Under their Bolden imprint, Agate Publishing publishes fiction, nonfiction, and memoirs by Black American authors. Under their Midway imprint, they publish nonfiction with a...
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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 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Regional -
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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Apollo Publishers publishes narrative and illustrated nonfiction books on topics they deem timely and topical. Books must have broad, trade appeal.
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April Gloaming Publishing is a nonprofit Nashville-based independent press that aims to capture and better understand the Southern soul, Southern writing, and the Southern...
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Ashland Creek Press is a small, independent publisher of books for a better planet. Its mission is to publish a range of books that foster an appreciation for worlds outside...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Feminist, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, War, Young Adult
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Autumn House Press is a nationally renowned nonprofit publisher based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, whose mission is to publish and promote poetry and other fine...
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BatCat Press publishes limited handbound editions of awesome poetry and prose. They aim to publish books, chapbooks, and broadsides that are the perfect combination of...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to May 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
Bauhan Publishing is an independent Publisher in Peterborough, New Hampshire. They focus on New England regional books in the areas of history, art, nature studies, and poetry...
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Founded in 2007, Beatdom Books is the publisher of Beatdom, a literary journal that explores the Beat Generation and related countercultural movements. They also...
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Bellevue Literary Press is devoted to publishing literary fiction and nonfiction at the intersection of the arts and sciences because they believe that science and the...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction -
Writing about and from the Rust Belt, smart narrative and serious nonfiction, fiction with a regional foothold, cultural criticism, urbanism, progressive politics, scholarly...
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Black Lawrence Press is an independent publisher of contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. They also publish the occasional translation from German. They hold...
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BLF Press is an independent Black feminist press dedicated to amplifying the work of Black women and women of color.
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Blydyn Square Books publishes books that make you think: smart, interesting, character-driven fiction and unusual/thought-provoking nonfiction. They have a children’s imprint (...
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Bottom Dog Press / Bird Dog Publishing is a literary small press with five series: Midwest, Working Lives, Harmony, Memoirs, and Appalachian Writing. They’ve also done some...
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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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CavanKerry Press seeks materials from the broadest range of writers, including people of color and people with disabilities. We are partial to writers whose distinct voices are...
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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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Divertir Publishing is an independent publisher located in Salem, New Hampshire. Their goal is to provide interesting and entertaining books to the world, as well as to offer...
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Fat Dog Books is an independent online publisher founded on the premise that if their experience with reading a manuscript is satisfying and engages their intellect and...
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Looking for fresh, diverse, original voices for both nonfiction and fiction books. We specialize in the following genres. Nonfiction: pop culture, true crime, and sports....
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Finishing Line Press an award-winning BIPOC + women-owned and -operated small press publisher located in Georgetown, Kentucky. Since 1998. FLP is a proud member of CLMP.
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Foundlings seeks to publish—in paper and ink—the best writing. The press takes its ethic and aesthetic from the Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church. Not all of it; just...
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Established in 2015, Half Mystic Press is an international, independent, and interdisciplinary publishing house dedicated to the celebration of music in all its forms.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
