Wet Cement Press is a small press based in Berkeley, California, with editors in Reno, Nevada, and Asheville, North Carolina. The press typically publishes three to five books...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
What Books Press was founded in 2009 to create an outlet for groundbreaking fiction, poetry, and translation. The editors are strongly committed to new, innovative...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation -
Whiskey Tit attempts to restore degradation and degeneracy to the literary arts. They’re pretty sure they are succeeding here. This is usually because the works don’t fit...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction -
Whittle Micro-Press places value in micro chapbooks that are inarguably cohesive, with pieces that build upon or inform one another in a way that is thematically evident and...
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Wising Up Press is 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,...
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Wolfson Press publishes books in the arts and humanities, including literary titles. Through its poetry and prose book contests, it publishes national and international writers...
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Wordrunner eChapbooks publishes two mini collections of prose in September and December, each by one author, both online and in e-book format, and an annual themed anthology of...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 28, Jun 15 to Jul 15, Sep 1 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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WTAW Press is an independent literary press devoted to discovering and publishing enduring works. WTAW publishes a carefully curated list of titles across a range of genres (...
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YesYes Books has been publishing provocative collections of poetry, fiction, and experimental art since 2011. The editors look for work that acknowledges and celebrates their...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jul 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Prose Poetry -
A series of the University of Nebraska Press, Zero Street Fiction is committed to quality LGBTQ+ literary fiction of all kinds, from stories of modern life to historical...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Apr 1Genre: FictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction
