Word Palace Press is a nonprofit press that publishes poetry.
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 Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Translation -
The Word Works looks for dynamically arranged manuscripts of well crafted poems. No subject, style, or form restrictions. Manuscripts are read anonymously by poet-readers,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 15 to Mar 15, Mar 15 to May 15, May 1 to Jul 1, Jun 1 to Jul 15Genre: Poetry, Translation -
Wordrunner eChapbooks, having published its 16th and final annual anthology in May 2026 (Issue 57), is henceforth publishing one-author collections of prose and poetry...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 28, Sep 1 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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Write Bloody Publishing publishes and promotes great books of poetry every year. They are a small press with a snappy look, dedicated to quality literature that is proud to be...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to Apr 30Genre: PoetrySubgenres: BIPOC Voices, LGBTQ Voices, Love, Prose Poetry, Speculative Poetry -
Yellow Arrow Publishing supports and inspires writers identifying as women through publication and access to the literary arts. Women’s voices have historically been...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Jun 30Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction -
YesYes Books has been publishing provocative collections of poetry, fiction, and experimental art since 2011. The editors look for work that acknowledges and celebrates their...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jul 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Prose Poetry -
Zone 3 Press is a nonprofit literary press dedicated to publishing and promoting the work of emerging writers. The press sponsors book contests in poetry and nonfiction: the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction
