39 West Press publishes books of art, poetry, literary fiction, and creative non-fiction. We are looking for innovative and well-crafted, high-quality works by new and...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Feminist, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBT, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Political, Prose Poetry -
Mixed Genre or Poetry Collection: 50-120 pages.
For poetry, we lean toward the lyrical, eccentric, ambivalent and wildly imaginative. For mixed genre work, your...
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Ahsahta Press champions and promotes surprising, relevant, and accessible experimental poetry that more commercially minded small presses avoid; in making it widely available,...
Read moreReading Period: May 1 to May 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Nature/Environmental, Prose Poetry -
Alternative Book Press is a new publishing company established in October 2012 by Columbia University and Cornell University graduates with the following aim in view: To...
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Another New Calligraphy publishes limited-edition books and CDs lovingly designed and handmade in our Chicago home. By providing our collaborators' work with a singular visual...
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Atticus Books is a genre-busting literary press based in the New York City metropolitan area. Our purpose on earth is to help lead independent publishing into a new era of book...
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BatCat Press publishes limited handbound editions of awesome poetry and prose. We aim to publish books, chapbooks, and broadsides that are the perfect combination of excellent...
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Our fiction must have a female protagonist. The writing must be engaging with a unique approach to storytelling and a distinctive authorial voice and style. We want works that...
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Established in 2012, we are an indie press with the goal of providing high-quality, low-cost, highly accessible electronic and print books for anyone...
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Black Lawrence Press seeks to publish intriguing books of literature: novels, short story collections, poetry, and translations (from the German). We hold open reading periods...
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We are a small, independent, not-for-profit press dedicated to publishing sublime art & literature, i.e., eccentric art & obscure texts, absurdist fiction, experimental...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Erotica, Experimental, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Prose Poetry, Literary Fiction, Translation -
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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Civil Coping Mechanisms (CCM) is a DIY kind of press. We take the same level of angst as our brethren in shunning those that would be in the immediate...
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We fulfill our mission by publishing books that advance the craft of writing; books that present the dreams and ambitions of peoples who have been under-represented in...
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We're flexible and have broad taste. Though most of our books in print are poetry chapbooks, we remain open to publishing anything the editor loves.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
Dalkey Archive Press is a nonprofit organization whose mission is the preservation of literary works of art through publication. We primarily publish literary...
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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, LGBT, Micro-poetry, Literary Fiction -
Publishing book-length literary fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Looking for the unique combination of literary language and genre movements
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We are first and foremost a Christian publisher. However, we do not necessarily limit our submissions to non-fiction theologically-centered works. We are looking for anything...
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We review and edit fiction and narrative nonfiction, and the work we publish is almost exclusively available directly through our website, thus rendering us a...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Experimental, Prose Poetry, Literary Fiction -
Furniture Press is a publisher of strangely poetical texts and ephemera, all which play at (but are not limited to) intertextuality and appropriation. Some want to call it...
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Gazing Grain Press is an inclusive feminist chapbook series edited by alumni of George Mason University’s MFA program and sponsored by the Fall for the Book literary festival....
Read moreReading Period: Mar 15 to Jun 1Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, LGBT, Love, Micro-poetry, Nature/Environmental, Political, Prose Poetry -
Founded in 1955, George Braziller, Inc. is a small, independent publishing house based in New York City. We pride ourselves on consistently publishing books of exceptional...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Experimental, Translation