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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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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Harvard Square Editions is looking for literary fiction and non-fiction of social and environmental value. Its mission is transcend national boundaries, publishing manuscripts...
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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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JLRB Press is a small-run imprint that specializes in poetry, with a strong emphasis on queer and neurodivergent voices and emerging writers.
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The goal of Little Red Tree Publishing is to publish books that are accessible to everyone, combining their desire to educate and their love of quality books with an interest...
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Poetry and microfiction with a strong narrative. They like the lyrical, embrace the formal as well as spoken word. Clarity is essential. They love pop culture. They also...
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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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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 -
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
