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're pursuing the publication of your first book or your fifth, use our Small Presses database to research publisher interests, contact information, and submission guidelines.
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Reading Period: Jul 15 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry -
Bywater Books is looking for well-written commercial fiction targeted to lesbian readers.
Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: LGBTQ -
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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Caffeinated Press, Inc., was established in 2014 as an independent publisher serving the authors and readers of the West Michigan community. We nurture emerging literary talent...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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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Calyx Books publishes fine art & literature by women. Currently we are backlogged with manuscripts and are not open to new unsolicited book manuscripts until further notice...
Reading Period: Jan 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Established in 2008 and sponsored in part by the Helen Zell Writers' Program at the University of Michigan, Canarium Books is an independent press dedicated...
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Our mission has always been to publish underrepresented writers: women, people of color, people with disabilities, as well as experimental writers. We like work that challenges...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 NonfictionSubgenres: LGBTQ, Humor, Regional, Serialized Fiction, Literary 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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Central Square Press, LLC, is a small, independent, literary press that publishes thought-provoking and high quality poetry. We strive to publish poetry that does not cater to...
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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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 2 to Feb 10Subgenres: Translation -
Cherry Castle Publishing is one of America's newest and most energetic publishers of great literature—a press where words grow mighty trees. It is a press that honours the...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 1 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Graphic/Illustrated -
Chicory Blue Press is a small, feminist, literary press, now focusing on the strong voices of women over seventy. Founded in 1987, Chicory Blue Press has...
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ChiZine Publications (CZP) is an independent publisher of weird, surreal, subtle, and disturbing dark literary fiction hand-picked by Brett Alexander Savory and Sandra Kasturi...
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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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction -
Civil Coping Mechanisms (CCM) is a DIY kind of press. We take the same level of angst as our brethren in shunning those that would be in the immediate...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Nov 10Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction -
various foci
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We fulfill our mission by publishing books that advance the craft of writing; books that present the dreams and ambitions of peoples who have been under-represented in...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Mar 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: 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 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Prose Poetry, Translation -
Colonus Publishing Inc. is a literary small press in Spokane, Washington. We publish creative nonfiction, poetry, and literary fiction regardless of genre....
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction -
We are an imprint of Curbside Splendor, dedicated to publishing elegant, romantic poetry and prose in Spanish and English. Besides books, we will publish pieces of short prose...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry