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Poets and Dreamers International Press
Poets and Dreamers International Press publishes works about business leadership, global strategy, workplace culture, music, and art. The editors cultivate a global space for...
Poets Wear Prada
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.
Poet’s Press
Founded in 1971, the press specializes in lesser-known 1960s, 1970s New York poets, neoromantic and gothic poetry, annotated reprints of lost poets, new translations of classic...
Post-Asemic Press
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...
Prolific Press International Chapbook Series
The Prolific Press Chapbook Series publishes distinctive, accomplished works of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction with a clear artistic identity and a strong sense of purpose....
Quills and Cosmos Press
Worldwide
Woman-owned, independent publisher of sci-fi and fantasy by women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and other minorities.
Read Furiously
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,...
Red Hen Press
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...
Red Light Lit Press
Founded in 2013, Red Light Lit is an independent small press dedicated to publishing writers who push the boundaries of intimacy, identity, and human connection. Its titles...
Regal House Publishing
Regal House seeks works of literary fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, science-fiction, and memoirs. Their imprint Fitzroy Books publishes YA and MG fiction. Their House of...
Riot of Roses Publishing House
Riot of Roses Publishing House was founded specifically to amplify the stories of historically silenced voices. Xicana-owned. Mujerista-focused. For the people. They publish...
River Paw Press
River Paw Press is a proud member of CLMP and a publishing division of Silent River. Its mission is to discover, support, and celebrate voices in world literature. It serves as...
Running Wild, LLC
Running Wild consists of four imprints that publishes great stories with great writing that don’t fit neatly in a box. Running Wild publishes...
Sabre Lake Publishing
Sabre Lake Publishing’s mission is to champion the free expression of ideas by publishing thought-provoking works that engage, entertain, educate, and challenge readers. The...
Santa Fe Writers Project
SFWP is an independent press dedicated to the craft of writing, artistic preservation, recognizing exciting new authors, and bringing out of print work back to the shelves....
Sea Crow Press
Sea Crow Press is an independent publisher of literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry rooted in place, landscape, and the natural world. We...
Serving House Books
Serving House Books is an international book press founded in Denmark and the U.S. by Walter Cummins / Thomas E. Kennedy and now run by William K. Lawrence. The editorial focus...
Seven Stories Press
Founded in 1995 by Dan Simon, and named for the seven authors who committed to a home with a fiercely independent spirit, Seven Stories Press publishes uncompromising political...
Shanti Arts Publishing
Shanti Arts Publishing is devoted to producing beautiful and compelling books related to art, nature, and spirit. Currently, the press is giving preference to poetry...
Silent Clamor Press
Silent Clamor publishes character-driven fiction where language, movement, and consequence matter. Our books engage emotional, ethical, and existential stakes in frameworks...
Slipstream Press
Sponsors an annual Poetry Chapbook Contest offering $1,000 prize and 25 copies. Details at www.slipstreampress.org/guide....
Solum Literary Press
Solum Literary Press currently publishes poetry chapbooks and collections, novellas, novels, and short story collections.
Spaceboy Books
Spaceboy Books seeks weird, innovative, and optimistic science fiction from new and published authors. Quality, inventive, and engaging prose, plus fun new ideas, will catch...
Spurl Editions
Spurl Editions (est. 2015) is an independent publisher of unusual literature and photography, specializing in works fitting for “our current decrepit and apocalyptic world.”...
Sterncastle Publishing
Sterncastle Publishing is an independent, traditional publisher focusing on fiction, folklore, poetry, memoir, and biography. Sterncastle’s mission is to broaden the literary...
Susquehanna University Press
Susquehanna University Press publishes book-length literary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. The editors look for work that will appeal to local, regional, and...
TCK Publishing
TCK Publishing publishes a wide range of nonfiction and are currently accepting book proposals. They do not publish poetry or children’s picture books.
Transformation Media Books
Transformation Media Books is dedicated to publishing innovative works that nourish the body, mind and spirit, written by authors whose ideas and messages make a difference in...
TSEHAI Publishers
Worldwide
TSEHAI Publishers is an international press dedicated to transforming writers into authors. It selects powerful, original works that advance intercultural dialogue and social...
Tupelo Press
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...
Twelve House Books
Twelve House Books is an independent publisher of Speculative Fiction, Quirk, and Poetry.
Two Lines Press
Two Lines Press , the publishing program of the Center for the Art of Translation, specializes in exceptional new writing and overlooked classics that have...
Type Eighteen Books
Type Eighteen Books publishes inspiring and innovative writing—well-crafted, well-considered stories with the potential to change lives. By prioritizing literary excellence and...
University of Iowa Press
Works of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. The press publishes the winners of the Iowa Short Fiction Award, the John Simmons Short Fiction Award, and the Iowa Poetry...
University of Tampa Press
UT Press has a long history of publishing books and series in the areas of regional history, poetry, and the fantastic. They invite proposals for trade and scholarly books...
University of Utah Press
The University of Utah Press is an agency of the J. Willard Marriott Library of the University of Utah. In accordance with the mission of the University, the Press publishes...
University of Wisconsin Press
The University of Wisconsin Press is a not-for-profit publisher of books and journals. Its mission embodies the Wisconsin Idea by publishing work of distinction that serves the...
Unlikely Books
Unlikely Books are created in collaboration with Unlikely Stories Six . Their extensive mission statement is at ...
Unsolicited Press
Unsolicited Press publishes boundary-pushing poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, along with select hybrid and translated works. The editors...
Venetian Spider Press
Quality and creative poetry and fiction.
Wake Forest University Press
Wake Forest University Press only publishes Irish poetry from Irish (not Irish American) poets. The editors regret they cannot consider other poets’ work. If you are an Irish...
Wave Books
Wave Books is an independent poetry press based in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to publishing poetry and books by poets.
Wet Cement Press
Wet Cement Press is a small press based in Berkeley, California, with editors in Reno, Nevada, and Asheville, North Carolina. The press typically publishes three to five books...
Whiskey Tit
Whiskey Tit attempts to restore degradation and degeneracy to the literary arts. They’re pretty sure they are succeeding here. This is usually because the works don’t fit...