High Prairie Press is currently accepting high quality queries and submission proposals in the following non-fiction genres:

• Cookbooks, especially with stories and food memories, regional ingredients, and community projects 
• Memoir 
• Personal essays or essay collections, especially around food equity, food production, improving food systems, etc.
• Seed preservation and food production
• Travel, especially related to food culture 
• Agriculture, especially permaculture and small, hobby farm 
• Gardening and botanicals
• Poetry, especially strict form like sestina, ode, sonnet, etc. with a modern twist

Your non fiction book proposal should contain the following items:

• A cover/query letter
• A short description of the work 
• A detailed description of the work
• Table of contents with chapter summaries (if applicable)
• Total word count (or estimate) 
• Summary of any previously published material included in the manuscript (if applicable)
• List of comparable books in print with an explanation of what makes your book original
• An estimated delivery date for a complete manuscript
• An excerpt of the manuscript of at least ten and not more than twenty pages
• A description of and source for any illustrations or figures you plan to include
• A brief author’s bio
• Agent’s name and contact information (if applicable) 

High Prairie Press does not accept book proposals for fiction projects.

Do not send full manuscripts unless requested by an editor. Submissions made by post will not be accepted nor will they be returned. High Prairie Press accepts submissions in English only. We do not keep copies of submissions that are declined, nor do we return proposal materials. All follow up questions should be sent via email no sooner than 12 weeks following proposal submission.

We assess all submissions but we cannot offer individual feedback or editorial guidance for proposals that do not fit our guidelines, standards, or vision.

All submissions and contents therein must be the legal intellectual property of the person submitting the proposal. By submitting a proposal you are agreeing to enter into contract negotiations with High Prairie Press to publish your proposed project, and it is understood that no other publisher is currently considering its acquisition, and that the rights we are negotiating to acquire are available. We cannot accept simultaneous submissions. If there are issues with the rights to the manuscript you are submitting, please include an explanation of the issues in your proposal. 

If you are requested to submit a completed manuscript in a follow-up email from a High Prairie Press editor, please follow the submission guidelines below (with the exception of poetry):

• Use 1” margins all around
• Use 12 pt. Times New Roman 
• Double spaced document
• Number all pages
• Author’s name and title on first page
• Must be in .doc, .docx or PDF

Poetry must be submitted in PDF as it is meant to be arranged on the page when published. 

All submissions must be sent in the form of attachments (not copy/pasted into the body of the text) to submissions@highprairiepress.org

At High Prairie Press, we recognize the amount of work that goes into creating a book proposal, and we appreciate your effort and hard work. While we do assess all proposals, and we try to get back to all potential authors, due to the high volume of submissions, we cannot respond to all proposals. If you have not heard from us in 12 weeks, you can assume we have chosen to not accept your book proposal, and we wish you success in your writing career.