Burrow Press is the literary publisher of Stetson University’s MFA of the Americas program, focusing on collaboration, translation, and literature in the expanded field. Since...
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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 Jun 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Visual Poetry -
Bywater Books, Inc. represents the coming of age of queer literature.
The Bywater Books mission is to publish well-written commercial...
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Regional interest only. Cat and Mouse Press primarily publishes novels and short story collections that could be called “beach reads.” They are not accepting submissions at...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Regional, Serialized Fiction -
Central Avenue Publishing is a home for fiction and poetry about people at their worst—and best.
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Cervena Barva Press was founded in April of 2005. The press solicits poetry, fiction, and translations from various writers around the world. The editors publish writers who...
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Cherry Castle Publishing is one of America’s newest and most energetic black-owned publishers of great literature. It is a press that honors the vibrant multicultural voice of...
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Chin Music Press is a curiously bibliophilic indie publisher located deep in the recesses of Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market. For 18 years, the focus has been on creating...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 15 to Mar 31, Sep 11 to Oct 25Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The press looks for works that narrate stories in well written prose and poetic forms, demonstrating human experience in all kinds of circumstances. The editors find delight in...
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The focus of the Cholla Needles Arts & Literary Library is mostly poetry. The press has a specialized series of poetry/art books with art created by the author, or a...
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Codhill Press is devoted exclusively to the advancement and appreciation of the finest works in poetry and prose which promise to search out important meanings for life.
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Coffee House Press creates new spaces for audiences and artists to interact, inspiring readers and enriching communities by expanding the definition of what literature is, what...
Read moreReading Period: May 1 to May 31, Oct 1 to Oct 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Translation -
Whether in the form of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry, the works they like to publish engage the senses, fire up the neurons, possess a social consciousness, and help make...
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Creative James Media leans toward out-of-the-ordinary, genre-bending, unique stories. They don’t shy away from heavy topics.
Reading Period: Jun 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: FictionGenres: LGBTQ Voices, Magical Realism, Young Adult -
Creators Publishing launched in 2006, and since then it has published more than 180 collection books and original manuscripts under three imprints. Its mission is to find...
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Cricket Cottage Publishing, LLC, is committed to selling high quality stories that are entertaining, exciting, educational, and just plain good, and to sharing useful...
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The press is flexible with a broad taste. Though most of their books in print are poetry collections, Crisis Chronicles Press remains open to publishing anything the editor...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
Cuidono Press publishes fiction, historical fiction, and history. They look for narratives that take history and culture seriously, whether in service to a great story or in...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 1 to Aug 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Historical, Literary Fiction -
DarkWinter Press and Baxter Editions are looking for novellas, novel-length manuscripts, short story collections, and poetry collections with a twist. They do not publish...
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Deep Vellum Publishing was founded in 2013 with the mission to bring the world into conversation through publishing literature from around the world, while organizing literary...
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Del Sol Press seeks to publish exceptional work by both new and recognized writers, as well as republish literary works that they consider extremely significant and that have...
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Devil’s Party Press is an imprint of Current Words Publishing, as are the follwoing imprints: Instant Noodles, an online literary magazine, Hawkshaw, for mystery,...
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Digging Press is an independent publisher with a strong commitment to fostering experimentation and cultural inclusion in the realms of literature and visual arts. We believe...
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Divertir Publishing is an independent publisher located in Salem, New Hampshire. Their goal is to provide interesting and entertaining books to the world, as well as to offer...
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Founded in 2011, Down & Out Books is an independent publisher of literary and crime fiction based in Tampa, Florida.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to Apr 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction -
Drinian Press is a small literary publishing house which supports emerging authors of quality fiction and creative nonfiction. They place an emphasis on cooperation with other...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
