The Head & the Hand’s mission is to publish writing that has the power to spark change and entertain, and the socially conscious Shockwire Chapbook Series is our gambit to raise the storytelling stakes.

Shockwire stories are snapshots of a time and place where expressions of curiosity, empathy, and acceptance shine a light on their absence in everyday life. Through our spring and fall 2018 Shockwire series, we have published stories of homelessness, immigration, intersectionality, and civil rights history.

We seek chapbook and full-length poetry collections and have a wide aesthetic with a penchant for concision, strong imagery, inventive language, and emotional authenticity. A strong sense of sentiment without sentimentality. 

My goal is to run a publishing press where the publisher and the author work together to edit, publish, promote, and contribute to the literary conversation. 

 Get Fresh Books LLC is a cooperative press, where our authors, editors, and the publisher create and pursue a vision for the writer's work. 

Sonder Press, sister to The Sonder Review, is an independant publisher of fiction and narrative nonfiction. We publish short fiction and essay collections, as well as full-length works. We also hold an annual chapbook competition, open to both fiction and narrative nonfiction, published in the spring; and are home to The Best Small Fictions anthology We believe in the profundity of the written word and the necessity of paper beneath your fingertips. We believe incredibly strongly in our authors and take immense pride in bringing their vision to fruition.

Gunpowder Press is a small poetry press located in Santa Barbara, California. Founded in 2014, the press hosts the annual Barry Spacks Poetry Prize for a book of poems. David Starkey and Chryss Yost are co-editors.

Great Weather for MEDIA focuses on the unpredictable, the fearless, the bright, the dark, and the innovative… We are based in New York City and showcase both national and international writers. As well as publishing the highest quality poetry and prose, we organize readings, performances, and book releases in New York City and across the country. We publish a yearly poetry and prose anthology from open submission plus single poet collections.

Gold Wake holds one Open Reading period per year, held in the spring, and open to full-length manuscripts in all genres. We do not charge a separate contest/submission fee—if you buy a Gold Wake book through Submittable, you get a free manuscript submission. This supports our writers, gets you a book, and is more ethical than charging a reading fee. We publish roughly 4–6 titles per year from the submissions we receive. If your book is selected, you can count on a positive, personal experience.

Gold Line Press aims to promote the work of emerging poets and fiction writers, as well as to promote / elevate the chapbook form. The Gold Line Press editorial board does not adhere to any specific aesthetic approach. Overall, our goal is to showcase exceptional emerging writers and reward them not only with publication, but also with broad distribution of their work to reviewers and bloggers.

Gertrude Press is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization showcasing and developing the creative talents of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer-identified, and allied individuals. 

We seek to publish—in paper and ink—the best writing. We take our ethic and aesthetic from the Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church. Not all of it; just Canon 1115, which closes with the provoking observation that "Foundlings are presumed to be legitimate until the contrary is proved." 

We also take direction from Coco Chanel, who observed that “style is all that endures.”