8th & Atlas Publishing is an international small press that is actively extending the cultural and creative spirit of the literary world. The family-run publishing house...
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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: Mar 1 to Mar 31, Sep 1 to Sep 30Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Regional, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, War, Young Adult -
55 Fathoms is a place for authors who are too imaginative for literary, and too literary for genre. We don’t want just a story, we want an exploration into ideas and topics...
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Akashic Books is a Brooklyn-based independent company dedicated to publishing literary fiction, crime fiction, music/pop culture books, and political nonfiction by authors who...
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Ananke Press is a small, independent press in New York City with a focus on smart speculative fiction. We welcome odd and unexpected stories,...
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“You might describe us as a heavy metal acid trip via literature. We believe books are hallucinogens suffused with emotion, feeling, and sensation. Our books wobble in the...
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Assure Press connects authors and artists with the world through inspirational and enlightening poetry, non-fiction, motivational, and educational literature that is...
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Aubade Publishing publishes speculative fiction, historical fiction, and gothic literature as well as poetry collections. We also publish sports memiors. Please do not submit...
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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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At Devil's Party Press we publish work by poets, fiction and NF writers, and artists, who are over the age of 40, and late bloomers like ourselves.
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Harvard Square Editions is looking for literary fiction of social and environmental value. Its mission is transcend national boundaries, publishing manuscripts that are...
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Launch Point Press (LPP) is a lesbian-oriented press publishing quality works by newer authors now “launching” their careers or by more experienced authors...
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Literary Wanderlust is a coalition of professional editors publishing books they love.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Nov 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: FictionSubgenres: Commercial Fiction, Erotica, Historical, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult -
Longship Press is a small-press publishing company based in Marin County, California. Its aim is to give voice to writers and canvas to artists. Providing the printed page to...
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SFWP is an independent press dedicated to the craft of writing, artistic preservation, recognizing exciting new authors, and bringing out of print work back to the shelves. We...
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Established in 2015, Sword & Kettle Press is a tiny independent publishing house. We publish inclusive feminist fantasy & speculative writing, create resources for...
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Founded in 2021 by husband and wife team Grace and Tyler Wittkofsky, Tea With Coffee Media is a team of indie authors, designers, and editors who have a goal of helping indie...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Regional, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, War, Young Adult -
Vine Leaves Press is a small traditional publisher that likes to blur the line between commercial and experimental works. It publishes book-length vignette and poetry...
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WTAW Press is an independent, nonprofit literary press devoted to discovering and publishing enduring literary works. We publish a carefully curated list of titles across a...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 30 to Aug 4, Sep 30 to Oct 31Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
