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A Nova Scotia Book of Seasons

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Pottersfield Press is again looking for submissions from writers who can provide a manuscript of 30,000 to 150,000 words in any of the following categories: history, memoir, autobiography, biography, literary journalism, political or social commentary, travel writing or virtually any existing or new category that uses the non-fiction medium to tell a story or put forward an idea.

In April of 2017, the winners of the first competition were announced: Lesley Buxton of Penticton, BC for One Strong Girl: Surviving the Unimaginable – A Mother’s Memoir and Suzanne Stewart of Antigonish, NS for The Tides of Time: A Nova Scotia Book of Seasons. Both books are in production for publication this fall.

Three other authors who submitted to the prize have also had their manuscripts accepted for publication.

The First Prize winner will receive a contract for the publication of the winning book along with a $1,500 advance on 10 percent royalty for all sales. The Second Prize winner will also see the publication of the book and a $1,000 advance on 10 percent royalties. The deadline to submit is March 31, 2019. Pottersfield encourages early submissions.

Pottersfield Press has published such distinguished non-fiction authors as Harold Horwood, Thomas Raddall, Joan Baxter, Neil Peart, Jon Tattrie, Steven Laffoley, Lindsay Ruck, Jim Lotz, Claire Mowat, Harry Thurston and many others. In an effort to further enhance its creative non-fiction publishing program it created an annual Pottersfield Prize for Creative Nonfiction.

Submit your manuscript electronically as a double spaced basic Word document to pottersfieldcreative@gmail.com and include on the title page your name, address and email address. The entry fee is $25 (includes HST) and can be paid by Interac Transfer (also to pottersfieldcreative@gmail.com) or by cheque made out to Pottersfield Press, mailed to 248 Leslie Rd, East Lawrencetown, NS, B2Z 1T4, Canada, after the manuscript has been submitted by email.

Pottersfield Press will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary in 2019 and has published more than 200 books by some of Canada’s finest writers. More information about our titles can be found on at pottersfieldpress.com.

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Nova Scotia publishing house Pottersfield Press has announced the first and second prize winners of its new creative nonfiction prize after receiving submissions from across Canada.

Lesley Buxton of Penticton, BC won top honours with her compelling memoir, One Strong Girl, a mother’s account of the loss of her daughter to a rare disease. The story is a bold description of what it means to deal with deep sorrow and still find balance and beauty in an age steeped in the denial of death.

Buxton studied theatre in London, England, and travelled extensively before settling down in British Colombia. She has a MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Suzanne Stewart, an English professor at St. Francis Xavier University, placed second with her manuscript, The Tides of Time: A Nova Scotia Book of Seasons.  Set in northeastern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, the book presents portraits of contemporary labourers whose harvests mark the rhythms of the seasonal year.

The first place winner will receive a $1,500 advance and the second place author will receive $1,000. Both books will be published in the fall of 2018. The quality of the submissions was so high that Pottersfield discovered two more manuscripts that will be published in the coming year.

Pottersfield has also announced that it is accepting submissions for the second year of the prize with a deadline of March 31, 2019.  For more information go to www.pottersfieldpress.com