Vulgar Marsala Press was founded in 2009 and revamped in 2020. In a nutshell, we seek to facilitate the internal bleeding of poetry and fiction into arthouse cinema, visual art...
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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 NonfictionGenres: Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry, Visual Poetry -
Please note: we publish only Irish poetry from living Irish (not Irish-American) poets. We regret we cannot consider other poets' work.
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Washington Writers’ Publishing House is a nonprofit organization that has published nearly eighty volumes of poetry and fiction since 1975. The press sponsors an annual...
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Wave Books is an independent poetry press based in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to publishing the best in contemporary poetry, poetry in translation, and writing by poets....
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The Made in Michigan Writers Series, part of Wayne State University Press, is devoted to highlighting the works of distinguished statewide writers to showcase Michigan...
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Waywiser publishes literary works by new and established authors, and is also interested in restoring the reputations of writers overlooked or suffering undue neglect.
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We focus on personal writing that is not afraid to inspire. We publish four to eight titles per year, so we can maintain the highest standards in writing, editing and art...
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Wendy’s Subway is a nonprofit reading room, writing space, and independent publisher located in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Since 2013, Wendy’s Subway has provided an open and...
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Wesleyan University Press has an editorial program that focuses on poetry, music, dance, science fiction studies, film-TV, and Connecticut history and culture. Publishing in...
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Wet Cement Press publishes small handheld books of fiction, poetry and hybrid genius as well as the quarterly online journal, WCP Magazine. We're looking for work that is...
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Whiskey Tit attempts to restore degradation and degeneracy to the literary arts. We’re pretty sure we are succeeding here. This is usually because the works don’t fit neatly...
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Surreal poetry, poetry that challenges language & form, poetry of the imagination & for the imagination.
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The Wick Poetry Center encourages new voices by promoting opportunities for individuals and communities locally, regionally and nationally. Wick engages emerging and...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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We are looking for voices which carry a message of change, of love and liberation from marginalized places, unexplored spaces. We love art, photography included with narratives...
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Willow Springs Books is a literary press housed in Eastern Washington University’s Inland Northwest Center for Writers in Spokane, Washington. Under the direction of poet...
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Reading Period: Mar 17Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry
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Wiseblood Books fosters works of fiction, poetry, and philosophy that render truths with what Flannery O'Connor called an unyielding "realism of distances." Such works find...
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We are a press with a clear social mission, fostering an appreciation of the rewards and challenges of pluralism at every level in society, and, most importantly, an interest...
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Word Palace Press is a non-profit press that publishes poetry, fiction, translations, and screenplays.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative NonfictionGenres: Translation -
We look for a well integrated manuscript of carefully crafted poems. No subject, style, or form restrictions. Manuscripts are read blind by poet reader/judges who care about...
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Wordrunner eChapbooks publishes two mini-collections of fiction in August and December, each by one author, both online and in e-book format, and an annual themed anthology of...
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WordTech Communications LLC is one of the nation's largest poetry publishers, bringing out approximately 50 titles per year. Our six imprints focus on lyric, narrative, formal...
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Reading Period: Apr 1 to Aug 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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We publish and promote great books of poetry every year. We are a small press with a snappy look, dedicated to quality literature that is proud to be printed in the USA. We are...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Nov 1Genre: PoetryGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Prose Poetry
