NeWest Press

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Founded in 1977, NeWest Press is one of Canada's first independent literary publishing houses. NeWest publishes literary fiction, literary nonfiction, poetry, and drama, as well as a line of mystery novels, with a particular interest in books by Western Canadian authors. Its Nunatak imprint is the longest-running first-fiction series in Canada.
NeWest Press books have won or been shortlisted for numerous national and international awards, including the Governor General’s Literary Awards, Giller Prize, Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, Canada-Japan Book Award, Leacock Memorial Medal, Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, Danuta Gleed, Lambda Literary Awards, Arthur Ellis Awards, Alcuin Society Awards, Sunburst Award, and ReLit Awards, as well as being featured on Canada Reads.

Limited Demographic: Submissions are restricted to Canadians.

Country of Publication & Year Established

Canada

Established in 1977

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Genres:

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Lengths:

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.
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Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Lengths:

Book: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

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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NeWest Press Submission Statistics

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Most recent response reported was received on 08 Apr 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 21 Aug 2025.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 10:09 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Last Updated: 27 Jul 2026

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