Dawn Valley Press is a small press based in Beaver, PA, dedicated to helping talented writers share their gifts and tell their stories.
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 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Deep Vellum Publishing was founded in 2013 with the mission to bring the world into conversation through publishing literature from around the world, while organizing literary...
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Del Sol Press seeks to publish exceptional work by both new and recognized writers, as well as republish literary works that we consider extremely significant and that have...
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At Devil's Party Press we publish exclusively work by poets, fiction writers, and memoirists who are over the age of 40.
We truly value the older writer.
We...
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Diasporic Africa Press (DAP) is an independent, nonprofit publisher of serious non-fiction books about the African world. Founded in 2010, DAP continues to provide adult and ...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Historical, Narrative Nonfiction -
Digging Press LLC is an independent publisher. We aim to nurture experimentation and cultural inclusion and promote the importance of eclecticism in the literary and visual...
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Reading Period: Feb 1 to Sep 30Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation
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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 -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Sep 30, Nov 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 15 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Stuff your mother hates
Stuff that people don't want their kids to know
Stuff that makes milk shoot out our nose
Leftist Queer Outlaw Duende Anti-...
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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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental -
We only consider manuscripts with close ties to Arkansas or anthologies in which at least one Arkansas contributor is included. Areas of interest are health and wellness, local...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Healing/Health, Nature/Environmental, Prose Poetry -
Etchings Press is UIndy's teaching press and publishing laboratory. Writers from around the world submit recently published books in response to a theme and UIndy students...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Feb 6Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Evening Street Press is centered on Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Seneca Falls, 1848 revision of the Declaration of Independence: "that all men—and women—are created equal," with...
Read moreReading Period: May 1 to Aug 31, Aug 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Fiction, Political, Prose Poetry -
Ex-Ophidia Press offers an annual $1,000 cash prize for a book of poetry.
Reading Period: May 1 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 15 to Feb 15, Jul 15 to Aug 15Genre: Poetry -
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 NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Young Adult -
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, original voices for nonfiction books specializing in pop culture, true crime, and sports.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Creative NonfictionSubgenres: 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...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to Nov 1Genre: Fiction
