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Nine Publishers Open to Direct Submissions in November 2026

This list focuses on nine publishers 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. Please note that if a publisher doesn’t have a specific submission…

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Park Street Press: Accepting Manuscript Submissions

Park Street Press is an imprint of Inner Traditions and Bear & Company. The Park Street Press imprint focuses on publishing books “to enhance our understanding of the world in which we live, with a strong focus on psychology, new science, consciousness studies, and psychedelics & entheogens.” We have a full review of Inner Traditions…

Rogue Wolf Publishing: Accepting Manuscript Submissions

This small Romance-focused press was founded in 2024. Their tagline is “Where stories run wild.” They are currently open to submissions in the following subgenres of Romance: Fantasy romance, Paranormal romance, Dark romance, Billionaire romance, Clean/sweet romance, and Historical romance. There isn’t much background on the company. Near the top of the home page they…

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The Black Springs Press Group: Accepting Manuscript Submissions

This independent press is based in London, and was founded in 1984. They have published, and reprinted many well-known authors over the years, including reprinting some of D.H. Lawrence and Leonard Cohen’s work and publishing Nick Caves’ first novel. It has changed ownership a few times since it was founded, most recently in 2018, where…

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Orion Dash: Now Seeking Manuscript Submissions

This new digital-first imprint of Hachette UK is focused on publishing commercial fiction across the subgenres of women’s fiction, romance, saga, historical, crime and thriller. This is how they describe the focus and purpose of this imprint: “Dash is a boutique imprint that aims to create bestsellers by giving every one of our titles the…

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Keeperton

Launched in August 2024 by Australian author T L Swan, Keeperton is a new press with good distribution. You can learn more about its launch here. They describe their publication by saying, “Keeperton is a publisher that takes immense pride in our commitment to prioritizing authors at every step of the publishing journey. We understand…

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Political Animal Press

Political Animal Press is a nonfiction publisher that was founded in January 2015. Political Animal Press is distributed by University of Toronto Press. They are based out of Chicago and Toronto, according to their website. The publisher of Political Animal Press is Lewis Slawsky, who is based out of Chicago according to his LinkedIn profile….

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Sweet Hearts Press

This press is a part of Moore Street Media, alongside Rockpool Publishing, which we have reviewed here. Even though all their submission guidelines are on the same page, each of the Moore Street Media imprints is distinctly different, which is why we are reviewing them separately. Moore Street Media and all of their imprints are…

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Arndell: Accepting Manuscript Submissions

Updated September 28th, 2026: They are still open to submissions but have changed the perimeter of their imprint Arndell to include commercial fiction. This used to be a separate imprint. We have updated both reviews accordingly, but moving forward will only focus on the Keeperton one in terms of updates.Launched in August 2024 by Australian…

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ARP Books: Accepting Manuscript Queries

In 1966 Arbeiter Ring Publishing was founded initially as a workers’ collective. They started by publishing a few Marxist-leaning and left- leaning books each year. Over time they have come to operate as ARP Books although their official name is Arbeiter Ring Publishing Ltd. They currently say this is their mandate: “To publish a dynamic…

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Plumleaf Press: Accepting Manuscript Proposals

Plumleaf Press is a small press based in Oakville, Ontario. They started publishing work in 2015. Their books are represented by Ampersand Inc, and are distributed by the University of Toronto Press, which is good. They were founded by editor Maggie Goh. This is how she describes the name: “The name Plumleaf Press combines my…

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Gelding Street Press: Accepting Manuscript Proposals

Gelding Street Press is a part of Moore Street Media, alongside Rockpool Publishing, which we have reviewed here. Even though all their submission guidelines are on the same page, each of the Moore Street Media imprints is distinctly different, which is why we are reviewing them separately. Moore Street Media and all of their imprints…

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Major Street Publishing: Accepting Manuscript Proposals

Major Street Publishing is a leading business book imprint that has been around for 15 years. They are now a part of Moore Street Media. Even though all their submission guidelines are on the same page, each of the Moore Street Media imprints is distinctly different, which is why we are reviewing them separately. Moore…

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Nine Publishers Open to Direct Submissions in August 2026

This list focuses on nine publishers 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. Please note that if a publisher doesn’t have a specific submission…

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Epic Ink: Seeking Manuscript Proposals

Epic Ink is an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group. Epic Ink focuses on publishing entertainment or pop culture books that are visually striking. You can see books they’ve previously published under this imprint here. On their imprint-focused page here they particularly highlight the Bucket List Series, which includes this book. They also mention the “Inspiring…

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