Riot of Roses Publishing House was founded specifically to amplify the stories of historically silenced voices. Xicana-owned. Mujerista-focused. For the people. They publish...
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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: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Feminist, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices -
Running Wild consists of four imprints that publishes great stories with great writing that don’t fit neatly in a box. Running Wild publishes...
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SFWP is an independent press dedicated to the craft of writing, artistic preservation, recognizing exciting new authors, and bringing out of print work back to the shelves....
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Founded in June 2011 by Teresa Mei Chuc, the mission of Shabda Press is to support and uplift diverse, marginalized, and underrepresented voices. They publish new, emerging,...
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Sterncastle Publishing is an independent, traditional publisher focusing on fiction, folklore, poetry, memoir, and biography. Sterncastle’s mission is to broaden the literary...
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Stillhouse Press publishes surprising, gutsy fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that can’t or doesn’t want to find a home in big publishing. The editors are drawn to the strange,...
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Trio House Press publishes literary creative nonfiction and poetry that highlights voices, topics, and angles that are underrepresented in contemporary literature, and that...
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Twelve House Books is an independent publisher that releases a variety of fiction and poetry every year. The Acquisitions Editor looks for...
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Ugly Duckling Presse is a non-profit publisher of poetry, translation, experimental prose, performance texts, and books by artists. UDP favors emerging, international, and “...
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Unbound Edition Press is guided by a mission to respect and elevate emerging, underappreciated, and marginalized authors, with a strong commitment to advancing LGBTQ+ and BIPOC...
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The University of Wisconsin Press is a not-for-profit publisher of books and journals. Our mission embodies the Wisconsin Idea by publishing work of distinction that serves the...
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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 works-in-progress...
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Unsolicited Press publishes boundary-pushing poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, along with select hybrid and translated works. We seek...
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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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The Washington Writers' Publishing House seeks literary works that deepen/question the human experience. As a DC-based press, our books, especially our literary nonfiction,...
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Wave Books is an independent poetry press based in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to publishing poetry and books by poets.
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Charlie Wright, Publisher...Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Political, Prose Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry -
The Made in Michigan Writers Series is a literary book series from Wayne State University Press, a distinctive publisher of exceptional books and journals based in and shaped...
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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 -
Write Bloody Publishing publishes and promotes great books of poetry every year. They are a small press with a snappy look, dedicated to quality literature that is proud to be...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to Apr 30Genre: PoetrySubgenres: BIPOC Voices, LGBTQ Voices, Love, Prose Poetry, Speculative Poetry -
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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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
