3: A Taos Press is a multicultural and ethically voiced independent press. Our poetry books always have a theme in each of them. We do not publish collected works of poetry or...
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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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31, May 1 to May 30, Sep 1 to Sep 30Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: 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 -
akinoga press is a Baltimore-based micro-press that specialzes in hand-bound chapbooks of a spacious/minimalist/austere flavor, though on the lookout for anything small, quiet...
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Alternative Field Notes (and imprint of Alternative Field) welcomes dialogue, discourse, and co-operative thinking in ways that may instigate curiosity, criticism, action,...
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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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Another New Calligraphy has enjoyed the quiet thrill of making and sharing since 2009. ANC guides writers and musicians in the realization of their work via the production of...
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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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Argos Books is an independent literary press. Our aim is to support poetry, hybrid genres, translation, and collaboration, with a special interest in work that crosses cultural...
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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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Autumn House is a nonprofit, independent press that has the mission of publishing poetry and other fine literature. We are committed not just to publishing the prominent...
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Established in 2012, Biting Duck Press are an indie press with the goal of providing high-quality, low-cost, highly accessible electronic and print books for...
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Black Lawrence Press is an independent publisher of contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. We also publish the occasional translation from German. We hold open...
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Black Sun Lit is a print and digital literary press that endeavors to introduce, promote, and support both emerging and experienced writers whose work has little representation...
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BOA Editions publishes within four distinct series: The American Poets Continuum Series (previously published poets); The Lannan Translations Selection Series...
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Brick Mantel Books publishes innovative works of literary excellence by new and established writers. We value literature as an art, and we publish literary fiction and thought-...
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Brooklyn Arts Press (BAP) is a literary press devoted to publishing chapbooks and full-length collections of poetry, novels, lyrical short fiction, and art monographs by...
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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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Chin Music Press is a curiously bibliophilic indie publisher located deep in the recesses of Seattle's historic Pike Place Market. For 15 years, the focus has been on...
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The CSU Poetry Center is committed to acquiring stylistically distinctive and skillfully crafted collections of poetry, prose, and translation from an aesthetically diverse...
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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...
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Creators Publishing launched in 2006, and since then it has published more than 180 collection books and original manuscripts under three imprints. Its mission is to find...
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The press is flexible with a broad taste. Though most of their books in print are poetry collections, Crisis Chronicles Press remains open to publishing anything the editor...
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Digging Press LLC is an independent publisher. We aim to nurture experimentation and cultural inclusion and promote the importance of eclecticism in the literary and visual...
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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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