2Leaf Press is a Black/Brown female-led press whose mission is to publish multigenerational and multicultural poets, authors, artists, activists, and scholars who share stories...
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Whether you are pursuing the publication of your first book or your fifth, use the Small Presses database to find contact information, submission guidelines, and representative authors—everything you need to determine which publishers match your vision for your writing and your writing life. Use the filters below to find presses with reading periods that are open now or opening soon (within the next thirty days), accept unsolicited submissions, and match all of your criteria for the perfect publisher of your work.
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Historical, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry, Translation -
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8th & Atlas Publishing is an international small press that is actively extending the cultural and creative spirit of the literary world. The family-run publishing house...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Mar 31, Sep 1 to Sep 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Regional, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, War, Young Adult -
Under their Bolden imprint, Agate Publishing publishes fiction, nonfiction, and memoirs by Black American authors. Under their Midway imprint, they publish nonfiction with a...
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Akashic Books is a Brooklyn-based independent company dedicated to publishing literary fiction, crime fiction, music/pop culture books, and political nonfiction by authors who...
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akinoga press is a Baltimore-based micro press that specialzes in hand-bound chapbooks of a spacious/minimalist/austere flavor, though on the lookout for anything small, quiet...
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Alternating Current Press is an indie press dedicated to publishing and promoting incredible literature that challenges readers and has an innate sense of self, timelessness,...
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April Gloaming Publishing is a nonprofit Nashville-based independent press that aims to capture and better understand the Southern soul, Southern writing, and the Southern...
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Ashland Creek Press is a small, independent publisher of books for a better planet. Their mission is to publish a range of books that foster an appreciation for worlds outside...
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Assure Press connects authors and artists with the world through inspirational and enlightening poetry, nonfiction, motivational, and educational literature that is mostly, but...
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Autumn House Press is a nationally renowned nonprofit publisher based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, whose mission is to publish and promote poetry and other fine...
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Bellevue Literary Press is devoted to publishing literary fiction and nonfiction at the intersection of the arts and sciences because they believe that science and the...
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BLP is currently accepting engaging stories in search of a great home. Main themes explore the liminal world where anything can happen. Liminal is anything “in-between” or “...
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Established in 2012, Biting Duck Press is an indie press with the goal of providing high-quality, low-cost, highly accessible electronic and print books for...
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Black Beacon Books is an independent publisher founded by author and anthologist, Cameron Trost. It began in Australia in 2013 and is now based in Brittany. It publishes...
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Black Lawrence Press is an independent publisher of contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. They also publish the occasional translation from German. They hold...
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Black Scat Books is a small, independent, not-for-profit press dedicated to publishing sublime art and literature, i.e. eccentric art and obscure texts, absurdist fiction,...
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Black Sun Lit is a print and digital literary press that endeavors to introduce, promote, and support both emerging and experienced writers whose work has little representation...
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BLF Press is an independent Black feminist press dedicated to amplifying the work of Black women and women of color.
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Bloomsday Literary publishes bold, beautifully crafted books by historically excluded writers, whose stories transform and inspire to act.
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Founded in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2015, Blue Ink Press was formed to create a new community of southern writers.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to Mar 14Genre: FictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Historical, Literary Fiction, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Young Adult -
Blydyn Square Books publishes books that make you think: smart, interesting, character-driven fiction and unusual/thought-provoking nonfiction. They have also launched a new...
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BOA Editions publishes within four distinct series: the American Poets Continuum Series (previously published poets); the New Poets of America series (first-...
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Bottom Dog Press / Bird Dog Publishing is a literary small press with five series: Midwest, Working Lives, Harmony, Memoirs, and Appalachian Writing. They’ve also done some...
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Brick Mantel Books publishes innovative works of literary excellence by new and established writers. They value literature as an art, and they publish literary fiction and...
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Brooklyn Arts Press (BAP) is a literary press devoted to publishing chapbooks and full-length collections of poetry, novels, lyrical short fiction, and art monographs by...
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Regional interest only. Cat and Mouse Press primarily publishes novels and short story collections that could be called “beach reads.” They are not accepting submissions at...
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Cervena Barva Press was founded in April of 2005. The press solicits poetry, fiction, and translations from various writers around the world. The editors publish writers who...
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Coffee House Press creates new spaces for audiences and artists to interact, inspiring readers and enriching communities by expanding the definition of what literature is, what...
Read moreReading Period: May 1 to May 31, Oct 1 to Oct 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Translation -
Creators Publishing launched in 2006, and since then it has published more than 180 collection books and original manuscripts under three imprints. Its mission is to find...
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Cuidono Press publishes fiction, historical fiction, and history. They look for narratives that take history and culture seriously, whether in service to a great story or in...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 1 to Aug 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Historical, Literary Fiction -
DarkWinter Press and Baxter Editions are looking for novellas, novel-length manuscripts, short story collections, and poetry collections with a twist. They do not publish...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 31, Jul 1 to Jul 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsSubgenres: Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
Deep Vellum Publishing was founded in 2013 with the mission to bring the world into conversation through publishing literature from around the world, while organizing literary...
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Devil’s Party Press is an imprint of Current Words Publishing, as are the following imprints: Instant Noodles, an online literary magazine, Hawkshaw, for mystery,...
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Digging Press is an independent publisher with a strong commitment to fostering experimentation and cultural inclusion in the realms of literature and visual arts. The editors...
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Divertir Publishing is an independent publisher located in Salem, New Hampshire. Their goal is to provide interesting and entertaining books to the world, as well as to offer...
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Dzanc Books was created in 2006 to advance great writing and champion those writers who don't fit neatly into the marketing niches of for-profit presses and to advance literary...
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Factory Hollow Press publishes poetry and prose books, chapbooks and broadsides in both limited and trade editions. FHP is a publishing imprint of Sleepy Lemur Quality...
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Fat Dog Books is an independent online publisher founded on the premise that if their experience with reading a manuscript is satisfying and engages their intellect and...
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Finishing Line Press an award-winning BIPOC + women-owned and -operated small press publisher located in Georgetown, Kentucky. Since 1998. FLP is a proud member of CLMP.
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Forest Avenue Press publishes literary fiction on a joyride and the occasional memoir. They especially love working with BIPOC, queer, neurodivergent, and disabled authors. ...
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Foundlings seeks to publish—in paper and ink—the best writing. The press takes its ethic and aesthetic from the Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church. Not all of it; just...
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Ghostbird Press exists to bring literature and visual art together through chapbooks.
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Golden Antelope Press is a small press operated in conjunction with, or spun off from, its sister presses, the more scholarly Blazing Sapphire and Naciketas Presses. The focus...
Read moreReading Period: May 1 to Oct 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsSubgenres: Cross-genre, Feminist, Historical, Literary Fiction, Pop Culture -
Graywolf Press is a leading independent publisher committed to the discovery and energetic publication of twenty-first century American and international literature. They...
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Established in 2015, Half Mystic Press is an international, independent, and interdisciplinary publishing house dedicated to the celebration of music in all its forms.
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Harvard Square Editions is looking for literary fiction and non-fiction of social and environmental value. Its mission is transcend national boundaries, publishing manuscripts...
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Founded in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1995, Hub City Press is the South’s premier independent literary press. Focused on finding and spotlighting extraordinary new and...
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Ice Cube Press explores the pulse and voice of the Heartland through the use of the literary arts. How can people best live in the Midwest, from fiction and fact, to journalism...
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Illuminated Press is a micro publisher that amplifies a wide range of voices through publishing. Writers of any age and experience whose work explores social, political, and/or...
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Jaded Ibis is feminist press committed to publishing socially engaged literature with an emphasis on the voices of people of color, people with disabilities, and other...
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Journal of Experimental Fiction (JEF) Books publishes the foremost in innovative fiction.
Reading Period: Jun 1 to Aug 1Genre: FictionSubgenres: Experimental, Literary Fiction -
k+p press was founded in 2020 by Beth Kantrowitz and Roberta Paul, childhood friends and longtime artistic collaborators, who were inspired to launch a new creative venture...
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Kerpunkt Press is an independent publisher of literary works. They enjoy symbolism, non-traditional plots, and experimentation. They like challenging. In short...
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Lanternfish Press, founded in Philadelphia in 2013, publishes literature of the rare and strange: fiction that crosses the boundary between literary and speculative; real or...
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Launch Point Press (LPP) is a lesbian-oriented press publishing quality works by newer authors now “launching” their careers or by more experienced authors...
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Legacy Book Press, LLC is a traditional publisher seeking to traditionally publish personal stories, widely defined. It must be book-length (at least 100 pages) but can take...
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Loblolly Press is a press publishing poetry, short fiction, and novels from new and established writers. Loblolly Press publishes work that embodies a profound sense of place,...
