Getting Published

Menasha Ridge Press publishes books about outdoor adventure, wilderness sports activities (excluding hunting and fishing), and nature. We also publish a smaller number of books on cooking and worldwide travel. If you would like to submit a book proposal for our consideration, first browse through our website to see if your book idea is a good match for our publishing program. If your concept seems to fit, we would be happy to consider your proposal.  

With that in mind, please follow these guidelines for submission:  

1. Attach a cover letter showing your full name, regular mailing address, phone number, and email address. Include a website address if you have one that is pertinent to your proposal. 

2. Provide a brief synopsis of the book idea. 

3. Describe the book's target audience and why they would buy it. 

4. Note any potential competition (other books in print) and describe how your book brings something new and exciting to the subject area. 

5. Provide a Table of Contents for the book, an introduction, and 2-3 sample chapters. 

6. Provide a short, biographical statement noting your qualifications for writing this book. 

Please note: Response to your proposal will be faster if you submit it and any pertinent digital photographs via email. Send to our acquisitions editor: shaynes@menasharidge.com. Should we want to pursue the possibility of publishing your book, we will require that you submit material as an emailed attachment or on a computer disk. Subsequently, we would be working with you during the editing process via email and attachments.  

If you prefer to send your proposal via regular mail, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope large enough to return submitted materials. If this is not enclosed, we will not return your materials. Never send your only copy of any item, and send copies (not originals) of photographs.

Send such proposals to:  

Acquisitions Editor
Menasha Ridge Press
2204 First Avenue South
Suite 102
Birmingham, AL 35233