Wild Ember Press has recently moved toward the collective sense of creating “auto fiction,” that sweet emergent form of memoir. Within those stories, they are looking for...
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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 NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Experimental, Historical, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Wildhouse Publications exists to enliven the spiritual quests of people outside or on the margins of established religious and spiritual traditions through books that are...
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Willow Springs Books is a literary press housed in Eastern Washington University’s Inland Northwest Center for Writers in Spokane. Under the direction of poet Christopher...
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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 -
Wiseblood Books fosters works of fiction, poetry, and philosophy that render truths with what Flannery O’Connor called an unyielding “realism of distances.” Such works find...
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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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Wolfson Press publishes books in the arts and humanities, including literary titles (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction). The press has a special interest in the region...
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Word Palace Press is a nonprofit press that publishes poetry.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Translation -
Word Works looks for dynamically arranged manuscripts of carefully crafted poems. No subject, style, or form restrictions. Manuscripts are read anonymously by poet-readers,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 15 to Mar 15, Mar 15 to Apr 30, May 1 to Jun 15, Jun 1 to Jul 15Genre: Poetry -
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...
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WordTech Communications, LLC, is one of the nation’s largest poetry publishers, bringing out approximately 30 titles per year. Their six imprints focus on lyric, narrative,...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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Write Bloody Publishing publishes and promotes great books of poetry every year. They are a small press with a snappy look, dedicated to quality literature that is proud to be...
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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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Yellow Arrow Publishing supports and inspires writers identifying as women through publication and access to the literary arts. Women’s voices have historically been...
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YesYes Books has been publishing provocative collections of poetry, fiction, and experimental art since 2011. The editors look for work that acknowledges and celebrates their...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Prose Poetry -
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 -
Zone 3 Press is a nonprofit literary press dedicated to publishing and promoting the work of emerging writers. The press sponsors book contests in poetry and nonfiction: the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
