We value 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 world, work...
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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: Nov 15 to Jan 5Genre: Poetry -
Bywater Books is looking for well-written commercial fiction targeted to lesbian readers.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: LGBTQ Voices -
C&R Press began in 2006 as a literary press committed to publishing books from new and emerging poets whose work might otherwise be ignored by commercial publishers. We...
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Calypso Editions is an artist-run, cooperative press dedicated to publishing quality literary books of poetry and fiction with a global perspective. We...
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Regional interest only. We primarily publish novels and short story collections that could be called "beach reads." We also run an annual short story contest with cash prizes...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Regional, Serialized Fiction -
CKP seeks materials from the broadest range of writers, including people of color and people with disabilities. We are partial to the writer whose distinct voice is emotionally...
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Cervena Barva Press was founded in April of 2005. The press solicits poetry, fiction, and plays from various writers around the world, and holds open contests regularly for its...
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Cherry Castle Publishing is one of America's newest and most energetic black-owned publishers of great literature. We are a press that honors the vibrant multicultural voice...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 5 to Mar 5Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Graphic/Illustrated -
Circling Rivers is an independent publisher of literary nonfiction and poetry. We’re drawn to the writer, known or unknown, whose work offers insight and depth, beauty, and the...
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Clare Songbirds Publishing House was established to provide a print forum for the creation of limited edition, fine art from poets and writers, both established and emerging. ...
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The CSU Poetry Center is committed to acquiring stylistically distinctive and skillfully crafted collections of poetry and prose from an aesthetically diverse range of authors...
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Middle Eastern literature in translation.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Codhill Press is devoted exclusively to the advancement and appreciation of the finest works in poetry and prose which promise to search out important meanings for our lives....
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Coffee House Press creates new spaces for audiences and artists to interact, inspiring readers and enriching communities by expanding the definition of what literature is, what...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Mar 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Translation -
A small press based in New Zealand. Along with work by New Zealand poets, Cold Hub Press publishes contemporary international poetry, including bilingual editions with...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: PoetryGenres: Prose Poetry, Translation -
Concrete Wolf has been publishing chapbooks since 2001. We have no preference as to formal or free verse. We probably slightly favor lyric and narrative...
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Cooper Dillon is a small poetry press committed to upholding the virtues of Poetry as a high art and expression of truth, beauty, and sincerity: the values...
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Our tastes lean toward out-of-the-ordinary, genre-bending, unique stories. We don't shy away from heavy topics.
Reading Period: Dec 6 to Jun 1Genre: FictionGenres: Commercial Fiction, Love, Young Adult -
Creators Publishing launched in 2006, and since then we have published more than 180 collection books and original manuscripts under three imprints. Our mission is to find...
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Cricket Cottage Publishing, LLC is committed to selling high quality stories that are entertaining, exciting, educational, and just plain good, and to sharing useful...
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The press is flexible with a broad taste. Though most of our books in print are poetry chapbooks, Crisis Chronicles Press remains open to publishing anything the editor loves...
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
Cuidono Press publishes fiction, historical fiction, and history. We look for narratives that take history and culture seriously, whether in service to a great story or in...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Historical, Literary Fiction -
Dalkey Archive Press is a nonprofit organization whose mission is the preservation of literary works of art through publication. We primarily publish literary...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Experimental, Literary Fiction -
We are a small press based in Beaver, Pa., dedicated to helping talented writers share their gift and tell their stories.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Deep Vellum Publishing was founded in 2013 with the mission to bring the world into conversation through publishing literature from around the world, while organizing literary...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
