Diode Editions is an independent press based in Doha, Qatar, and Richmond, Virginia. Editor in chief Patty Paine founded the press in 2012 as an offshoot of diode poetry...
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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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Reading Period: Apr 15 to Oct 30Genre: Poetry -
Divertir Publishing is an independent publisher located in Salem, NH. Our goal is to provide interesting and entertaining books to the world, as well as to offer new and...
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Founded in 2011, Down & Out Books is an independent publisher of literary and crime fiction based in Tampa, Florida.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to Apr 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction -
We publish works demonstrating nontraditional poetics: genius, eclecticism, and originality.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
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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Essay Press holds print chapbook contests in the summer and print book contests in the fall. The editors particularly welcome manuscripts that extend or challenge the formal...
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We publish nonfiction and children's books and only consider manuscripts with close ties to Arkansas or anthologies in which at least one Arkansas contributor is included....
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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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Housed at Wilkes University and partnering with Youngstown State University, Etruscan is a non-profit literary press working to produce and promote books that nurture the...
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Evening Street Press recognizes that all people are created equal and focuses on the realities of experience, personal and historical, from the most gritty to the most...
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Factory Hollow Press publishes poetry and prose books, chapbooks and broadsides in both limited and trade editions. FHP is a publishing imprint of Sleepy Lemur Quality...
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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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We are especially interested in Sci-Fi and fantasy, but will consider most genres. We recommend looking at our website to get an idea of the range that we publish.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Fat Dog Books is an independent online publisher founded on the premise that if our experience with reading a manuscript is satisfying and engages our intellect and imagination...
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Looking for fresh, diverse, original voices for nonfiction books specializing in pop culture, true crime, and sports.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Creative NonfictionGenres: Narrative Nonfiction, Pop Culture -
A small, independent, not-for-profit press, FC2's mission is to publish books of high quality and exceptional ambition whose style, subject matter, or form...
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Fence has a mission to redefine the terms of accessibility by publishing challenging writing distinguished by idiosyncrasy and intelligence rather than by...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 28 to Oct 19Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Finishing Line Press is an award-winning small press publisher based in Georgetown, Kentucky.
Reading Period: Nov 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Literary. Lyrical. Boundless.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Flowstone Press publishes contemporary poetry collections and chapbooks.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry -
Forest Avenue Press publishes literary fiction on a joyride and the occasional memoir. We especially love working with BIPOC, queer, neurodivergent, and disabled authors.
Reading Period: Jan 5 to Feb 10Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Four Way Books is dedicated to producing and promoting excellent literary publications and to creating opportunities for writers of merit. We seek to please and expand poetry’s...
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Fruit Bat Press is a handmade, limited edition chapbook press that is co-based in Chicago and Los Angeles. Fruit bats inspire us because they are dark and sweet at the same...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
