November 11, 2024
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 It is important to note that no legitimate established presses specifically look for unpublished authors.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
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 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
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 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…
By Patricia Westerhof Before I sent out my first book-length manuscript for publication, I’d spent a total of two days learning about the publishing industry. Pretty much everything I knew came from a weekend workshop: a beginner’s guide to getting published, taught by the former president/publisher at Penguin Canada. I followed the steps she suggested,…
November 4, 2024
These are themed calls and contests from 31 publishers for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry; a couple of the publishers are open for more than one call. Some of the call themes are: solarpunk conflicts; fever dreams; Aphrodite; censorship; stop surveillance copaganda; cat stories; future states of stars; on the farm; high seas horror; fortune and…