Cooper Dillon is a small poetry press committed to upholding the virtues of poetry as a high art and expression of truth, beauty, and sincerity: the values...
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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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Whether in the form of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry, the works they like to publish engage the senses, fire up the neurons, possess a social consciousness, and help make...
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Creators Publishing launched in 2006, and since then it has published more than 180 collection books and original manuscripts under three imprints. Its mission is to find...
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The press is flexible with a broad taste, though most of their books in print are poetry collections.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
Cuidono Press publishes fiction, historical fiction, and history. They look for narratives that take history and culture seriously, whether in service to a great story or in...
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DarkWinter Press and Baxter Editions are looking for novellas, novel-length manuscripts, short story collections, and poetry collections with a twist. They do not publish...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 31, Jul 1 to Jul 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsSubgenres: Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
Reading Period: Apr 15 to Oct 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: PoetrySubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation
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Chapbooks at dipity.press must be themed. It’s an international series open to poets of all ages. The editors highlight abstract poetry both the dark and light (comical side)...
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Divertir Publishing is an independent publisher located in Salem, New Hampshire. Their goal is to provide interesting and entertaining books to the world, as well as to offer...
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Founded in 2011, Down & Out Books is an independent publisher of literary and crime fiction based in Tampa, Florida.
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Dusty Trails Books is a new small press that focuses on American history from the 1840s to the Dust Bowl era.
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Dynamo Verlag publishes works demonstrating nontraditional poetics: genius, eclecticism, and originality.
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Dzanc Books was created in 2006 to advance great writing and champion those writers who don't fit neatly into the marketing niches of for-profit presses and to advance literary...
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Eggtooth Editions holds an annual chapbook contest for any genre of writing, including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, plays, and hybrid/cross-genre/multi-genre work. The...
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Etchings Press is UIndy’s teaching press and publishing laboratory. Writers from around the world submit recently published books to the Whirling Prize in the fall in response...
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fhp, imprint of Sleepy Lemur Quality Enterprises, publishes poetry and prose chapbooks and broadsides in limited editions; established in the early 2000s, fhp editors encourage...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Experimental, Graphic/Illustrated, Prose Poetry, Visual Poetry -
Fallen Tree Press is a small press specializing in publishing poetry chapbooks. FTP is focused on being part of the larger writing community. It’s their intent to promote a...
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Fat Dog Books is an independent online publisher founded on the premise that if their experience with reading a manuscript is satisfying and engages their intellect and...
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Looking for fresh, diverse, original voices for both nonfiction and fiction books. We specialize in the following genres. Nonfiction: pop culture, true crime, and sports....
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Fiction Collective 2 is an author-run, not-for-profit publisher of artistically adventurous, non-traditional fiction.
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Finishing Line Press an award-winning BIPOC + women-owned and -operated small press publisher located in Georgetown, Kentucky. Since 1998. FLP is a proud member of CLMP.
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
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Forest Avenue Press publishes literary fiction on a joyride and the occasional memoir. They especially love working with BIPOC, queer, neurodivergent, and disabled authors. ...
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Foundlings seeks to publish—in paper and ink—the best writing. The press takes its ethic and aesthetic from the Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church. Not all of it; just...
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Four Way Books is dedicated to producing and promoting excellent literary publications and to creating opportunities for writers of merit. They seek to please and expand poetry...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Jun 30, Jan 1 to Mar 31, Nov 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
