Gordon Hill Press & The Porcupine's Quill

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Gordon Hill Press & The Porcupine's Quill are publishers of poetry, innovative fiction, lyric nonfiction, and literary criticism. We publish exemplary writing by a diversity of writers, and we print physically beautiful editions through several imprints.
The Porcupine's Quill – Full-length titles of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and criticism.
Gordon Hill Press – Full-length titles by authors with invisible disability.
The Sheffield Chapbooks – Chapbook-length titles of poetry by New Brunswick authors.
mad / sick / different – Chapbook-length titles of poetry by disabled authors
Scrummage Chapbooks – Chapbook-length titles for anything else you can imagine.

Limited Demographic: Submissions are restricted to Canadians.

Country of Publication

Canada

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Fiction Collection: No specific word count limits known.
Novel: No specific word count limits known (our definition: more than 40000 words).

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

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Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Nonfiction Collection: No specific word count limits known.
Book: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Unknown advance + Unknown royalties Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poetry Chapbook: No page limits known.
Poetry Collection: No page limits known.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Unknown advance + Unknown royalties Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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We have received 1 report within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

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3 responses are pending (16 min | 104.7 mean avg | 145.0 median | 153 max days waiting | 76.9 std dev) from 3 different members

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The editors will try to make a decision within 180 days.
Do not query on the status of your submission before 180 days have passed.
Most recent response reported was received on 09 Jul 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 22 Apr 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 09:48 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Last Updated: 22 May 2026

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