Open Country Press was established in 2016 by Natalie Peeterse, who runs the press along with Autumn Toennis. The press’ mission is to publish high quality and dynamic literary...
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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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Open Letter—the University of Rochester's nonprofit, literary translation press—is one of only a handful of publishing houses dedicated to increasing access to world literature...
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The mission of the Origami Poems Project™ is the encouragement of literature & the arts by bringing free poetry to everyone through the printing and distribution of free...
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Orison Books is a 501(c)(3) non-profit literary press focused on the life of the spirit from a broad and inclusive range of perspectives.
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An independent publisher of poetry that runs counter to the mainstream. Ornithopter Press has published individual collections by contemporary authors since 2014.
Reading Period: Sep 22 to Nov 12Genre: Poetry -
Other Press attracts authors who are guided by a passion to discover the limits of knowledge and imagination. We publish novels, short stories, and essays from America and...
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Provocative reading. Literary, engaged, independent, forward-leaning. Exceptional fiction. Unexpected essays. Voices to be reckoned with... Our fiction belongs to a broad range...
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Each annual anthology offers $1000 in cash prizes for poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction on a given theme.
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Overcup Press is an independent publishing house with national distribution.
Query letters on these nonfiction topics are of particular interest:
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Bringing together poets and artists to create affordable letterpress printed poetry booklets (pamphlets).
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Established in 2016, PALOMA PRESS is a San Francisco Bay Area-based independent literary press publishing poetry, prose, and limited edition books. We donate a portion of our ...
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At Pandamoon, we are entrepreneurs at heart, filled with the drive and passion to create the changes we want to see in the publishing world. A world where all talented voices...
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We like the experimental as well as the accessible; we love prose poems and erasures, but also sonnets and sestinas. Many people associate chapbooks with only poetry, but we're...
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Parlor Press's primary goal is to publish outstanding writing and scholarship in a variety of subjects for a broad range of readers. We value excellence,...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Creative NonfictionGenres: Literary Fiction
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Passager Books is a part of Passager journal, devoted to promoting the work of older writers. Passager Books publishes a select number of books each year by writers who have...
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Reading Period: Jul 1 to Jul 31Genres: Prose Poetry
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P+B Publications is an independent publisher, seeking the best new work by women and non-binary authors. In the spirit of Pen + Brush, we believe fervently that our publishing...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction -
Are you looking for a good read? Fiction or nonfiction, our books will tickle the imagination and tantalize the mind. Our mission is to discover and promote new, talented...
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Persea Books is an independent, literary publishing house founded in 1975 by Michael Braziller and Karen Braziller, who still own and direct the company. Over the past decades...
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Perugia Press publishes the best new women poets in the country. Each year we produce one book, the winner of our annual contest. Our mission is to produce beautiful books that...
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We need to read two sample poems before accepting full manuscripts for consideration. Manuscripts should be in word documents (not google docs), have poems left-justified, and...
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Plan B Press encourages, captures, presents and preserves contemporary poetry by publishing and presenting emerging poets. A small independent publishing company that primarily...
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Platypus Press is an independent publisher based in England. We seek to unearth innovative contemporary poetry and prose from a broad variety of voices and experiences.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Dedicated to enriching readers with eye-opening stories and poetry by incredible talent, with heart, originality, and love of language.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Jul 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
