North Country Press

North Country Press Founded in 1992, North Country Press is a champion of local authors, regional stories, and meaningful books that reflect the spirit of our Maine communities.

Publisher of non-fiction books about Maine. See our website for submission guidelines.

North Country Press is excited to introduce Kristie Billings. Pictured here signing our contract, Kristie’s poetry colle...
12/27/2025

North Country Press is excited to introduce Kristie Billings. Pictured here signing our contract, Kristie’s poetry collection Everything at Once will be available Spring 2026. Her work is clear, authentic, and intense—poems that hold grief, identity, and survival all at once. We’re honored to bring this powerful voice to our readers.

11/27/2025
Working lunch in the mobile, publishing studio.
11/25/2025

Working lunch in the mobile, publishing studio.

Call for Submissions We’re seeking manuscripts that linger—stories and poems that give us goosebumps, raise the hairs on...
10/31/2025

Call for Submissions

We’re seeking manuscripts that linger—stories and poems that give us goosebumps, raise the hairs on the back of our necks, and refuse to let go. Send us your most poignant, breathtaking, or unforgettable writing.

We especially welcome work from underrepresented voices—writers whose perspectives and experiences have been overlooked or unheard. Surprise us. Challenge us. Make us feel something we can’t shake.

What We’re Looking For:

Fiction (up to three chapters) + Entire Table of Contents
Nonfiction (up to three chapters) + Entire Table of Contents
Poetry (up to five poems) + Entire Table of Contents

(Manuscripts with pictures/images will NOT be considered during this round.)

Submission Guidelines:

Please send your work as a PDF attachment.
Double-spaced
Use a 12 pt, readable font.
In the body of your email, include a short synopsis of your project.
Email your submission to [email protected].
In the email subject line indicate, “Poetry Submission,” “Prose Submission,” or “Nonfiction Submission.”

We respond to every submission. If you haven’t heard from us within three months, please feel free to inquire—otherwise, take comfort in knowing we’ll be in touch.

About Us:

We are a traditional publisher offering industry-standard royalties. Our team handles all aspects of editing, design, production, distribution, and social media marketing. We do not offer publishing services to authors who are not under contract with us.

We can’t wait to be thrilled by your words.

My first round of author royalties as the new publisher of NCP are in the mail.
10/22/2025

My first round of author royalties as the new publisher of NCP are in the mail.

“Mothers collectively cross my mind. / I rise, I walk, / I follow them through the dark / sensing my way.”  —From To Bur...
10/15/2025

“Mothers collectively cross my mind. / I rise, I walk, / I follow them through the dark / sensing my way.” —From To Bury or Burn by Judith Robbins
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Amazon.com: To Bury or Burn: 9781943424535: Robbins, Judith: Books

Phase II, Mobile Publishing Studio, complete.  Stay tuned.
10/07/2025

Phase II, Mobile Publishing Studio, complete. Stay tuned.

“As the shovel lifted one of the layers, Cash saw a half-moon trough impressed in the clay hanging from his bucket.  A f...
10/02/2025

“As the shovel lifted one of the layers, Cash saw a half-moon trough impressed in the clay hanging from his bucket. A flash of white in the hole made him stop the machine. How could a root be that deep in the clay? As he jumped off his power shovel, Littlejohn ran to his side. They slid across the clay and stopped at the tubular object. It wasn’t a root. Lying with half its profile exposed above a veneer of sand, a six-foot ivory tusk glistened in the sunlight.” —from Mystery Tusk by Gary Hoyle

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https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Tusk-Gary-Hoyle/dp/194342473X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=55OGP8JQJ4HH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.yOViNlmnlue7lyBpO9DKJrq7046y0RtNq6C2T9DOa07yM8rTjXPWLUwqELcuEk_v4-7tqzTwZ-7b55yPKesn2Fwsp4MWaRf_###jLg8cDPlKXod9-_x5UVxxSQvjaz_1_V4JiiLziMnCxA2p6u9ChNmm--PJpGIOw0hKa97uzlA.KjfkwIsO2734EDUg1gpRiLKBzRyvDXQpuOQ_i1WHqTE&dib_tag=se&keywords=gary+hoyle&qid=1759402088&sprefix=gary+hoyle%2Caps%2C314&sr=8-1

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10/01/2025

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“Home waters are waters quite near home, and are fished often when you can’t get anywhere else and over time, they becom...
09/30/2025

“Home waters are waters quite near home, and are fished often when you can’t get anywhere else and over time, they become intimate—like friends, or better.”
—from Stoneflies & Turtleheads by D. Dauphinee

Conjuring My MotherI’ll use anything for conjuring—An old baked bean recipeWritten in my mother’s handWishing that I som...
09/23/2025

Conjuring My Mother

I’ll use anything for conjuring—
An old baked bean recipe
Written in my mother’s hand
Wishing that I somehow could
Be the very paper on which she’d writ molasses.

-from The North End by Judith Robbins

“For those that a journey is impossible, time may quickly become the enemy. There may be many who will never recover and...
09/17/2025

“For those that a journey is impossible, time may quickly become the enemy. There may be many who will never recover and damage that can never be undone, and overall, a pall that will hang over us even when the renewing sun comes out to play, and it will prevail for a long time. But the one constant among us all, growing louder with the crowd expanding, was a mantra of gratitude at simply being alive after such an ordeal, a near euphoria brought on by survival.” --from Island Odyssey by Cheryl Blaydon

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