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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: Jan 1 to Mar 31, Apr 1 to Jul 31, Sep 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Flash Fiction, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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Believing in literature’s practical ability to create empathy and therefore a better world, Publishing Genius exists to make the best books by devoted members of the global...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry -
Radix Media publishes new ideas and fresh perspectives, prioritizing the voices of typically marginalized communities to get to the root of the human experience. We are looking...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Political, Serialized Fiction -
Books that inspire and provoke. Authors with passion and ideas. Readers who enjoy literature straight from the heart. Ragged Sky is more than a small press—it’s a forum for...
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Raven Chronicles strives to publish and showcase work that embodies the cultural diversity of writers and artists; work that expresses family and forebears; work that connects...
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As Read Furiously, we want to create a new generation of readers - furious readers - who view reading as a necessary part to living in this busy world. We publish original...
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Red Bird Chapbooks publishes high quality handmade chapbooks that introduce aspiring and inspiring writers and artists to a larger audience. Red Bird provides a venue for new...
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Red Dirt Press, LLC is dedicated to publishing emerging and established voices of the contemporary American South. We are drawn to voices that shine a light on the complexities...
Read moreReading Period: May 17 to Aug 17Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre -
Red Hen Press is committed to publishing work of literary excellence, supporting diversity, and promoting literacy in our local schools. We seek a community of readers and...
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Red Mountain Press seeks evocative, well-edited poetry and literary narratives that address contemporary life and has lasting value. Their books represent the point of view of...
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Regal House seeks works of literary fiction, historical fiction, and memoirs. Our imprint Fitzroy Books publishes Young Adult and Middle Grade fiction; our Fugere Books series...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Young Adult -
Founded in 2012, Relegation Books works to connect readers and writers on a smaller, more intimate scale, understanding that success isn’t always measured by sales numbers.
Reading Period: Apr 1 to Jul 15Genre: Fiction -
Restless Books is an independent, nonprofit publisher devoted to championing essential voices from around the world whose stories speak to readers across linguistic and...
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rinky dink press (rdp) is on a mission to get poetry back in the hands (and pockets) of the people. To date, the press has published over one hundred single-author micro-...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Jul 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Micro-poetry -
River River Books was founded by Amorak Huey and Han VanderHart in March 2022. Inspired by the idea that you cannot step in the same river twice, at River River Books, two...
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Founded in January of 2006, Rose Metal Press is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit publisher whose mission is to produce beautiful books in hybrid genres, by which we mean...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Jun 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Prose Poetry -
Running Wild Press publishes great stories with great writing that don’t fit neatly in a box. And RIZE Press publishes great genre stories written by those from...
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Saddle Road is looking for reflective, authentic literary voices embodying the rich, diverse history and heritages of the English language. It welcomes writing that is joyful,...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 15 to Feb 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: 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 -
Saint Julian Press as a literary and educational organization embraces a vision to create a local and worldwide community, by engaging in a literary and artistic dialogue that...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 1, Sep 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry -
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. We...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
An independent literary press dedicated to poetry, short fiction, and essay.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 15, Jul 1 to Jul 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The mission of Saturnalia Books is to publish literary works, primarily poetry, of high merit, by new and established writers; to encourage collaboration and communication...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 15 to Apr 1Genre: Poetry -
Savant Books and Publications seeks previously-unpublished literary works of enduring value with a twist that expand and transform English readers' point-of-view throughout the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
