Australian publishers
- Affirm Press is a Melbourne-based publishing company that publishes new and under-published authors - in any genre - and distinguishes themselves through editorial commitment. http://www.affirmpress.com.au/submissions
- Black Inc. is a Melbourne-based publisher of literary non-fiction, fiction and poetry http://www.blackincbooks.com/submissions
- Puncher & Wattman is an independent publisher of quality Australian writing based in Sydney http://www.puncherandwattmann.com/pwforwriters.html
- Rough Draft is a small Melbourne publisher, started in 2011, publishing high-quality fiction and non-fiction, by Australian and international authors. http://www.roughdraft.com.au/submissions.html
- Sleepers is a publishing house advocating for new and established writers in Australia. http://sleeperspublishing.com/submissions/
- Text Publishing publishes a very broad range of fiction and non-fiction, international and local, books for adults and young adults. http://textpublishing.com.au/contact/manuscript-submissions
- Transit Lounge is currently open for submissions. Transit Lounge publishes good looking books from writers in touch with the world. http://www.transitlounge.com.au/submissions.htm
- And Other Stories is supported by a growing band of subscribers, focus on literary books and are accepting unsolicted manuscripts (UK) http://www.andotherstories.org/
- Cairn Press was established on the basis that there are an extraordinary number of good books unread and unpublished because the mainstream publishing industry is not entirely fair. They are currently seeking submissions to complete their inaugual catalogue. (US) http://www.cairnpress.com/pages/submissions
- Constable & Robinson IPG Independent Publisher of the year 2012 (UK) http://www.constablerobinson.com/?section=submissions
- Dzanc Books publishes innovative and award-winning literary fiction (US) http://www.dzancbooks.org/submissions/
- Graywolf Press, a rare breed of publisher (US) http://www.graywolfpress.org/Company_Info/Submission_Guidelines/Graywolf_Press_Submission_Guidelines/127/
- House of Anasi publishing literary fiction, poetry, and non-fiction (Canada) http://www.houseofanansi.com/Anansisubmissions.aspx
- Milkweed Editions is a nonprofit literary press, publishing between fifteen and twenty books each year (US) http://milkweed.org/submissions/
- Myriad Editions publishes atlases, graphic non-fiction and original fiction(UK) http://www.myriadeditions.com/submissions
- Salt Publishing read their proposal advice. Interesting on a number of levels! (UK) http://www.saltpublishing.com/info/proposals.htm
- Seven Stories Press publishes works of the imagination and champions literature (US) http://www.sevenstories.com/about/index.cfm?fa=contact#author
- Soho Press is an independent publisher of literary fiction and international crime (US) http://www.sohopress.com/submissions/
- Stoneslide Books likes irony and straightforwardness. They like clarity. They like forward motion. (US) http://stoneslidecorrective.com/?page_id=23
eBook/publisher models (must include high-level editing and production values)
- Apostrophe Books is a new e-publishing company that combines the high standards of old media with the cutting-edge technology of new media. http://apostrophebooks.com/
- Momentum combines the best of the new digital publishing paradigm and the old traditional publishing model. It is part of Pan Macmillan Australia. http://momentumbooks.com.au/
Awards/Competitions
- Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards prize of $15,000 for an Unpublished Manuscript by an emerging Victorian Writer. (Australia) http://wheelercentre.com/static/files/assets/2dceb201/VPLA_2012_-_Unpublished_Manuscript.pdf
- The Australian/Vogel's Literary Award is for an unpublished manuscript by a writer under the age of 35, offering publication by Allen & Unwin and prize money totalling $20,000. (Australia) http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=442
- Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Two grand prizes: one for General Fiction and one for Young Adult Fiction. Each winner will receive a publishing contract with Penguin, which includes a $15,000 advance. http://www.amazon.com/b?node=332264011
- T.A.G. Hungerford Award biennial unpublished manuscript award $12,000 cash prize and a publishing contract with Freemantle Press http://www.writingwa.org/programmes-services/2012taghungerford/
- Writing Australia Unpublished Manuscript Award $10,000 cash prize plus $2,000 for a mentor http://writingaustralia.org.au/unpublished-manuscript-awards-2012/
Other resources to check out
- Independent Publishers Guild (UK) http://www.ipg.uk.com/
- Preditors and Editors http://pred-ed.com/
- Small Press Underground Networking Community (Australia) http://spunc.com.au/
- Independent Publisher (US) http://www.independentpublisher.com/
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