Under our Bolden imprint, we publish fiction, nonfiction, and memoirs by Black American authors. Under our Midway imprint, we publish nonfiction with a particular focus on...
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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: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Regional -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 7 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Alternating Current is an independent press dedicated to publishing and promoting incredible literature that challenges readers and has an innate sense of self, timelessness,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Ananke Press is a small, independent press in New York City with a focus on smart speculative fiction. We welcome odd and unexpected stories,...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Aug 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: FictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction -
“You might describe us as a heavy metal acid trip via literature. We believe books are hallucinogens suffused with emotion, feeling, and sensation. Our books wobble in the...
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April Gloaming Publishing is a Nashville-based independent press that aims to capture and better understand the Southern soul, Southern writing, and the Southern holler.
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Ashland Creek Press is a small, independent publisher of books for a better planet. Our 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, non-fiction, motivational, and educational literature that is...
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Autumn House is a nonprofit, independent press that has the mission of publishing poetry and other fine literature. We are committed not just to publishing the prominent...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to May 31, Oct 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
