SFWP is an independent press dedicated to the craft of writing, artistic preservation, recognizing exciting new authors, and bringing out of print work back to the shelves. We...
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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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The overall mission of our press is encapsulated in the name “Sarabande”—that is, “stylistic sophistication with a wild underside.”
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Our mission is to publish literary works, primarily poetry, of high merit, by new and established writers; to encourage collaboration and communication between poets and visual...
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Savant Books and Publications seeks previously-unpublished literary works of enduring value with a twist that expand and transform English readers' point-of-view throughout the...
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To promote various genre and provide authors with access to publication. To offer a forum for authors and artists whose work challenges the accepted forms and modes of...
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Sea Crow Press is a rapidly growing small press dedicated to building community and amplifying the voices of writers that might otherwise go unheard. It looks for works of...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Healing/Health, Historical, Regional -
We publish one book every other year through the biennial Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Book Prize.
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Our goal has always been to publish the very best poetry and prose we can find in carefully-edited, hand-trimmed & hand-tied chapbooks; to work in close collaboration with...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetryGenres: Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Prose Poetry, Regional -
Reading Period: May 1 to Sep 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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Founded in June 2011 by Teresa Mei Chuc, the mission of Shabda Press is to support and uplift diverse, marginalized, and underrepresented voices. We publish new, emerging, and...
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SHANTI ARTS PUBLISHING is devoted to producing beautiful and compelling books related to art, nature, and spirit.
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Shechem Press is a non-profit, grassroots organization dedicated to advancing the work of emerging poets, playwrights, artists, and thinkers.
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My goal for Sheila-Na-Gig online is to continue to support the work of both established and emerging poets in a crisp, uncluttered space. Poets entering our quarterly poetry...
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Founded in 2010, Sibling Rivalry Press is an independent publishing house based just outside of Little Rock, Arkansas, in the small town of Alexander. Our mission is to develop...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Jun 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Humor, Love, Political, Prose Poetry, Regional, Pop Culture -
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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Siglio publishes uncommon books that live in the rich and varied space between art and literature. Driven by its feminist ethos, siglio champions uncategorizable, unwieldy, and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The development of our 11th anthology is on hold. See the website for current call for submissions.
Our Eagle Wings Press imprint has single-author recovery-themed...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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Six Ft. Swells Press publishes and celebrates After-Hours Poetry—a modern poetry movement known for its concise structure and unbridled confessional style in presenting the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetryGenres: Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
Sixteen Rivers Press is a shared-work, nonprofit poetry collective dedicated to providing an alternative publishing avenue for Northern California poets. Founded in 1999 by...
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Reading Period: Feb 15 to May 15Genre: Poetry
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Sponsors an annual Poetry Chapbook Contest offering $1,000 prize and 50 copies. Details at: www.slipstreampress.org/guide....
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Reading Period: Sep 1 to Jun 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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Sonder Press, sister to The Sonder Review, is an independant publisher of fiction and narrative nonfiction. We publish short fiction and essay collections, as well as...
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The Song Cave is dedicated to recovering a lost sensibility and creating a new one by publishing books of poetry, translations, art criticism, and making art prints and other...
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