Renaissance Press

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About

Renaissance was founded in May 2013 by a group of authors and designers who wanted to publish and market those stories which don’t always fit neatly in a genre, or a niche, or a demographic. Like the happy panbibliophiles we are, we opened our submissions, with no other guideline than finding a Canadian book we would fall in love with.
Today, this is still very true; however, we’ve also noticed an interesting trend in what we like to publish. It turns out that we are naturally drawn to the voices of those who are members of a marginalized group, and these are the voices we want to continue to uplift.
At Renaissance, we do things differently. We are passionate about books, and we care as much about our authors enjoying the publishing process as we do about our readers enjoying a great Canadian read on the platform they prefer

Country of Publication & Year Established

Canada

Established in 2013

Publication Media

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication
Print Publication Print Publication

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Canadians, All ethnic groups/populations, All genders, All sexual identities.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Novel: 40,000 - 100,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Health/Medicine: Mental health, See guidelines.
Sexuality/Gender: LGBTQ issues, See guidelines.
Society/Culture: Ethnicity/Race, See guidelines.

Payment:

Unknown advance + Unknown royalties Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Canadians, All ethnic groups/populations, All genders, All sexual identities.

Lengths:

Book: 40,000 - 100,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Health/Medicine: Mental health.
Sexuality/Gender: LGBTQ issues, See guidelines.
Society/Culture: Ethnicity/Race, See guidelines.

Payment:

Unknown advance + Unknown royalties Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Last Updated: 22 May 2026