Subgenres: Autobiography/Memoir

Pennsylvania Literary Journal
Pennsylvania Literary Journal is a printed and digital journal that publishes scholarly essays on a range of topics, periods, genres and fields, as well as book reviews, short fiction stories, interviews, photographs, art, and poetry.... Read more

Jaded Ibis Press
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 historically silenced and culturally marginalized voices.

Kweli Journal
Kweli is a quarterly literary publication that celebrates cultural kinships and the role of the literary imagination. It seeks literature and poems “full of vitamins,” that sing the truth. High-quality literary work that is beautiful,... Read more

pacificREVIEW: A West Coast Arts Review Annual
The pacificREVIEW is an annual review of prose, poetry, and artwork on a given theme, published in affiliation with San Diego State University Press. For 2025-26, their co-editors are Lola Schroeder & Nathan Nguyen. The 2025-26... Read more

Red Hen Press
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 writers who are actively engaged in the essential human practice known as... Read more
Lisa Bankoff

Aquarius Press
Aquarius Press develops, publishes and promotes talented writers typically underrepresented in the literary marketplace. The Willow Books division specializes in the works of writers of color.

University of Iowa Press
Works of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. The press publishes the winners of the Iowa Short Fiction Award and the Iowa Poetry Prize, novels, biographies, memoirs, books on the literature, history, culture, wildlife, and natural areas of... Read more

Mayapple Press
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-garde. This includes poetry which is both challenging and accessible;... Read more



