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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: Dec 6 to Jun 1Genre: FictionSubgenres: 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 NonfictionSubgenres: 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: Jul 15 to Sep 15Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: 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 NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Literary Fiction -
Damaged Goods Press publishes only queer & trans identified writers. Poetry & flash fiction collections should be 20-40 pages. We publish open ended runs.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Micro-poetry, Literary Fiction -
Dark Particle specializes in hand-made chapbooks of poetry and prose. Our mission is to publish both emerging and established voices. We aim to help the emerging poet find an...
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We are a small press based in Beaver, Pa., dedicated to helping talented writers share their gift and tell their stories.
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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...
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Deerbrook Editions publishes well designed trade books. Is interested in imaginative and experimental literature, whether poetry or fiction, Deerbroook is a small press...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Oct 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction -
Del Sol Press seeks to publish exceptional work by both new and recognized writers, as well as republish literary works that we consider extremely significant and that have...
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At Devil's Party Press we publish exclusively work by poets, fiction writers, and memoirists who are over the age of 40.
We truly value the older writer.
We...
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Our mission is to publish works that further scholarship and quality education throughout Africa and the world. We publish books that are accessible to readers, contribute to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Historical, Narrative Nonfiction, Translation -
We publish chapbooks and a biennial poetry series. Our inaugural poetry series book is forthcoming in May 2022. We are passionate about presenting a unique book design and...
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Diode Editions is looking for poetry that excites and energizes, that uses language that crackles and sparks. We’re looking for poetry from all points on the arc, from formal...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 15 to Sep 1Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Divertir Publishing is an independent publisher located in Salem, NH. Our goal is to provide interesting and entertaining books to the world, as well as to offer new and...
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Our goals are to make poetry more widely available to the reading public and to support writers of poetry--especially in Texas and the Southwest. While the Texas Poetry...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Feb 21Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Regional -
Founded in 2011, Down & Out Books is an independent publisher of literary and crime fiction based in Tampa, Florida.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to Apr 30Genre: Fiction -
Dream of Things publishes memoirs, essay collections, and other creative nonfiction that aligns with our objective of publishing "distinctive voices, meaningful books."
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Humor, Narrative Nonfiction -
Drinian Press is a small literary publishing house which supports emerging authors of quality fiction and creative nonfiction. We also place an emphasis on cooperation with...
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We publish works demonstrating nontraditional poetics; genius, eclecticism, and originality.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Dzanc Books was created in 2006 to advance great writing and champion those writers who don't fit neatly into the marketing niches of for-profit presses and to advance literary...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction -
Poetry, Short stories, novellas, pulp, comics, sci-fi, satire, essay, periodicals.
East French Press is interested in producing works of any size and scope; working...
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Editorial Trance is the creation of Marlena Fitzpatrick and Charlie Vázquez. Founded in 2013, we are a digital publishing platform that seeks to broaden the literary margins of...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
