Though not their only interest, Blue Horse Press has a strong like for poetry of place and the relationship between lives and landscapes. Most importantly, they seek an economy...
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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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Blydyn Square Books publishes books that make you think: smart, interesting, character-driven fiction and unusual/thought-provoking nonfiction. They have a children’s imprint (...
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Boa Editions publishes within four distinct series: the American Poets Continuum Series (previously published poets); the New Poets of America series (first-...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Brick Mantel Books publishes innovative works of literary excellence by new and established writers. We value literature as an art, and they publish literary fiction and...
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Bright Hill Press seeks out the work of contemporary poets for publication. The editors do not consider student work or work by unpublished poets.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 28, Jul 1 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry -
Broken Tribe Press was formed to meet the needs of wanderers, misplaced artists, and misfits of the literary world. With a domestic North American focus, Broken Tribe publishes...
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Bull City Press has a passion for the unusual, the surprising, and the arresting, but what we love most is the miracle of compression. Whether it’s poetry, fiction, or creative...
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Button Poetry values energy and voice and force, work that crosses borders or effaces them completely, work that enters into larger social conversations, work that lives in the...
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Bywater Books, Inc. represents the coming of age of queer literature.
The Bywater Books mission is to publish well-written commercial...
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Cactus Press is a Montréal-based poetry press dedicated to discovering new and idiosyncratic voices. The editors embrace poetry in all its forms, from traditional lyric and...
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CavanKerry Press seeks materials from the broadest range of writers, including people of color and people with disabilities. We are partial to writers whose distinct voices are...
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Charlotte Lit Press welcomes submissions of poetry chapbook manuscripts from writers of all backgrounds to be considered for publication in their chapbook series. They are open...
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The press publishes two books a year. A modest reading fee pays for the publication of the book. It also publishes winners in four additional no-cost contests: Romance Reigns (...
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The focus of the Cholla Needles Arts & Literary Library is mostly poetry. The press has a specialized series of poetry/art books with art created by the author, or a...
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Circling Rivers is an independent publisher of literary nonfiction and poetry by and about Walt Whitman.
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Codhill Press is devoted exclusively to the advancement and appreciation of the finest works in poetry and prose which promise to search out important meanings for life.
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Coffee House Press creates new spaces for audiences and artists to interact, inspiring readers and enriching communities by expanding the definition of what literature is, what...
Read moreReading Period: May 1 to May 31, Oct 1 to Oct 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Translation -
Complicit Press is a nonprofit publishing imprint of the Execution Intervention Project. It publishes books about the death penalty, death sentences, and executions. It seeks...
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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 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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The press is flexible with a broad taste, though most of their books in print are poetry collections.
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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...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 1 to Aug 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Historical, Literary Fiction -
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 31Subgenres: Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction
