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...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, LGBTQ Voices, 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 anything small,...
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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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Apollo Publishers publishes narrative nonfiction books on topics we deem timely and topical. Books must be at least 50,000 words in length and must have broad, trade appeal....
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BPP admires authors who challenge our perspectives, or who offer less-common inroads to the most compelling subjects of our time. But we only accept submissions that fit within...
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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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Creators Publishing launched in 2006, and since then we have published more than 180 collection books and original manuscripts under three imprints. Our mission is to find...
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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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Fat Dog Books is an independent online publisher founded on the premise that if our experience with reading a manuscript is satisfying and engages our intellect and imagination...
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Looking for fresh, original voices for nonfiction books specializing in pop culture, true crime, and sports.
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We seek to publish—in paper and ink—the best writing. We take our ethic and aesthetic from the Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church. Not all of it; just Canon 1115, which...
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Golden Antelope Press is a small press operated in conjunction with, or spun off from, its sister presses, the more scholarly Blazing Sapphire and Naciketas Presses. The focus...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Cross-genre, Feminist, Historical, Literary Fiction, Pop Culture -
Indigent Press is a grassroots micro press dedicated to publishing high quality, limited run, poetry chapbooks by a diverse group of poets with unique...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Pop Culture -
We are a feminist press committed to publishing socially engaged literature with an emphasis on the voices of people of color, people with disabilities, and other historically...
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Editorial Focus: Good writing in any genre.
Statement of Purpose: To love and be loved.Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
MilSpeak Books, the nonprofit EBook publishing division of MilSpeak Foundation (501c3), publishes creative works by military people.
Reading Period: Jul 1 to Sep 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Historical, Humor, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, War -
NMP is a publisher of chapbooks and broadsides. We have a pretty wide aesthetic range, and we acquire manuscripts primarily through our yearly chapbook contest ($1,000 prize,...
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Provocative reading. Literary, engaged, independent, forward-leaning. Exceptional fiction. Unexpected essays. Voices to be reckoned with... Our fiction belongs to a broad range...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Historical, Humor, Formal Poetry, Nature/Environmental, Political, Prose Poetry, Regional, War, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Pop Culture, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Translation -
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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We publish bold stories by bold voices.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to Oct 31Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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.
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We aim to encourage conversations by amplifying diverse perspectives. We appreciate authors who illuminate unconventional and unnoticed aspects of existence, and we endeavor to...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Pop Culture
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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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
