2River prefers poems with these qualities: image, subtlety, and point of view; a surface of worldly exactitude, as well as a depth of semantic ambiguity; and a voice that...
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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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3 Mile Harbor Press is committed to publishing the best diverse work by new and established poets and is particularly interested in finding LGBQT+, BIPOC, feminist, and...
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3: A Taos Press is a multicultural and ethically voiced independent press. Their poetry books always have a tight theme in each of them. They do not publish collected works of...
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42 Miles Press publishes full-length books of poetry, including the winner of the 42 Miles Press Poetry Prize. They’re in Indiana. They like strong images and the music of...
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96th of October Editions concentrates on literary science fiction and fantasy writing and poetry. It is particularly interested in LGBT voices and writing by women. All writing...
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Airlie Press is a nonprofit publisher run by writers, dedicated to cultivating and sustaining fine contemporary poetry and to promoting poets from the Pacific Northwest and...
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akinoga press is a Baltimore-based micro press that specialzes in hand-bound chapbooks of a spacious/minimalist/austere flavor, though on the lookout for anything small, quiet...
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Alabaster Leaves Publishing is for emerging poets. There are no style requirements. Manuscripts are accepted year-round.
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AJB is a leading independent press devoted to discovering and publishing exceptional poetry by emerging and established writers. The press is an innovator in the field,...
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Another New Calligraphy has enjoyed the quiet thrill of making and sharing since 2009. ANC guides writers and musicians in the realization of their work via the production of...
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Antenna Press is the publishing arm of Antenna dedicated to publishing books from cultural contributors who produce projects at the intersection of gender and identity, the...
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Anvil Press is a Vancouver literary press founded in 1991. Now in its 25th year of publishing, Anvil has firmly established itself as a publisher of progressive, contemporary...
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Apogee Press publishes the work of innovative and experimental poets. Culturally and formally diverse, their poets share an original use of language.
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April Gloaming Publishing is a nonprofit Nashville-based independent press that aims to capture and better understand the Southern soul, Southern writing, and the Southern...
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Aquarius Press develops, publishes and promotes talented writers typically underrepresented in the literary marketplace. The Willow Books division specializes in the works of...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to Jul 31, Sep 1 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Arte Público Press is a nonprofit literary publisher based at the University of Houston. It is mission driven, publishing U.S. Hispanic literature, both contemporary and...
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Arteidolia Press is looking for authors who push the gamut of possibilities, for writing that is diverse and inventive, adventuresome and experimental.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Experimental -
The mission of the Ashland Poetry Press is to help top-rate poets in mid-career break through to first or second book publication, and to help mature poets define the best...
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Assure Press connects authors and artists with the world through inspirational and enlightening poetry, nonfiction, motivational, and educational literature that is mostly, but...
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Aubade Publishing publishes speculative fiction, historical fiction, and gothic literature as well as poetry collections. They also publish sports memiors. Please do not submit...
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Augury Books is an independent press based in Brooklyn. Committed to publishing innovative work from emerging and established writers, Augury Books seeks to reaffirm the...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Feminist, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, War, Young Adult
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Autumn House Press is a nationally renowned nonprofit publisher based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, whose mission is to publish and promote poetry and other fine...
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Awst Press publishes a wide range of work across perspectives, genres, and subjects. In addition to full-length books, they have hosted essay series, and their Pocketbooks...
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Bainbridge Island Press is a poetry publisher known for its thoughtful approach to lyrical work. They publish collections, anthologies, and chapbooks that focus on verse that...
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Baobab Press seeks books that communicate and support their themes through new and well-articulated means. They like risk. They like invention. More importantly, they look for...
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BatCat Press publishes limited handbound editions of awesome poetry and prose. They aim to publish books, chapbooks, and broadsides that are the perfect combination of...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to May 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
Bauhan Publishing is an independent Publisher in Peterborough, New Hampshire. They focus on New England regional books in the areas of history, art, nature studies, and poetry...
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betweenthehighway is a press publishes on receipt paper. Inspired by accounting books from the Japanese Edo period, each book features the work of one writer. Please see the...
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If they love your manuscript and offer you a contract, Big Table Publishing Company will provide editing, advice and direction (if you need it), the services of their art...
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Books by the Bitter Oleander Press represent some of the best of contemporary poetry published in English and in translation. Although their concentration is primarily on...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, TranslationSubgenres: Prose Poetry, Translation -
Since 1971, BkMk Press (pronounced “bookmark”) has been committed to finding and publishing outstanding Writers. BkMk Press publishes primarily poetry and short fiction...
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Black Lawrence Press is an independent publisher of contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. They also publish the occasional translation from German. They hold...
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The Black Mountain Press’ first publications were done in collaboration with other publishers and focused on design and the then new digital technology. Established in 1994,...
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Black Sun Lit is a print and digital literary press that endeavors to introduce, promote, and support both emerging and experienced writers whose work has little representation...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Blair is a nonprofit independent book publisher. They strive to publish quality writing, focusing on authors and subjects historically neglected by mainstream publishers,...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 15 to Jan 15, Apr 15 to Jun 15, Aug 15 to Oct 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
BlazeVOX [books] presents innovative fictions and wide ranging fields of contemporary poetry. Their books push at the frontiers of what is possible with their innovative poetry...
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BLF Press is an independent Black feminist press dedicated to amplifying the work of Black women and women of color.
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Though not their only interest, Blue Horse Press has a strong like for poetry of place and the relationship between lives and landscapes. Most importantly, they seek an economy...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 1 to Jul 31, Jan 1 to Jan 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry -
Blue Light Press publishes poetry that is imagistic, inventive, emotionally honest, and pushes the language to a deeper level of insight. The editors are all poets, and the...
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BOA Editions publishes within four distinct series: the American Poets Continuum Series (previously published poets); the New Poets of America series (first-...
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Bottom Dog Press / Bird Dog Publishing is a literary small press with five series: Midwest, Working Lives, Harmony, Memoirs, and Appalachian Writing. They’ve also done some...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction -
Brick Mantel Books publishes innovative works of literary excellence by new and established writers. They value literature as an art, and they publish literary fiction and...
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Bright Hill Press seeks out the work of contemporary poets for publication. The editors do not consider student work or work by unpublished poets.
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Broken Tribe Press was formed to meet the needs of wanderers, misplaced artists, and misfits of the literary world. With a domestic North American focus, Broken Tribe publishes...
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Brooklyn Arts Press (BAP) is a literary press devoted to publishing chapbooks and full-length collections of poetry, novels, lyrical short fiction, and art monographs by...
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Bull City Press has a passion for the unusual, the surprising, and the arresting, but what we love most is the miracle of compression. Whether it’s poetry, fiction, or creative...
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Burrow Press is the literary publisher of Stetson University’s MFA of the Americas program, focusing on collaboration, translation, and literature in the expanded field. Since...
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Button Poetry values energy and voice and force, work that crosses borders or effaces them completely, work that enters into larger social conversations, work that lives in the...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 15 to May 30, Nov 15 to Dec 31Subgenres: BIPOC Voices, Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Young Adult -
The mission of Carnegie Mellon University Press is to amplify both emerging and established voices who bring fresh perspectives to contemporary literature, with a particular...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to Sep 15, Dec 15 to Jan 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
