Belt Publishing focuses on quality non-fiction by and for the Midwest, and consists of the City Anthology Series, Notches, and Neighborhood Guidebooks.
Small Presses
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: Creative Nonfiction -
BLP is currently accepting engaging stories in search of a great home. Our main themes explore the liminal world where anything can happen. Liminal is anything 'in-between' or...
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betweenthehighway is a press dedicated to publishing chapbooks in the form of store receipts. Inspired by accounting books from the Japanese Edo period, each chapbook features...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Nature/Environmental, Religious/Spiritual -
If we love your manuscript and offer you a contract, we will provide editing, advice and direction (if you need it), the services of our art department to create your book...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Established in 2012, Biting Duck Press are an indie press with the goal of providing high-quality, low-cost, highly accessible electronic and print books for...
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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 31, May 1 to Jun 15Genre: Poetry, TranslationGenres: 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...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Jun 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Black Lawrence Press is an independent publisher of contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. We also publish the occasional translation from German. We hold open...
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We are a small, independent, not-for-profit press dedicated to publishing sublime art & literature, i.e., eccentric art & obscure texts, absurdist fiction, experimental...
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Women-owned specialty press publisher of award-winning novels, anthologies & special collections, specializing in horror & dark fantasy.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction -
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...
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Blair is a small, independent press interested in publishing voices from beyond the mainstream. We publish prose and poetry by underrepresented writers such as women, people of...
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BlazeVOX [books] presents innovative fictions and wide ranging fields of contemporary poetry. Our books push at the frontiers of what is possible with our 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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Bloomsday Literary publishes bold, beautifully crafted books by historically excluded writers, whose stories transform us and inspire us to act.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: BIPOC Voices, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction -
Though not our only interest, we have a strong like for poetry of place and the relationship between lives and landscapes. Most importantly, we seek an economy of language with...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 1 to Jul 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry -
Founded in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2015, Blue Ink Press was formed to help authors navigate the daunting and confusing world of publishing. While its focus was initially on...
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We publish poetry that is imagistic, inventive, emotionally honest, and pushes the language to a deeper level of insight. We are all poets, and our books are artistically...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Jun 30, Sep 1 to Feb 1Genre: PoetryGenres: Flash Fiction -
Blydyn Square Books publishes books that make you think: smart, interesting, character-driven fiction and unusual/thought-provoking nonfiction.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to May 31Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
BOA Editions publishes within four distinct series: The American Poets Continuum Series (previously published poets); The Lannan Translations Selection Series...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to May 31, Aug 1 to Nov 30Genres: Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
We are a literary small press and have 5 series at Bottom Dog Press: Midwest, Working Lives, Harmony, Memoirs, and Appalachian Writing. We've also done some America Zen books....
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction -
Brick Mantel Books publishes innovative works of literary excellence by new and established writers. We value literature as an art, and we publish literary fiction and thought-...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
We want to publish poets who are engaged in the writing community, including participating in poetry readings, workshops, and writers groups. The poets we are looking for are...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 1 to Jan 15Genre: Poetry -
Bridge Eight Press is a Florida-based literary publisher that believes stories build bridges. For us, that means publishing accessible fiction and poetry that speaks directly...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to May 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
We seek out the work of contemporary poets for publication. We do not consider student work or work by unpublished poets.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry