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Longship Press is a small-press publishing company based in Marin County, California. Its aim is to give voice to writers and canvas to artists. Providing the printed page to...
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Established in 1978, Loom Press publishes books by emerging writers and artists from the New England area. In addition to poetry, Loom Press titles range from documentary...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Regional -
The mission of Madville Publishing is to produce, publish, and market literary works of the highest quality that reflect the diversity of the modern English-speaking world....
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Resonant writing in most genres. For 40+ years, Manic D has published a diverse spectrum of titles by a wide range of writers.
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Mayapple Press is a small literary press founded in 1978 by poet and editor Judith Kerman. They focus on literature not often celebrated by either the mainstream or the avant-...
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An independent house since 1974, McPherson & Company publishes contemporary English and American fiction, 20th century international fiction in translation, nonfiction in...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Nov 30Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Experimental, Historical, Literary Fiction, Translation -
New American Press is an independent literary publisher committed to bringing readers the best in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translations from across the...
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New Door Books publishes original, innovative, book-length literature, mostly fiction.
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NMP is a publisher of chapbooks and broadsides. The press has a pretty wide aesthetic range and acquires manuscripts primarily through their yearly chapbook contest ($1,000...
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NDSU Press publishes regional scholarship and literary contributions. Their region includes the Red River Valley, the state of North Dakota, the Great Plains of the United...
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Other Press attracts authors who are guided by a passion to discover the limits of knowledge and imagination.
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Provocative reading. Literary, engaged, independent, forward-leaning. Exceptional fiction. Unexpected essays. Voices to be reckoned with. Their fiction belongs to a broad range...
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Participant Press is the publishing enterprise of Participant Inc. The primary focus of the press is to publish artists’ works of fiction and artists books.
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P+B Publications is an independent publisher, seeking the best new work by women and nonbinary authors. In the spirit of Pen + Brush, they believe fervently that their...
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Persea Books is an independent, literary publishing house founded in 1975 by Michael Braziller and Karen Braziller, who still own and direct the company. Over the past decades...
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Pieran Springs Press is a literary publisher of poetry, novels, short stories, and both general and academic creative nonfiction with a focus on memoir and essays. Their...
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Pig Roast Publishing was founded by Jeff Schneider in Providence, Rhode Island. An independent press, Pig Roast Publishing is focused on transgressive and outsider books with a...
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Poetry and microfiction with a strong narrative. They like the lyrical, embrace the formal as well as spoken word. Clarity is essential. They love pop culture.
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Publishing Genius aims to make the best books by devoted members of the global literary community, and to make them in the most interesting and progressive ways. That’s because...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry -
Raven Chronicles strives to publish and showcase work that embodies the cultural diversity of writers and artists; work that expresses family and forebears; work that connects...
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Read Furiously wants to create a new generation of readers—furious readers—who view reading as a necessary part to living in this busy world. They publish original prose,...
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Red Bird Chapbooks publishes high quality handmade chapbooks that introduce aspiring and inspiring writers and artists to a larger audience. Red Bird provides a venue for new...
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Red Hen Press is committed to publishing work of literary excellence, supporting diversity, and promoting literacy in local schools. They seek a community of readers and...
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Red Mountain Press seeks evocative, manuscripts that address contemporary life and have lasting value. The books represent the point of view of the authors and are beautiful...
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Restless Books is an independent, nonprofit publisher devoted to championing essential voices from around the world whose stories speak to readers across linguistic and...
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Running Wild Press publishes great stories with great writing that don’t fit neatly in a box. RIZE Press publishes great genre stories written by those from underrepresented...
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Saddle Road is looking for reflective, authentic literary voices and originality of language. The press will reopen for submissions in late 2025 or early 2026.
Reading Period: Nov 1 to Dec 15Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Nature/Environmental -
Sagging Meniscus Press publishes nonconformist, aesthetically self-determined literature—books that want to be themselves.
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SFWP is an independent press dedicated to the craft of writing, artistic preservation, recognizing exciting new authors, and bringing out of print work back to the shelves....
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Sea Crow Press is an award-winning woman-run independent publisher based on Cape Cod in Massachusetts committed to amplifying voices that might otherwise go unheard. In a...
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Solum Literary Press currently publishes poetry chapbooks and collections, novellas, novels, and short story collections.
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The Song Cave is dedicated to recovering a lost sensibility and creating a new one by publishing books of poetry, translations, art criticism, and making art prints and other...
