Pig Roast Publishing was founded by Jeff Schneider in Providence, Rhode Island. An independent press, Pig Roast Publishing is focused on transgressive and outsider books with a...
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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: Aug 1 to Jan 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsSubgenres: Experimental, Literary Fiction -
Post-Asemic Press is an international book publisher of asemic writing, experimental poetry, visual poetry, and audio recordings of sound poetry. Asemic writing is the...
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Publishing Genius aims to make the best books by devoted members of the global literary community, and to make them in the most interesting and progressive ways. That’s because...
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Radix publishes new ideas and fresh perspectives, prioritizing the voices of typically marginalized communities to get to the root of the human experience. They are looking for...
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Read Furiously wants to create a new generation of readers—furious readers—who view reading as a necessary part to living in this busy world. They publish original prose,...
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Red Bird Chapbooks publishes high quality handmade chapbooks that introduce aspiring and inspiring writers and artists to a larger audience. Red Bird provides a venue for new...
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Red Hen Press is committed to publishing work of literary excellence, supporting diversity, and promoting literacy in local schools. They seek a community of readers and...
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Running Wild Press publishes great stories with great writing that don’t fit neatly in a box. RIZE Press publishes great genre stories written by those from underrepresented...
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Sagging Meniscus Press publishes nonconformist, aesthetically self-determined literature—books that want to be themselves.
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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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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 NonfictionSubgenres: 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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Visual Poetry -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Jun 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Sterncastle Publishing is an independent, traditional publisher focusing on fiction, folklore, poetry, memoir, and biography. Sterncastle’s mission is to broaden the literary...
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Susquehanna University Press publishes book-length literary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. The editors look for work that will appeal to local, regional, and...
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Switchback Books challenges gender inequity by publishing books of poetry by women and nonbinary authors. Switchback has published more than 20 books since its founding in 2006...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 15Genre: PoetrySubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Formal Poetry, LGBTQ Voices, Micro-poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry -
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 NonfictionSubgenres: 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 -
The Toad Press International Chapbook Series publishes contemporary, exciting, beautiful, odd, and avant-garde chapbook-length translations of poetry and prose.
Reading Period: Oct 15 to Dec 31Genre: TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Tupelo Press, which released its first five books in fall 2001, is an independent, literary press devoted to discovering and publishing works of poetry, literary fiction, and...
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Ugly Duckling Presse is a mission-driven small press that publishes poetry, translation, experimental nonfiction, performance texts, and books by artists. UDP favors emerging,...
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Unbound Edition Press is guided by a mission to respect and elevate emerging, underappreciated, and marginalized authors, with a strong commitment to advancing LGBTQ+ and BIPOC...
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Treating each book as a work of art, Unleash Press publishes a limited number of single-author manuscripts each year. The editors are currently looking for manuscripts that...
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Taking inspiration from the idea of the veliz, in 2015 Veliz Books began crossing literary borders and championing work that transcends time and trends. Veliz Books is...
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Vine Leaves Press likes to blur the line between commercial and experimental works. They publish biography/autobiography, creative nonfiction, reference books, short story...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 1 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Historical, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Young Adult -
Wave Books is an independent poetry press based in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to publishing poetry and books by poets.
Wave Books is:
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Charlie Wright, Publisher...Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Political, Prose Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry
