Jaded Ibis is feminist press committed to publishing socially engaged literature with an emphasis on the voices of people of color, people with disabilities, and other...
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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: Feb 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
k+p press was founded in 2020 by Beth Kantrowitz and Roberta Paul, childhood friends and longtime artistic collaborators, who were inspired to launch a new creative venture...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to May 28Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Fiction -
Lanternfish Press, founded in Philadelphia in 2014, publishes literature of the rare and strange: fiction that crosses the boundary between literary and speculative; real or...
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Latah Books is likeliest to accept full-length books with driving narrative force: literary and upmarket novels, as well as memoirs, travelogues, and other narrative nonfiction...
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Legacy Book Press, LLC is a traditional publisher seeking to traditionally publish personal stories, widely defined. It must be book-length (at least 100 pages) but can take...
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Loblolly Press is an independent publisher based in Asheville, North Carolina, dedicated to contemporary poetry, short fiction, and novels rooted in the American South.
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Read moreReading Period: May 25 to Sep 1, Oct 14 to Dec 17Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Nature/Environmental, Short Fiction -
Longship Press is an independent small-press publishing company located just north of San Francisco, California. Its aim is to give voice to writers and canvas to artists....
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Lost Telegram Press is now accepting query letters to hear about new projects for publication. The editors are happy to read queries about projects that are conceptual in...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry, War -
MadHat Press is a leading publisher of unique and vital contemporary poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and criticism. It seeks to foster the work of writers and poets: explosive,...
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The mission of Madville Publishing is to produce, publish, and market literary works of the highest quality that reflect a broad range of interests in the modern English-...
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Main Street Rag is best known for publishing poetry, but they also publish novels, novellas, short story collections, and essay collections. Guidelines are on their website....
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Resonant writing in most genres. For forty-plus years, Manic D has published a diverse spectrum of titles by a wide range of writers.
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El Martillo Press publishes writers whose pens strike the page with clear intent; words with purpose to pry apart assumed norms and to hammer away at injustice. El Martillo is...
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Mayapple Press is a small literary press founded in 1978 by poet and editor Judith Kerman. They focus on literature not often celebrated by either the mainstream or the avant-...
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An independent house since 1974, McPherson & Company publishes contemporary English and American fiction, twentieth-century international fiction in translation, nonfiction...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Sep 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Experimental, Historical, Literary Fiction, Translation -
Specializing in books by authors from the heartland since 2014, Meadowlark Press is an independent publisher, born of a desire to produce high-quality books for print and...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir -
Milkweed Editions is one of the nation’s leading independent, nonprofit literary publishers, releasing twenty to thirty new books each year in the genres of fiction, nonfiction...
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Modern Barbarian Press is looking for translations into English of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in the public domain. The editors are open to publishing...
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Motina Books is a traditionally-modeled small press that focuses on publishing books that are of interest to women and mothers. It’s commonly known that the author, no matter...
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New Delta Review is an online literary and arts journal produced by graduate students in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Louisiana State University. Since 1984, it has...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Mar 15, Oct 7 to Dec 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental -
New Door Books publishes original, innovative, book-length literature, mostly fiction. It opens to submissions several times a year, on an irregular schedule, depending on the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Fiction -
Nightboat Books publishes work that resists convention and transcends boundaries—books rich with poignancy, intelligence, and risk.
Reading Period: May 15 to Jul 9, Sep 1 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre -
Noemi Press is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit publisher, striving to introduce voices marginalized by mainstream presses to a broader audience. Noemi provides writers with support and...
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NDSU Press publishes regional scholarship and literary contributions. Their region includes the Red River Valley of the north, the state of North Dakota, the Great Plains of...
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Old Scratch Press, founded by Current Words Publishing in 2023, fosters opportunities for full-length poetry and short-form work. Operated entirely by volunteers and funded by...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