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Spaceboy Books seeks weird, innovative, and optimistic science fiction from new and published authors. Quality, inventive, and engaging prose, plus fun new ideas, will catch...
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Split/Lip Press is dedicated to publishing boundary-breaking fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid books, lifting the transition boards that prevent fluidity and smashing those they...
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Spurl Editions (est. 2015) is an independent publisher of unusual literature and photography, specializing in works fitting for “our current decrepit and apocalyptic world.”...
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: FictionSubgenres: LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Translation -
Sterncastle Publishing is an independent, traditional publisher focusing on fiction, folklore, poetry, memoir, and biography. Sterncastle’s mission is to broaden the literary...
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Stillhouse Press is committed to publishing writers, both emerging and established. They focus specifically on the idea “craft publishing,” working with authors to bring their...
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Susquehanna University Press publishes book-length literary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. The editors look for work that will appeal to local, regional, and...
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Founded in 2021 by husband and wife team Grace and Tyler Wittkofsky, Tea With Coffee Media is a team of indie authors, designers, and editors who have a goal of helping indie...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Regional, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, War, Young Adult -
Thirty West Publishing House is open to many literary themes and poetic forms and styles. Never really pigeonholed themselves to one market. They enjoy the succinct, the...
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Three Rooms Press is a fierce New York-based independent publisher inspired by dada, punk, and passion. Founded in 1993, it serves as a leading independent publisher of cut-the...
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Tupelo Press, which released its first five books in fall 2001, is an independent, literary press devoted to discovering and publishing works of poetry, literary fiction, and...
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Twelve House Books is an independent publisher that releases a variety of fiction and poetry every year. The Acquisitions Editor looks for...
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Twisted Road Publications seeks to publish gifted writers whose works are underrepresented by corporate marketing. They are partial to the writer who possesses a gift for...
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Ugly Duckling Presse is a mission-driven small press that publishes poetry, translation, experimental nonfiction, performance texts, and books by artists. UDP favors emerging,...
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Unbound Edition Press is guided by a mission to respect and elevate emerging, underappreciated, and marginalized authors, with a strong commitment to advancing LGBTQ+ and BIPOC...
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The University of Wisconsin Press is a not-for-profit publisher of books and journals. Their mission embodies the Wisconsin Idea by publishing work of distinction that serves...
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Treating each book as a work of art, Unleash Press publishes a limited number of single-author manuscripts each year. The editors are currently looking for manuscripts that...
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V Press is a small press committed to the discovery of writing that transcends the ordinary. The editors believe in developing and encouraging the creative writing voice in our...
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Taking inspiration from the idea of the veliz, in 2015 Veliz Books began crossing literary borders and championing work that transcends time and trends. Veliz Books is...
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Vine Leaves Press likes to blur the line between commercial and experimental works. They publish biography/autobiography, creative nonfiction, reference books, short story...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 1 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Historical, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Young Adult -
Vulgar Marsala Press was founded in 2009 and revamped in 2020. In a nutshell, the editors seek to facilitate the internal bleeding of poetry and fiction into arthouse cinema,...
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The Washington Writers’ Publishing House is currently open for submissions to their 50th anniversary anthology, AMERICA’S FUTURE. The editors seek poetry and prose...
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Wave Books is an independent poetry press based in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to publishing poetry and books by poets.
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Wet Cement Press is a small press based in Berkeley, California, with editors in Reno, Nevada, and Asheville, North Carolina. The press typically publishes three to five books...
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What Books Press was founded in 2009 to create an outlet for groundbreaking fiction, poetry, and translation. The editors are strongly committed to new, innovative...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation -
Winter Goose Publishing, LLC, is a press founded in 2011. It is a royalty-paying trade publisher that has focused on books the editors feel are strong in a unique style,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Wising Up Press is a press with a clear social mission, fostering an appreciation of the rewards and challenges of pluralism at every level in society, and, most importantly,...
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Wordrunner eChapbooks publishes two mini collections of prose in August and December, each by one author, both online and in e-book format, and an annual themed anthology of...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 28, May 1 to Jun 30, Sep 1 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
WTAW Press is an independent, nonprofit literary press devoted to discovering and publishing enduring literary works. WTAW publishes a carefully curated list of titles across a...
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A series of the University of Nebraska Press, Zero Street Fiction is committed to quality LGBTQ+ literary fiction of all kinds, from stories of modern life to historical...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Apr 1Genre: FictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction
