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DarkWinter Press and Baxter House Editions [1]

Basic Information
Address: 
23 Pinkham Street
Zip / Postal Code: 
N0J1G0
Submission Guidelines: 
https://darkwinterlit.com/submit-press [2]
City: 
Drumbo
Website: 
https://darkwinterlit.com [3]
Logo or Cover Image (Choose a file, then click upload.): 
State: 
Ontario
Country: 
Canada
Contact Information
Contact Title: 
Publisher
Contact First Name: 
Suzanne
Craig-Whytock
Contact E-mail: 
Details
Genres Published: 
Poetry
Fiction
Publishes Through Contests Only: 
No
Reading Periods: 
Thursday, January 1, 2026 to Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 to Thursday, July 31, 2025
Response Time: 
Less than 3 months
Book Types: 
Novella
Short story collections
Novel
Poetry collections
Formats: 
Paperback
E-book
Charges Reading Fee: 
No
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
Yes
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Distributors: 
Amazon Worldwide
Tips From the Editor: 

DarkWinter Press does not publish works that have been previously published as a whole. We will consider poetry and short story collections where a small percentage of the pieces have been published online. For previously published complete works, please put Baxter House Editions in the subject line of your email. We accept submissions by email only. Specify that you are submitting to DarkWinter Press or Baxter House Editions in the subject line. Please include your contact information, email, and mailing address within the body of the email or on the first page of your submission. Please send us a query letter and a sample of the first 20 consecutive pages of your work, and a brief summary of your book. Full manuscripts may be requested after our review process is complete.

Titles per Year: 
6 to 10
Editorial Focus: 

DarkWinter Press and Baxter Editions are looking for novellas, novel-length manuscripts, short story collections, and poetry collections with a twist. They do not publish creative nonfiction.

Representative Authors: 

Sean P. Carlin, Bill Garvey, Cecilia Kennedy, Christopher Butt, Cindy Matthews, Vikki C., Zary Fekete

How many authors debut in each issue?: 
4-6
Publishing type: 
online and print [4]
Subgenres: 
Cross-genre [5]
Flash Fiction [6]
Literary Fiction [7]
Magical Realism [8]
Prose Poetry [9]
Short Fiction [10]
Temporarily closed to submissions

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/small_presses/darkwinter_press_and_baxter_house_editions

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/small_presses/darkwinter_press_and_baxter_house_editions [2] https://darkwinterlit.com/submit-press [3] https://darkwinterlit.com [4] https://www.pw.org/category/publishing_type/online_and_print [5] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/crossgenre [6] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/flash_fiction [7] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/literary_fiction [8] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/magical-realism [9] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/prose_poetry [10] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/short-fiction