Saint Julian Press, a new literary and educational organization, embraces a vision to create a local and worldwide community. Their desire is to engage in an artistic and...
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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 Mar 1Genre: 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....
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An award-winning independent literary press dedicated to poetry, short fiction, and essay.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 15, Jul 1 to Jul 31, Sep 1 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The mission of Saturnalia Books is to publish literary works, primarily poetry, of high merit, by new and established writers; to encourage collaboration and communication...
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Sea Crow Press is an award-winning woman-run independent publisher based on Cape Cod in Massachusetts committed to amplifying voices that might otherwise go unheard. In a...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Healing/Health, Historical, Regional, Young Adult -
Seneca Review Books publishes one book every other year through the biennial Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Book Prize. The press accepts submissions during odd-numbered years.
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The goal of Seven Kitchens Press has always been to publish the very best poetry and prose they can find in carefully-edited, hand-trimmed, and hand-tied chapbooks; to work in...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31, Feb 1 to Nov 1, Apr 1 to Apr 30, Jun 1 to Jun 30, Oct 1 to Oct 31, Nov 1 to Nov 30Genre: PoetryGenres: Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Prose Poetry, Regional -
Founded in 1995 by Dan Simon, and named for the seven authors who committed to a home with a fiercely independent spirit, Seven Stories Press publishes uncompromising political...
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Founded in June 2011 by Teresa Mei Chuc, the mission of Shabda Press is to support and uplift diverse, marginalized, and underrepresented voices. They publish new, emerging,...
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Shanti Arts Publishing is devoted to producing beautiful and compelling books related to art, nature, and spirit.
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Sheila-Na-Gig INC (Editions) supports the work of both established and emerging poets and fiction writers through the publication of poetry chapbooks and poetry collections and...
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Founded in 2010, Sibling Rivalry Press is an independent publishing house based just outside of Little Rock, Arkansas, in the small town of Alexander. Their mission is to...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Jun 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Love, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional -
Siglio publishes uncommon books that live in the rich and varied space between art and literature. Driven by its feminist ethos, Siglio champions uncategorizable, unwieldy, and...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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Sixteen Rivers Press is a shared-work, nonprofit poetry collective dedicated to providing an alternative publishing avenue for Northern California poets. Founded in 1999 by...
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Reading Period: Feb 15 to Jun 15Genre: Poetry
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Sponsors an annual Poetry Chapbook Contest offering $1,000 prize and 50 copies. Details at www.slipstreampress.org/guide....
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Solum Literary Press currently publishes poetry chapbooks and collections, novellas, novels, and short story collections.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genres: Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual -
Sonder Press, sister to the Sonder Review, is an independent publisher of fiction and narrative nonfiction. It publishes short fiction and essay collections, as well...
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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...
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Southeast Missouri State University Press, founded in 2001, serves as a first-rate publisher in an underpublished area of the nation.
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Spaceboy Books seeks weird, innovative, and optimistic science fiction from new and published authors. Quality, inventive, and engaging prose, plus fun new ideas, will catch...
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Split/Lip Press is dedicated to publishing boundary-breaking fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid books, lifting the transition boards that prevent fluidity and smashing those they...
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 NonfictionGenres: 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: FictionGenres: LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Translation -
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
