Small Press
mainstreetrag.comMain Street Rag Publishing Company
Open nowIndependent publishing2 open opportunities listed
About the press
Main Street Rag is best known for publishing poetry, but they also publish novels, novellas, short story collections, and essay collections. Guidelines are on their website. There is a limited reading period for all prose book submissions.
Publishing focus
PoetryFictionCreative NonfictionChapbookNovellaShort Story CollectionsEssay CollectionsNovelPoetry Collections
Selected authors
Nathan Leslie (short fiction), Anthony S. Abbott (poetry and novel), Steve Taylor (short fiction), Jennifer K. Sweeney (poetry), Jim Ferris (poetry), Heather Davis (poetry)
Calls & opportunities
2 listedManuscript submissions
Reading periodJan 1 to Dec 31
Reading feeYes
Response timeLess than 3 months
Simultaneous submissionsYes
Unsolicited submissionsYes
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