Post-Asemic Press is an international book publisher of asemic writing, experimental poetry, visual poetry, and audio recordings of sound poetry. Asemic writing is the...
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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: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry -
Radix Media publishes new ideas and fresh perspectives, prioritizing the voices of typically marginalized communities to get to the root of the human experience. We are looking...
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Red Dirt Press, LLC is dedicated to publishing emerging and established voices of the contemporary American South. We are drawn to voices that shine a light on the complexities...
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Red Hen Press is committed to publishing work of literary excellence, supporting diversity, and promoting literacy in our local schools. We seek a community of readers and...
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Regal House seeks works of literary fiction, historical fiction, and memoirs. Our imprint Fitzroy Books publishes Young Adult and Middle Grade fiction; our Fugere Books series...
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Founded in January of 2006, Rose Metal Press is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit publisher whose mission is to produce beautiful books in hybrid genres, by which we mean...
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Running Wild publishes great stories with great writing that don’t fit neatly in a box.
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Sagging Meniscus Press is a new small press specializing in the literature of the American underground.
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Savant Books and Publications seeks previously-unpublished literary works of enduring value with a twist that expand and transform English readers' point-of-view throughout the...
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Founded in 2010, Sibling Rivalry Press is an independent publishing house based just outside of Little Rock, Arkansas, in the small town of Alexander. Our mission is to develop...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Jun 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Love, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional -
Siglio publishes uncommon books that live in the rich and varied space between art and literature. Driven by its feminist ethos, siglio champions uncategorizable, unwieldy, and...
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The Song Cave is dedicated to recovering a lost sensibility and creating a new one by publishing books of poetry, translations, art criticism, and making art prints and other...
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We seek weird, innovative, and optimistic science fiction from new and published authors. Quality, inventive, and engaging prose, plus fun new ideas, will catch our eyes every...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: FictionGenres: Cross-genre, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction -
At Stillhouse Press we are committed to publishing writers, both emerging and established. We focus specifically on the idea "craft publishing," working with our authors to...
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The Gatewood Prize is Switchback Books' annual competition for a first or second full-length (48-80 pp.) collection of poems by a woman writing in the English language. It is...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 15Genre: PoetryGenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Micro-poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry -
We publish a wide range of fiction and nonfiction.
We do not publish poetry or children's picture books.
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We are open to many literary themes and poetic forms & styles. Never really pigeonholed ourselves to one market. We enjoy the succinct, the startling, and the sublime. Some...
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Thurston Howl Publications is a small progressive publishing house in Lansing, Michigan. We have specialized in animal fiction and evocative literature.
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Our primary focus is in the following genres of fiction:
Fantasy — Norse Mythology, Gaslamp, Humorous, Urban
SciFi — Steam Punk, Space Opera, Post Apoc, Humorous...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionGenres: Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Historical, Humor, Religious/Spiritual, War -
The Toad Press International Chapbook Series publishes contemporary, exciting, beautiful, odd, and avant-garde chapbook-length translations of poetry and prose.
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Tupelo Press, which released its first five books in fall 2001, is an independent, literary press devoted to discovering and publishing works of poetry, literary fiction and...
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Unbound Edition Press champions honest, original voices. Committed to the power of the literary arts to explore and illuminate the contemporary human condition, it publishes...
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Wave Books is an independent poetry press based in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to publishing the best in contemporary poetry, poetry in translation, and writing by poets....
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Wendy’s Subway is a nonprofit reading room, writing space, and independent publisher located in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Since 2013, Wendy’s Subway has provided an open and...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 15 to Sep 1Genre: Poetry, Creative NonfictionGenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Translation -
Wet Cement Press publishes small handheld books of fiction, poetry and hybrid genius as well as the quarterly online journal, WCP Magazine. We're looking for work that is...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
