How to Submit a Manuscript
Grey Goose Press is the exciting new way to get published. We’re bold, sassy and slightly irreverent. We’re Canadian, eh! Our mission is to move the works of exciting undiscovered and rediscovered Canadian talent to the forefront of the marketplace. We want Canadians to tell their stories, in their voice, across their landscape or view of the world. And we won’t stand on tradition or let red tape get in our way. We offer a publishing solution for authors to deal directly with us to get their works to market. While we are happy to work with your literary agent if you have one, it isn’t necessary for you to get one.
Submission windows
Manuscripts received within these timeframes will be delivered to our Submissions Committee for consideration. Submissions received outside these timeframes will not be read or returned. Grey Goose Press is not responsible for materials submitted outside our submission periods.
Due to the volume of manuscripts we receive, we cannot respond with critiques of rejected manuscripts. We do not refer manuscripts or authors to other publishers.
Requirements
To submit your manuscript to Grey Goose Press for consideration, you must:
- Be 18 years of age or older.
- Provide proof of Canadian copyright with your submission. See the copyright instructions below.
- Submit either:
- one electronic copy in Microsoft Word, or
- two paper copies of your manuscript, one sent to each office:
- Grey Goose Press, 35077 Range Rd 10, Red Deer County, AB T4G 0M8
- Grey Goose Press, 2428 2nd Concession Rd W, RR1 Lynden, ON L0R 1T0
- Include the synopsis as it would appear on your jacket cover, in the same quantity and manner as your manuscript.
Copyright Instructions
Protecting your rights in regards to any art form is important. Copyright protection exists in Canada and extends to other countries covered by an international copyright treaty, convention or organization.
There are exceptions to copyright protection. For example, if you create a work “in the course of your employment,” the copyright will belong to your employer unless there is an agreement to the contrary. A similar situation exists if a person commissions something you produce: he or she will own the copyright unless there’s an agreement to the contrary.
You can’t copyright an idea. “Copyright is restricted to the expression in a fixed manner (text, recording, drawing) of an idea; it does not extend to the idea itself” (Canadian Intellectual Property Office).
Before submitting your manuscript to Grey Goose Press Inc., you must register your copyright. This can be done through the Canadian Intellectual Property Office website. You do not need to send a copy of your original work.