Saddle Road is looking for reflective, authentic literary voices and originality of language. The press will reopen for submissions in early 2026.
Small Presses
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: Nov 1 to Dec 15Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Nature/Environmental -
Sagging Meniscus Press publishes nonconformist, aesthetically self-determined literature—books that want to be themselves.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
SFWP is an independent press dedicated to the craft of writing, artistic preservation, recognizing exciting new authors, and bringing out of print work back to the shelves....
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Sea Crow Press is an award-winning woman-run independent publisher based on Cape Cod in Massachusetts committed to amplifying voices that might otherwise go unheard. In a...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Shanti Arts Publishing is devoted to producing beautiful and compelling books related to art, nature, and spirit.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Sterncastle Publishing is an independent, traditional publisher focusing on fiction, folklore, poetry, memoir, and biography. Sterncastle’s mission is to broaden the literary...
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Stillhouse Press publishes surprising, gutsy fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that can’t or doesn’t want to find a home in big publishing. ...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Feb 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
