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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, Historical, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Political -
Provocative reading. Literary, engaged, independent, forward-leaning. Exceptional fiction. Unexpected essays. Voices to be reckoned with... Our fiction belongs to a broad range...
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Established in 2016, PALOMA PRESS is a San Francisco Bay Area-based, Filipino American and immigrant women-led, independent literary press. We are founded in...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
We like the experimental as well as the accessible; we love prose poems and erasures, but also sonnets and sestinas. Many people associate chapbooks with only poetry, but we're...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction
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P+B Publications is an independent publisher, seeking the best new work by women and non-binary authors. In the spirit of Pen + Brush, we believe fervently that our publishing...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction -
Persea Books is an independent, literary publishing house founded in 1975 by Michael Braziller and Karen Braziller, who still own and direct the company. Over the past decades...
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Poetry and microfiction with a strong narrative. We like the lyrical, embrace the formal as well as spoken word. Clarity is essential. We love pop culture.
Reading Period: Nov 17 to Jan 6, May 21 to Sep 5Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Believing in literature’s practical ability to create empathy and therefore a better world, Publishing Genius exists to make the best books by devoted members of the global...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry -
Raven Chronicles strives to publish and showcase work that embodies the cultural diversity of writers and artists; work that expresses family and forebears; work that connects...
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As Read Furiously, we want to create a new generation of readers - furious readers - who view reading as a necessary part to living in this busy world. We publish original...
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Red Bird Chapbooks publishes high quality handmade chapbooks that introduce aspiring and inspiring writers and artists to a larger audience. Red Bird provides a venue for new...
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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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Red Mountain Press seeks evocative, well-edited poetry and literary narratives that address contemporary life and has lasting value. Their books represent the point of view of...
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Running Wild Press publishes great stories with great writing that don’t fit neatly in a box. And RIZE Press publishes great genre stories written by those from...
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Saddle Road is looking for reflective, authentic literary voices embodying the rich, diverse history and heritages of the English language. It welcomes writing that is joyful,...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 15 to Feb 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Nature/Environmental -
Sagging Meniscus Press publishes nonconformist, aesthetically self-determined literature—books that want to be themselves.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
SFWP is an independent press dedicated to the craft of writing, artistic preservation, recognizing exciting new authors, and bringing out of print work back to the shelves. We...
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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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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...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Jun 30Subgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry, Translation -
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 31Subgenres: Cross-genre, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction -
Split/Lip Press is dedicated to publishing boundary-breaking fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid books, lifting the transition boards that prevent fluidity and smashing those we...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 1, Apr 1 to Jun 1, Jul 1 to Sep 1, Oct 1 to Dec 1Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Commercial Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction -
Spurl Editions (est. 2015) is an independent publisher of unusual literature and photography, specializing in works fitting for “our current decrepit and apocalyptic world.”...
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Translation -
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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Founded in 2021 by husband and wife team Grace and Tyler Wittkofsky, Tea With Coffee Media is a team of indie authors, designers, and editors who have a goal of helping indie...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, War, Young Adult
