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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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 1 to Apr 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: PoetrySubgenres: Narrative Nonfiction -
El Martillo Press publishes writers whose pens strike the page with clear intent; words with purpose to pry apart assumed norms and to hammer away at injustice. El Martillo...
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Mayapple Press is a small literary press founded in 1978 by poet and editor Judith Kerman. We focus on literature not often celebrated by either the mainstream or the avant-...
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An independent house since 1974, McPherson & Company publishes contemporary English and American fiction, 20th C. international fiction in translation, nonfiction in the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Experimental, Historical, Literary Fiction, Translation -
Specializing in Books by Authors from the Heartland Since 2014
Meadowlark Press is an independent publisher, born of a desire to produce high-quality books for...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Dec 1, Jan 15 to Apr 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir -
Miami University Press publishes poetry and poetry in translation, novellas and short fiction, and books about Miami University nonfiction.
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Independent poetry press publishing primarily under the imprints Body Language (LGBT and sexuality) and Fabula Rasa (myth and fairy tale). We also co-publish the Sapphic...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, TranslationSubgenres: Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Translation -
Milk and Cake Press seeks to publish an eclectic collection of poems. We love language, the sounds it creates, and the power of it to name and shape. We welcome work from a...
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Milkweed Editions is one of the nation’s leading independent, nonprofit literary publishers, releasing twenty to thirty new books each year in the genres of fiction, nonfiction...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 1 to Feb 28, Apr 1 to May 31, Jul 1 to Oct 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Mongrel Empire Press was established in 2007 with a mission to publish well-written, thoughtfully-considered works across generic and disciplinary boundaries. Visit their...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Historical, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Regional -
Moon Tide Press is dedicated to publishing the finest poets in the Southern California area, although the editors will consider authors from outside. Each of their authors go ...
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MWC Press is the publishing imprint of the Midwest Writing Center, a 501(c)(3) literary arts non-profit. All sales from MWC Press go back into our programs and toward future...
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New American Press is an independent literary publisher committed to bringing readers the best in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translations from across the...
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NDR is published by the Creative Writing Program of the Louisiana State University English Department.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to Apr 7Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre -
New Door Books publishes original, innovative, book-length literature, mostly fiction.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Fiction -
New Issues Poetry & Prose, a nonprofit, university-based publisher, was established in 1996 and publishes eight to twelve new titles each year with a focus on contemporary...
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NMP is a publisher of chapbooks and broadsides. The press has a pretty wide aesthetic range and acquires manuscripts primarily through their yearly chapbook contest ($1,000...
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New Rivers Press is interested in literary work of every character, but especially in diverse work that's aesthetically challenging and has a social conscience. Our Many Voices...
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Nightboat Books publishes work that resists convention and transcends boundaries—books rich with poignancy, intelligence, and risk.
Reading Period: May 15 to Jul 9, Sep 1 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre -
Noemi Press is a 501(c)(3) non-profit publisher, striving to introduce voices marginalized by mainstream presses to a broader audience. Noemi provides writers with support...
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NDSU Press publishes regional scholarship and literary contributions. Our region includes the Red River Valley, the state of North Dakota, the Midwest, the Great Plains of the...
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Not a Cult is a multi-media production house creating books of fine art and poetry, records, and large-scale creative projects.
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Omnidawn’s mission is to publish work that explores what it would mean to step beyond the social and personal, the external and internal, boundaries that narrow our lives. We...
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Open Books Press is dedicated to publishing quality books. When we're open for submissions, we accept adult nonfiction, and fiction for all ages (including some YA and children...
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Open Country Press was established in 2016 by Natalie Peeterse, who runs the press along with Autumn Toennis. The press’ mission is to publish high quality and dynamic literary...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Oct 1Genre: Poetry
