awards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please include with your submission:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol type=\"1\"><li>A cover letter with your contact information (mailing address, phone number, email), any past publication credits or awards, and a brief description of your manuscript. If this is a simultaneous submission please note this in your cover letter and let us know immediately if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere.<\/li><li>Either a sample or the full manuscript. Please double-space non-fiction. Poetry may be single spaced.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Please email submissions to <a href=\"mailto:ispstaff@upei.ca\">ispstaff@upei.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are unable to provide feedback on manuscripts that are not accepted for publication. Please be patient as it may take up to six months for a reply, as our publications committee meets twice a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Island Studies Press has been publishing Island stories for over thirty-five years. Our mandate is to publish books that speak to the culture, environment, and economy of Prince Edward Island. Our focus is adult non-fiction, both academic and trade, though we also publish the occasional poetry title. As a small [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/copyofisp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1869"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/copyofisp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/copyofisp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/copyofisp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/copyofisp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/copyofisp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/copyofisp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/copyofisp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}