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...
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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 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir -
Independent poetry press publishing primarily under the imprints Body Language (LGBT and sexuality) and Fabula Rasa (myth and fairy tale). They also publish the Sapphic...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, TranslationSubgenres: Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Translation -
Milk and Cake Press seeks to publish an eclectic collection of poems. They love language, the sounds it creates, and the power of it to name and shape. They welcome work from a...
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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. We are open to publishing texts from...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Narrative Nonfiction -
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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MWC Press is the publishing imprint of the Midwest Writing Center, a 501(c)(3) literary arts non-profit. All sales from MWC Press go back into programs and toward future...
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New American Press is an independent literary publisher committed to bringing readers the best in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translations from across the...
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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: Oct 1 to Nov 15, Feb 1 to Mar 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental -
NMP is a publisher of chapbooks and broadsides. The press has a pretty wide aesthetic range and acquires manuscripts primarily through their yearly chapbook contest ($1,000...
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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, the state of North Dakota, the Great Plains of the United...
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NYQ Books was established in 2009 as an imprint of the New York Quarterly Foundation, Inc. Its mission is to augment the New York Quarterly poetry magazine by...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry -
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...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry
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Open Country Press was established in 2016 by Natalie Peeterse, who runs the press along with Autumn Toennis. The press’ mission is to publish high quality and dynamic literary...
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The mission of the Origami Poems Project™ is the encouragement of literature and the arts by bringing free poetry to everyone through the printing and distribution of free...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
Orison Books is a nonprofit literary press focused on the life of the spirit from a broad and inclusive range of perspectives.
Reading Period: Oct 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
An independent publisher of poetry that runs counter to the mainstream, Ornithopter Press has published individual collections by contemporary authors since 2014. The press...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 22 to Nov 12Genre: Poetry -
Bringing together poets and artists to create affordable letterpress printed poetry booklets (pamphlets).
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
Palavro Publishing (an imprint of the Arkbound Foundation) focuses on underrepresented and diverse authors whose books cover important social or environmental themes. The...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Nature/Environmental -
The primary goal of Parlor Press is to publish outstanding writing and scholarship in various subjects for a broad range of readers. Parlor Press values excellence, innovation...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Jun 15Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Prose Poetry, Translation -
Participant Press is the publishing enterprise of Participant Inc. The primary focus of the press is to publish artists’ works of fiction and artists books.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction -
Devoted to promoting the work of older writers, Passager Books publishes a select number of books each year by writers who have been published in Passager journal....
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Feb 28, Nov 1 to Jan 15Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
