A publishing company established in October 2012 by Columbia University and Cornell University graduates with the following aims in view: To identify and publish genuine and pathbreaking works that stand out on the book shelf.

 Alternative Book Press

An American independent literary publisher based in Minneapolis, MN. Founded in 2018, 11:11 publishes innovative literature of all forms and varieties. We believe in the freedom of artistic expression, the realization of creative potential, and the transcendental power of stories.

11:11 Press

We are committed to publishing the baddest in poetry, poetics, prose, and their intersections with the arts of all forms, in handsome book-as-art-object fashion. 1913 is revisionist history. 1913 is what we wanted to be. 1913 is the future.

1913 Press (abandoned)

An independent publisher of art, humor, literary fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry books.

39 West Press

A place for authors who are too imaginative for literary, and too literary for genre. We don’t want just a story, we want an exploration into ideas and topics that most of the literary establishment ignores.

55 Fathoms Publishing

7.13 Books is committed to making beautiful works of literary fiction and offering a publishing experience that’s respectful to and even reverent of first-time authors.

7.13 Books

Independent Publisher focussed on experimental literatures at the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, & neurodiversity.

The 87 Press

8th House Publishing publishes exemplary fiction, philosophy, esoterica and other earnest works.

8th House Publishing

PANK advances the original vision of the founding editors and the rich history that’s published so many innovative voices.

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Abode Press is an intersectional, anti-racist 501(c)3 nonprofit publishing press based in Central, TX dedicated to uplifting underrepresented voices.

Abode Press

Independent publishing house founded in Sheffield in May 2020. We publish fiction and poetry that is clear, candid, and corrosive.

Acid Bath Publishing

"In an Emergency, Break Forms" We publish transnational, interlingual, radical, visionary, feminist, futurist, future-less writing"

Action Books

An innovative small independent poetry publisher dedicated to publishing challenging, well-crafted poetry. We love writing that is moving and provocative from strong, fresh, diverse voices.

Against the Grain

Airlie Open Reading Period! We seek full length manuscripts from Pacific Northwest poets who are willing and able to commit to a three-year term of doing the shared work of running a collective press. 

Airlie Press

Independent publisher in Brooklyn dedicated to the reverse-gentrification of the literary world.

Akashic Books

Founded in 1983, independent publisher of literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. Opinions our own, not representative of the company.

Algonquin Books

Australia's leading independent publisher and is the 2020 Publisher of the Year. We have been voted "Publisher of the Year" fourteen times including in the inaugural award in 1992 and eleven times since 2000.

Allen & Unwin

We focus on works that explore how science and technology affect our lives, the lived experiences of people of diverse backgrounds and identities, speculative futures, and the built environment. Our journal is ionosphere.

Amplicon Press

International. Intersecting. Always Interesting.

Anomalous Press

We’re seeking personal essay, memoir, confessional poetry, curated journal/diary, curated letters/e-mail, hybrid explorations of the self, and any writing that makes art from your life.

Autofocus Books

A nonprofit, literary publisher based in Pittsburgh, PA. We publish full-length collections of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. We accept manuscripts for our annual prizes and through our open-call reading period.

Autumn House Press

A chill place for weird indie lit on the internet and in print.

Back Patio Press

We publish poetry chapbooks, our first came out in November 2022. We are a small time, low scale publishing press. We are very much DIY. All chapbooks will be printed, folded, and stapled in the back room.

back room poetry

Publishing fiction and nonfiction at the intersection of the arts and sciences.

Bellevue Literary Press

An award-winning independent publisher of fiction and nonfiction, based in southeast Michigan and founded in 2016. We publish the best in independent books in the adult, teen, and children's market. We’re always looking for new, fresh and innovative work.

BHC Press

Zine press making Trans Art Magazine, Apple a Day, and more.

Bitter Pill Press

We publish an extensive range of titles, including general non-fiction, biography, sport and humour, as well as fiction, young adult and children's books. 

Black & White Publishing

An independent publisher of contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Through our annual contests and open reading periods, we seek innovative, electrifying, and thoroughly intoxicating manuscripts that ensnare themselves in our hearts and minds and won’t let go.

Black Lawrence Press

A boutique small press, dedicated to producing quality books for readers. We handle all genres of romance, as well as women’s fiction, chick lit, historicals, mysteries, thrillers, YA, and limited non-fiction.

Black Opal Books

An independent publishing house that strongly believes in developing a personal relationship with their authors. The Texas-based publishing company doesn't see authors as clients or just another number on a page, but rather as individual people... people who deserve an honest review of their material and to be paid traditional royalties without ever paying any fees to be published.

Black Rose Writing

Blacklight Press publishes innovative fiction books. This imprint is filled with stories that, like a blacklight, reveal to us things that we may not have seen before.

Blacklight Press

Blackwater Press is an independent publisher and editorial consultancy with an international team of editors.

Blackwater Press

A small, independent press interested in publishing voices from beyond the mainstream. We publish prose and poetry by underrepresented writers such as women, people of color, authors with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ authors.

Blair

The Blasted Tree

Block Party (established 2021) is a magazine and chapbook press that publishes voice-driven poetry and prose and compelling visual art through both our digital magazine and hybrid chapbooks.

Block Party Press

A small press publishing poetry in paperback & handmade chapbooks.

Bloof Books

An independent publisher based in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. Kevin and Hetha Duffy started Bluemoose in 2006 and as a ‘family’ of readers and writers we’re passionate about the written word and stories. Stories are transformative and as publishers we delight in finding great new talent.

Bluemoose Books

Pulitzer Prize-winning publisher of poetry, literary fiction, & poetry in translation. Fostering readership & appreciation of contemporary literature.

BOA Editions

A small press that’s been publishing the raddest indie lit since 2017.

Bone & Ink Press (abadnoned since Apr 2022)

We want to build on our micro-journal, Carmen et Error’s ethos of small things done well (and strangely!). We will be opening submissions for poetry pamphlets and micro chapbooks during the month of May. Submissions will close midnight May 31st submissions sent after th

The Braag

An independent press based in Frankfort, Kentucky. While specializing in poetry, we publish works in a variety of genres, from both established and emerging writers.

Broadstone Books

Buffalo Heritage Press is committed to telling the stories of Buffalo, New York, one beautiful book at a time.

Buffalo Heritage Press

Bull City Press, an independent, volunteer-run small press based in North Carolina, was born in 2006. We publish chapbooks and occasionally full-length books of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as the quarterly journal Inch. We also host events.

Bull City Press

An independent, volunteer-run small press based in North Carolina, was born in 2006. We publish chapbooks and occasionally full-length books. We select manuscripts through an open reading period. Manuscripts of poetry, fiction (particularly flash fiction), and creative nonfiction are welcome during this process.

Bull City Press (duplicate)

BULLSHIT LIT'S chapbook press. Publishing poetry, fiction, hybrid shit, comics, and more since January 2022.

BULLSHIT PRESS

A small press based in SLC. We make handbound small-edition books of poetry, translation, and prose.

Carrion Bloom Books

We have two anthologies open for submissions of art and poetry. Please check the links for specific guidelines! 

The 27 Club Anthology - January 1, 2024 submission deadline
Lost & Found Anthology - April 1, 2024 submission deadline


Castle Carrington Publishing-Aurynanya

Catapult

A dynamic independent publisher.
We give voice to new ideas that reach beyond the trends.

Chicago Review Press

A London based publishing company producing illustrated books for adults and kids about art, design, fashion and visual ideas.

Cicada Books

City of Light Publishing was founded on the idea that we can all be a light in the world.

City of Light Publishing

We are looking for strong, fresh voices & POV's in any genre. Fiction, nonfiction, & poetry. Especially looking for unique voices of female identifying, LGBTQ & POC from all over the world.