Baobab Press seeks books that communicate and support their themes through new and well-articulated means. They like risk. They like invention. More importantly, they look for...
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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: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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...
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Bateau Press publishes the winner of the annual Boom Chapbook Contest. Their chapbooks are of the highest quality, well-designed, letterpress covers, hand stitched, and detail-...
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Beacon Publishing Group is an award-winning, independent publisher of books and audio books headquartered in New York City. Beacon has a broad array of titles in fiction and...
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Bella Books publishes lesbian/sapphic fiction of all genres, and is known for award-winning and best-selling f/f romance, mystery, fantasy, paranormal and general fiction.
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The mission at Belle Point Press is to celebrate the literary culture and community of the American Mid-South: all its paradoxes and contradictions, all the ways it gets people...
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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...
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BLP is currently accepting engaging stories in search of a great home. Main themes explore the liminal world where anything can happen. Liminal is anything “in-between” or “...
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betweenthehighway is a press publishes on receipt paper. Inspired by accounting books from the Japanese Edo period, each book features the work of one writer. Please see the...
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If they love your manuscript and offer you a contract, Big Table Publishing Company will provide editing, advice and direction (if you need it), the services of their art...
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Established in 2012, Biting Duck Press is an indie press with the goal of providing high-quality, low-cost, highly accessible electronic and print books for...
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Since 1971, BkMk Press (pronounced “bookmark”) has been committed to finding and publishing outstanding Writers. BkMk Press publishes primarily poetry and short fiction...
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Black Beacon Books is an independent publisher founded by author and anthologist, Cameron Trost. It began in Australia in 2013 and is now based in Brittany. It publishes...
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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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The Black Mountain Press’ first publications were done in collaboration with other publishers and focused on design and the then new digital technology. Established in 1994,...
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Black Scat Books is a small, independent, not-for-profit press dedicated to publishing sublime art and literature, i.e. eccentric art and obscure texts, absurdist fiction,...
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Women-owned specialty press publisher of award-winning novels, anthologies, and special collections, specializing in horror and dark fantasy.
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Black Sun Lit is a print and digital literary press that endeavors to introduce, promote, and support both emerging and experienced writers whose work has little representation...
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Blair is a small, independent press interested in publishing voices from beyond the mainstream. They publish prose and poetry by underrepresented writers such as women, people...
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BlazeVOX [books] presents innovative fictions and wide ranging fields of contemporary poetry. Their books push at the frontiers of what is possible with their innovative poetry...
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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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Bloomsday Literary publishes bold, beautifully crafted books by historically excluded writers, whose stories transform us and inspire us to act.
Reading Period: Jun 1 to Aug 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: BIPOC Voices, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction -
Founded in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2015, Blue Ink Press was formed to create a new community of southern writers.
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Blydyn Square Books publishes books that make you think: smart, interesting, character-driven fiction and unusual/thought-provoking nonfiction.
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BOA Editions publishes within four distinct series: the American Poets Continuum Series (previously published poets); the New Poets of America series (first-...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry
