8th & Atlas Publishing is an international small press that is actively extending the cultural and creative spirit of the literary world. The family-run publishing house...
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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: Mar 1 to Mar 31, Sep 1 to Sep 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Regional, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, War, Young Adult -
Alternative Field Notes (and imprint of Alternative Field) welcomes dialogue, discourse, and cooperative thinking in ways that may instigate curiosity, criticism, action,...
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Brooklyn Arts Press (BAP) is a literary press devoted to publishing chapbooks and full-length collections of poetry, novels, lyrical short fiction, and art monographs by...
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Ghostbird Press exists to bring literature and visual art together through chapbooks.
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Jacar Press is a Community Active press publishing fine poetry from Pulitzer Prize winners to poets not yet known. Proceeds from all their publications will go to support...
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Established in 1998 by publisher, editor, and book designer Christine Holbert, Lost Horse Press—a nonprofit independent press based in Liberty Lake, Washington—publishes poetry...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to May 15Genre: Poetry, TranslationGenres: Formal Poetry, Micro-poetry, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, War -
The Mad Duck Coalition publishing house is a haven for the intellectually curious. A flock of brave mad men and women, they are interested in unique ideas, excellent...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Religious/Spiritual, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, War, Young Adult -
The mission of Madville Publishing is to produce, publish, and market literary works of the highest quality that reflect the diversity of the modern English-speaking world....
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Provocative reading. Literary, engaged, independent, forward-leaning. Exceptional fiction. Unexpected essays. Voices to be reckoned with. Their fiction belongs to a broad range...
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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: Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Regional, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, War, Young Adult -
- Their primary focus is in the following genres of fiction: Sci-Fi/Fantasy (LitRPG included), YA (see above), Light/Cozy Fantasy.
- They will consider when the...
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionGenres: Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Historical, Humor, War, Young Adult -
Twelve House Books is an indie publisher that releases a variety of literary fiction, speculative fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Historical, Humor, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, War, Young Adult
