This submission form is used to gather submissions for our 2025 Local Wishlist.

Applications are free and open to all who make a product in Nova Scotia, or who operate an independently owned Nova Scotia business that sells Nova Scotian-made products or offers local services (tours, packages, culinary offerings, etc). Submitted products must be made and/or designed in Nova Scotia, or feature a Nova Scotia artist to be eligible. Click here to view the 2024 Local Wishlist.

You may submit more than one item for consideration to the Local Wishlist, but you must submit each item separately. Please submit each gift item only once.

Here’s How To Apply:

Category: Select the category that best suits your gift submission from the drop down menu. If we think it suits another category better, or more than one, we will make changes during our review.

Upload Image: Images should be a minimum of 1000px by 1000px wide and in a square format, or able to be appropriately cropped to a square by us. Blurry or dark images will not be accepted. Images must be .JPG or .PNG. We cannot accept PDFs. You must own the rights to your image. It should be of a single gift item, without text, overlays, watermarks, or borders added. No ads or logos (other than on packaging), please. No images of gift cards or event tickets. You’ll find more info here. Please note, you must upload a photo with your submission, or the submission will not come through on our end.

Description: Be clear and reasonably brief, but include necessary information. If you offer something you feel is particularly helpful for buyers, like free local delivery or expedited shipping, add that information to the end of your description.

Website link: Include the link to the main or landing page of your website, Etsy page, or other website you sell from, if applicable. For some vendors, this may be your Facebook or Instagram page.

Link to Buy Online: This should be a direct link to the actual item online, if applicable.

Where to Buy: List the retailers stocking your products, and/or markets and gift shows you’ll be attending. If the list is long, it may need to be edited. You can also direct buyers to your website, if you have a list of stockists there.

Where is product made: Include the name of your town/city or region of the province. For example, “Mahone Bay, NS” or “South Shore, NS”. If your product is designed in Nova Scotia but all or part of the manufacturing is done elsewhere, include that information in your description, but specify the location where it was designed in this field.

Contact name and contact email address: Please include your full name and a valid address.

Option that best describes your process: None of these options might describe your process exactly, but choose the closest one.

Click the blue “submit form” button located under the application boxes. If your submission has been uploaded successfully, you’ll be sent to a thank you confirmation page. We do not send out confirmation emails.

Products should be available for the entire campaign period, if at all possible – from November 12th to December 24th. If your product won’t be available for purchase until after November 12th, or will be removed from sale before December 24th, you must let us know in the item description of your submission. (This doesn’t include items that simply sell out before the 24th.)

We encourage all businesses submitting a gift item to put some focus on taking a beautiful, quality image that meets the submission guidelines and shows off your product to its best advantage, as we have found that this has a huge impact on sales. A poor quality image may eliminate your submission from consideration for the list. Please see our Image Guide for more information on submitting an appropriate photo.

The Local Wishlist is a curated list of products and services selected from all applications received. Preference will be given to items that have not previously appeared on the list. Application does not guarantee inclusion and not all items submitted will appear on the Local Wishlist. Applications are reviewed and selections are made using a predetermined checklist. Category pages may be limited to a maximum number of gifts.

Our focus in selecting gift submissions is on providing our readers with a collection of beautifully presented local gift selections from across the province that range in price and gift type. Our goal is to create a list that makes finding and purchasing local gifts easy for your potential customers.

Submissions close at midnight on October 22nd, 2025. Applicants will be notified by November 10th.

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If you’re interested in advertising or becoming a sponsor for our 2025 Local Wishlist, or have questions about your application, please contact Kate at [email protected].