Transit Books is a nonprofit publisher of international and American literature based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 2015, Transit Books is committed to the...
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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: May 1 to Jun 15Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
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The Trio Award for First or Second Book for emerging poets and the Louise Bogan Award for Artistic Merit and Excellence for a book of poems contributing in an innovative and...
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TSEHAI Publishers is where a writer becomes an author. As they select their manuscripts carefully and work very hard to achieve the highest editorial quality, they also offer a...
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Tupelo Press, which released its first five books in fall 2001, is an independent, literary press devoted to discovering and publishing works of poetry, literary fiction, and...
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Twisted Road Publications seeks to publish gifted writers whose works are underrepresented by corporate marketing. They are partial to the writer who possesses a gift for...
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Ugly Duckling Presse is a mission-driven small press that publishes poetry, translation, experimental nonfiction, performance texts, and books by artists. UDP favors emerging,...
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Unbound Edition Press champions honest, original voices. Committed to the power of the literary arts to explore and illuminate the contemporary human condition, it publishes...
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Works of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. We publish the winners of the Iowa Short Fiction Award and the Iowa Poetry Prize; the craft of writing; fiction; literary and...
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The University of New Orleans Press seeks work that contributes to the rich cultural tradition of New Orleans and the surrounding region, as well as work that contributes to...
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Publish works, mainly in the humanities and social sciences, and general interest titles, particularly those of importance to the state and region. Encourage creative...
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UT Press has a long history of publishing books and series in the areas of regional history, poetry, and the fantastic. They invite proposals for trade and scholarly books...
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The University of Utah Press is an agency of the J. Willard Marriott Library of the University of Utah. In accordance with the mission of the University, the Press publishes...
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The University of Wisconsin Press is a not-for-profit publisher of books and journals. Their mission embodies the Wisconsin Idea by publishing work of distinction that serves...
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Treating each book as a work of art, Unleash Press publishes a limited number of single-author manuscripts each year. The editors are currently looking for manuscripts that...
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Unlikely Books are created in collaboration with Unlikely Stories Mark V. Their extensive mission statement is at...
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Unsolicited Press strives to produce exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Unsolicited Press based out of Portland, Oregon and...
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V Press is a small press committed to the discovery of writing that transcends the ordinary. The editors believe in developing and encouraging the creative writing voice in our...
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Taking inspiration from the idea of the veliz, in 2015 Veliz Books began crossing literary borders and championing work that transcends time and trends. Veliz Books is...
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Vine Leaves Press likes to blur the line between commercial and experimental works. They publish biography/autobiography, creative nonfiction, reference books, short story...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Historical, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Young Adult -
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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Washington Writers’ Publishing House is a nonprofit literary organization that has published nearly 80 volumes of poetry and fiction since 1975. The press sponsors 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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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...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Translation