Arsenal Pulp Press Submissions

Arsenal Pulp Press

(Novels, Non-fiction, Kid’s, YA, Poetry)
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Arsenal Pulp Press does not disappoint

About Arsenal Pulp Press

Winner of the Jim Douglas Publisher of the Year Award, awarded by the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia (2007 and 2020)

Five-time finalist, Small Press Publisher of the Year, Canadian Booksellers Association (2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)

Arsenal Pulp Press is based in Vancouver, Canada, with over 400 titles currently in print. Types and topics of books include:

– Literary Fiction
– Non-Fiction
– Poetry
– Social Issues
– Gender Studies
– Lgbtq2s
– BIPOC Literature
– Graphic Novels
– Children’s
– YA
– Regional History
– Cookbooks
– Alternative Crafts

Operating on just a small staff, located in the historic Vancouver district of Chinatown, Arsenal Pulp publishes between 15 and 20 new titles every year. AP books are distributed in Canada, as well as the US, Great Britain, Australia, and English-speaking Europe.

See if your book fits in with these Arsenal Pulp titles.

Meet Brian Lam, Publisher of Arsenal Press

Brian Lam (Publisher), a graduate of the University of Victoria’s creative writing program, has been with Arsenal since 1984, becoming co-owner of the company in 1992.

Lam is a former president of the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia and the Association of Canadian Publishers, and a former board members of the Association for the Export of Canadian Books.

Read the Lam interview at Hamilton Review of Books.

Arsenal Pulp Press Submissions

Unsolicited submissions welcome. No agent required.

AP is considering manuscripts in the following subject areas only:

– Books by BIPOC and LGBTQ2S+ author
– Literary fiction and non-fiction
– Political/sociological studies
– Cultural studies
– Regional (BC) non-fiction
– Graphic novels and graphic non-fiction
– Kid’s
– Craft books
– AP is not interested in:
– Self-help
– Business
– Genre fiction

Visual works, including graphic novels/non-fiction and children’s picture books, should include sample illustrated pages.

You can email your proposal to submissions@arsenalpulp.com. Please do not request updates on your submission.

Also, check out their Call for Submissions page.

Arsenal Pulp 2025 titles

– Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew
– A Drop in the Ocean by Lea Taranto
– The Dissident Club by Taha Siddiqui & Hubert Maury
– Runs in the Blood by Michael J. Trafford
– Burning Sugar by Vivek Shraya

2026 titles

– Staying Power by Zena Sharman
– Eddy’s Shadow Puppets by Karina Zhou
– Isaac by Curtis Garner

Arsenal Pulp in the news…

Something, Not Nothing: Eisner Award Finalist

Something, Not Nothing: A Story of Grief and Love by Sarah Leavitt is a finalist for the Eisner Awards. It is a finalist in the category of Memoir, alongside such other nominees as Pulitzer Prize winner Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls.

Nominations for the 2025 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are for works published during 2024 and were chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges. The Eisner Award trophies will be presented in a gala awards ceremony to be held at the San Diego Hilton Bayfront Hotel during Comic-Con on July 25.

Congratulations to Sarah and all the other nominees.

See if your book fits in with these Arsenal Pulp titles.