2Leaf Press is a Black/Brown Female-Led Press whose mission is to publish multigenerational and multicultural poets, authors, artists, activists, and scholars who share stories...
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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: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Historical, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry, Translation -
akinoga press is a Baltimore-based micro-press that specialzes in hand-bound chapbooks of a spacious/minimalist/austere flavor, though on the lookout for anything small, quiet...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 7 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Alternating Current is an independent press dedicated to publishing and promoting incredible literature that challenges readers and has an innate sense of self, timelessness,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Alternative Field Notes (and imprint of Alternative Field) welcomes dialogue, discourse, and co-operative thinking in ways that may instigate curiosity, criticism, action,...
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Another New Calligraphy has enjoyed the quiet thrill of making and sharing since 2009. ANC guides writers and musicians in the realization of their work via the production of...
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Aquarius Press aims to develop, publish and promote talented writers typically underrepresented in the literary marketplace. The Willow Books division specializes in the works...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 15 to Jan 15, Jun 1 to Aug 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Assure Press connects authors and artists with the world through inspirational and enlightening poetry, non-fiction, motivational, and educational literature that is...
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Autumn House is a nonprofit, independent press that has the mission of publishing poetry and other fine literature. We are committed not just to publishing the prominent...
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Bauhan Publishing is an independent Publisher in Peterborough, New Hampshire. They focus on New England regional books in the areas of history, art, nature studies, and poetry...
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Books by The Bitter Oleander Press represent some of the best of contemporary poetry published in English and in translation. Although their concentration is primarily on...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Mar 31, May 1 to Jun 15Genre: Poetry, TranslationSubgenres: Prose Poetry, Translation -
Black Lawrence Press is an independent publisher of contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. We also publish the occasional translation from German. We hold open...
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Black Sun Lit is a print and digital literary press that endeavors to introduce, promote, and support both emerging and experienced writers whose work has little representation...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry, Translation -
BOA Editions publishes within four distinct series: The American Poets Continuum Series (previously published poets); The Lannan Translations Selection Series...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to May 31, Aug 1 to Nov 30Subgenres: 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 we publish literary fiction and thought-...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Brooklyn Arts Press (BAP) is a literary press devoted to publishing chapbooks and full-length collections of poetry, novels, lyrical short fiction, and art monographs by...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Jun 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
CavanKerry Press seeks materials from the broadest range of writers, including people of color and people with disabilities. We are partial to the writer whose distinct voice...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Aug 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction -
Cervena Barva Press was founded in April of 2005. The press solicits poetry, fiction, translations from various writers around the world, and holds open contests regularly for...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 2 to Feb 10Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, TranslationSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Translation -
The CSU Poetry Center is committed to acquiring stylistically distinctive and skillfully crafted collections of poetry, prose, and translation from an aesthetically diverse...
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The press is flexible with a broad taste. Though most of their books in print are poetry collections, Crisis Chronicles Press remains open to publishing anything the editor...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
Digging Press LLC is an independent publisher. It aims to nurture experimentation and cultural inclusion and promote the importance of eclecticism in the literary and visual...
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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...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 15 to Oct 30Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
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...
Read moreReading Period: May 1, Aug 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Fiction, Political, Prose Poetry -
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...
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Ghostbird Press exists to bring literature and visual art together through chapbooks.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Great Weather for MEDIA focuses on the unpredictable, the fearless, the bright, the dark, and the innovative… We are based in New York City and showcase both national and...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 15 to Jan 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, LGBTQ Voices, Prose Poetry
