November 21, 2024

Meetinghouse: Now Seeking Submissions

Meetinghouse is a print journal (with some content occasionally published online) produced by undergraduate students at Dartmouth College. They showcase a broad range of writing: “We welcome all forms of writing, both creative and critical.” This includes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction as well as “genre-bending & genre-blending” work (which they especially love). You can get…

73 Opportunities for Historically Underrepresented Writers November 2024

This list of publishers meet our guiding principles, but are only open to free submissions from historically underrepresented writers or focus on publishing content produced by historically underrepresented writers. Some of these publications are open to a wide range of writers including writers of color, gender non-conforming and LGBTQ+ writers, and those living with disabilities….

“Are You a Good Writer?”

By Jessi Waugh We sat together at a bistro table in a one-hundred-year-old building, during the monthly writer meet-up. It was intermission time – an opportunity to order wine, socialize, or run away before the prompt writing and critiques began. Sensing her imminent escape, I struck up a conversation with the woman across from me….

November 20, 2024

Expanse: Accepting Submissions

Expanse is an imprint of Entwined Publishing, which focuses on publishing Romance that falls within the Science Fiction sub genre. Entwined Publishing used to be called The Totally Entwined Group. You can learn more about Entwined Publishing here. I really encourage you to read that review also for larger context about the company. One of…

Lawley Publishing: Accepting Submissions

Lawley Publishing is an Arizona-based press focused on publishing books for children. Their motto is “Kids’ books with heart”, and their logo, a book with a heart in it, echoes that sentiment. They publish children’s fiction and nonfiction picture books, early reader fiction and nonfiction chapter books, as well as middle grade fiction and nonfiction….

Parlor Press: Accepting Submissions

Parlor Press’s motto is “equipment for living”. They are an independent publisher and distributor of scholarly and trade books. They publish work in print, and digitally. in high quality print and digital formats. They are only interested in submissions that are targeted specifically towards one of their existing book series. Their current series are as…

November 18, 2024

25 Magazines Seeking Hybrid Writing

These literary magazines accept hybrid, or cross-genre, writing. They also accept other genres, like fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some pay writers. Many, but not all, are open for submissions now, or will open soon. Hunger MountainThis magazine is affiliated with the Vermont College of Fine Arts. They charge a submission fee for other genres, but…

November 14, 2024

5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in November 2024

These literary magazines pay for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They’re a mix of literary and genre magazines. Not all of them are open through the month. The Stinging FlyThis Ireland-based magazine has just opened for fiction, nonfiction, including graphic fiction and nonfiction, and poetry. They also accept translations. They are not accepting works for the…

Portland Review: Now Seeking Submissions

Portland Review is an established online publication of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translations, produced by the graduate students at Portland State University’s English Department. Founded in 1956, Portland Review has published many well-known authors like Tess Gallagher, Richard Hugo, Carol Muske-Dukes, and Yusef Komunyakkaa. They also feature emerging and unpublished writers alongside these established voices….

One Day It Happens: How One Author Got Published Just Before Turning 70

By Mary Lou Dickinson After I retired from my job at the Assaulted Women’s Helpline, I was determined to have a book published. Following almost a lifetime of writing and raising two children as a single parent as well as working at various other jobs, there were a few of my short stories in literary…

November 11, 2024

The Top 44 Publishers for New Authors

The writing market can be overwhelming, particularly for new authors who do not have a history of past publication. It is important to note that no legitimate established presses specifically look for unpublished authors. The presses on this list were chosen because they have published a number of debut books before. The publishers on this…

November 8, 2024

Incorrect Submissions: An Ongoing Issue

This article exists because we have been regularly hearing from publishers who are deluged with submissions that do not fit their needs in any way. Examples of this include unpolished work, work that in no way fits the submission guidelines, fiction submitted to non fiction publishers, etc. This is in no way acceptable behaviour for…

Sheltering Tree Media: Accepting Submissions

Sheltering Tree Media is a small company mostly focused on podcasts and book publishing. They are founded in 2021 and are run by Evelyn Rainey. They are based out of Florida, and were originally focused on book publishing, mostly just the founding editor’s work, but they’ve since expanded beyond that scope significantly. In the last…

November 7, 2024

Nine Manuscript Publishers Open to Submissions in November 2024

This list focuses on nine publishers that we are excited about that are open to submissions this month. Some are only open for a short period of time, others will be open the whole month and beyond. At least four of these are presses we have not covered previously. We are still reviewing a minimum…

Cypress Review: Now Seeking Submissions

Cypress Review is a new online journal of “lyrical, contemplative, and contemporary” writing. While they primarily publish poetry, they also accept prose, and they like, “anything strange, surreal, and/or experimental (magical realism, speculative fiction, flash fiction, etc.).” They also appreciate all types of writing with emotional resonance: “Bring us your melancholy yet hopeful works that…