Founded in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1995, Hub City Press is the South’s premier independent literary press. Focused on finding and spotlighting extraordinary new 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: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Regional -
Jaded Ibis is feminist press committed to publishing socially engaged literature with an emphasis on the voices of people of color, people with disabilities, and other...
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JLRB Press is a small-run imprint that specializes in poetry, with a strong emphasis on queer, transgender, women’s, neurodivergent, and emerging voices.
Reading Period: Aug 1 to Sep 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry -
Lanternfish Press, founded in Philadelphia in 2014, publishes literature of the rare and strange: fiction that crosses the boundary between literary and speculative; real or...
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Legacy Book Press, LLC is a traditional publisher seeking to traditionally publish personal stories, widely defined. It must be book-length (at least 100 pages) but can take...
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Lost Telegram Press is now accepting query letters to hear about new projects for publication. The editors are happy to read queries about projects that are conceptual in...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry, War -
Resonant writing in most genres. For forty-plus years, Manic D has published a diverse spectrum of titles by a wide range of writers.
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Marsh Hawk Press books often highlight the affinity of poetry and the visual arts. Each book is produced with particular care to visual style, often including reproductions of...
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Mayapple Press is a small literary press founded in 1978 by poet and editor Judith Kerman. They focus on literature not often celebrated by either the mainstream or the avant-...
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Modern Barbarian Press is looking for translations into English of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in the public domain. The editors are open to publishing...
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NDSU Press publishes regional scholarship and literary contributions. Their region includes the Red River Valley of the north, the state of North Dakota, the Great Plains of...
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Open Books Press is dedicated to publishing quality books. When they’re open for submissions, they accept adult nonfiction, and fiction for all ages (including some YA and...
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Provocative reading. Literary, engaged, independent, forward-leaning. Exceptional fiction. Unexpected essays. Voices to be reckoned with. Their fiction belongs to a broad range...
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Read Furiously wants to create a new generation of readers—furious readers—who view reading as a necessary part to living in this busy world. They publish original prose,...
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Red Hen Press is committed to publishing work of literary excellence, supporting diversity, and promoting literacy in local schools. They seek a community of readers and...
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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 1995 by Dan Simon, and named for the seven authors who committed to a home with a fiercely independent spirit, Seven Stories Press publishes uncompromising political...
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Shanti Arts Publishing is devoted to producing beautiful and compelling books related to art, nature, and spirit.
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Splice publishes short fiction collections, novels, and collections of essays, with a focus on adventurous, unconventional prose. Although Splice leans...
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Susquehanna University Press publishes book-length literary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. The editors look for work that will appeal to local, regional, and...
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TCK Publishing publishes a wide range of nonfiction and are currently accepting book proposals. They do not publish poetry or children’s picture books.
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Transformation Media Books is dedicated to publishing innovative works that nourish the body, mind and spirit, written by authors whose ideas and messages make a difference in...
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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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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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