Small Presses

Whether you're pursuing the publication of your first book or your fifth, use our Small Presses database to research publisher interests, contact information, and submission guidelines.

Small Press	Genres Published	Electronic Submissions?	Simultaneous Submissions?	Reading Period
2River We prefer poems with these qualities: image, subtlety, and point of view; a surface of worldly exactitude, as well as a depth of semantic ambiguity; and a voice that negotiates with its body of predecessors.	Poetry	Yes	No	Jan 1 - Dec 31
	Book Type: Chapbook
A Midsummer Night's Press Independent poetry press publishing primarily under the imprints Body Language (LGBT and sexuality) and Fabula Rasa (myth and fairy tale).	Poetry	No	No	Jan 1

Able Muse Press To publish emerging and established poets and writers. To publish anthologies of poetry, fiction, and art. To publish periodical print versions of Able Muse.	Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction	Yes	Yes	May 1 - Jul 15
	Book Type: Chapbook, Novella, Short story collections, Essay collections Subgenre: Nonfiction
Adastra Press Begun in 1979 by poet, teacher, and printer Gary Metras to print and publish short collections of quality contemporary poetry using the methods and equipment of the antique book arts. The operation survives on a desired small scale without grants through the hard work of the publisher, the poets selected for publication, and the readers and buyers of the books: may we each and all survive in poetry.	Poetry	No	Yes	Feb 1 - Feb 28
	Book Type: Chapbook
Ahsahta Press Ahsahta Press believes that poetry is art and looks for work that manifests that idea. We represent a variety of aesthetic stances and do our best to stand behind our authors for more than one book, thus the hiatus on unsolicited submissions.	Poetry	Yes	Yes	Mar 1 - May 1

Airlie Press Airlie Press is a shared-work, nonprofit poetry collective dedicated to providing an alternative publishing avenue for poets living in Oregon's Willamette Valley.	Poetry	No	Yes	Jul 1 - Sep 24