2Leaf Press is an imprint of the Intercultural Alliance of Artists & Scholars, Inc., a NY-based nonprofit organization that promotes multicultural literature and literacy...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Historical, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry, Translation -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Feminist, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Political, Prose Poetry -
My tastes lean toward (but are not limited to) the genre-bending, the fabulists, as well as literary comedies.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Experimental, Humor, Literary Fiction -
Under our Bolden imprint, we publish fiction, nonfiction, and memoirs by African-American authors. Under our Midway imprint, we publish nonfiction with a Midwest focus. Under...
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Akashic Books is a Brooklyn-based independent company dedicated to publishing urban literary fiction and political nonfiction by authors who are either ignored by the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Political, Pop Culture -
akinoga press is a Baltimore-based micro-press that specialzes in hand-bound chapbooks of a spacious/minimalist/austere flavor, though we're on the lookout for...
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Fiction with a Chicago connection
Genre: FictionSubgenres: Historical, Regional, Literary Fiction, Commercial Fiction -
Alternating Current is an independent press dedicated to publishing and promoting incredible literature that challenges readers and has an innate sense of self, timelessness,...
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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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Anaphora is looking for creative books of poetry, short stories, novellas, novels and other types of literary and genre fiction. Anaphora is a general publisher, completely...
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April Gloaming Publishing is a Nashville-based independent press that aims to capture and better understand the Southern soul, Southern writing, and the Southern holler.
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Ashland Creek Press is a small, independent publisher of books for a better planet. Our mission is to publish a range of books that foster an appreciation for worlds outside...
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Atelier26 is an independent press in Portland, Oregon that exists to demonstrate the powers and possibilities of literature through books that get people listening, talking,...
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Autumn House is a nonprofit, independent press which has the mission of publishing poetry and other fine literature. We are committed not just to publishing the prominent...
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Bagwyn Books is dedicated to publishing well-researched historical fiction novels. We are open to different styles and genres of writing. Created to give lovers of the medieval...
Read moreReading Period: May 15 to Dec 30Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Formal, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, Translation -
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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Bellevue Literary Press is devoted to publishing literary fiction and nonfiction at the intersection of the arts and sciences because we believe that science and the humanities...
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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, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Blank Slate Press (now an imprint of Amphorae Publishing Group) was founded to discover, nurture, publish and promote emerging voices from the greater Saint Louis region and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Historical, Humor, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, Commercial Fiction -
BLF Press is an independent Black feminist press dedicated to amplifying the work of women of color.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Feminist, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction -
Founded in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2015, Blue Ink Press was formed to help authors navigate the daunting and confusing world of publishing. While our focus was initially on...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Historical, Literary Fiction, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Young Adult -
We publish books that make you think: smart, interesting, character-driven fiction and unusual/thought-provoking nonfiction
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Jul 1Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction