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KERNPUNKT Press

A home for experimental writing.

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Heavy Feather Review

Publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, comics, & more.

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Thirty West Publishing

Handmade chapbooks (and more) since 2015.

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Alternating Current

A woman-run indie press that publishes literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid.

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Hidden Timber Books

Publishing simple, powerful writing that explores the truth of our time.

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Long Day
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Chicago-based novella & chapbook publisher of “fine” “literature.”

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Big Other
 

An award-winning online arts and culture magazine, published since 2009.

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Riot in Your Throat

An independent poetry press publishing fierce, feminist poetry.

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above/ground Press

Poetry chapbooks + Touch the Donkey [journal], etc.

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The Gravity of the Thing

Journal of defamiliarized and experimental writing.

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Sundress Publications

501(c)3 non-profit literary press collective founded in 2000.

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Rose Metal
Press

An independent, not-for-profit publisher of hybrid genres

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sunnyoutside

Publishes works of the highest quality & presents them to enhance the reader's experience. 

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PublishPublish

Layout/typesetting, copyediting, proofreading, project management, & indexing

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Blanket Sea Press

Devoted publishing space for chronically ill, neurodivergent, & disabled poets and writers.

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Poor Yorick

Run by WCSU MFA students and celebrates "rediscovery."
 

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Cornerstone Press

Publishing house at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

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Poets of Queens Press

Publishes individual collections to help poets connect to their communities.

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Awst Press
 

From Austin, TX and focused on publishing impressive work from diverse voices.

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Black Lawrence Press

An independent publisher of contemporary poetry, fiction, & creative nonfiction.

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Bamboo Dart Press

A chapbook collaboration from Pelekinesis and Shrimper Records.

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Pelekinesis
 

A literary Inland Empire publishing company celebrating 10 years 

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Peach Mag
 

An independent and volunteer-run literary publishing project.

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Humorist Books
 

An imprint of comedy website the Weekly Humorist.

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Creature Publishing

A feminist horror press, publishing stories which challenge the status quo.

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Unsolicited Press
 

A Portland-based publisher that produces poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.

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Dark Helix Press
 

Based in Toronto with the mission to publish diverse speculative books.

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The Swamp Literary Mag.

Publishes work that evokes a sense of place, which is broadly defined.

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Small Harbor Publishing

Small Harbor Publishing runs both Harbor Review and Harbor Editions.

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Switchback Books

Publishes first and second collections of poetry by self-identified women.

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The Rumpus
 

Platform for stories that build bridges, tear down walls, & speak truth to power.

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Black Ocean
 

An award-winning independent publisher.

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Newfound
 

Investigating how place shapes identity, imagination, & understanding.

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Deep Vellum
 

A nonprofit publisher with the mission to bring the world into conversation.

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Okay Donkey
 

Publishes collections of short stories and poetry that are weird & wonderful.

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Ugly Duckling Presse

A nonprofit publisher of poetry, translation, & experimental nonfiction.

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And Other Stories

Publishes some of the best in contemporary writing.
 

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Cuidono Press
 

Publishes books: fiction, historical fiction, and history.
 

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Leonella Press
 

Dedicated to courageous voices, fiction, nonfiction, essays, & memoirs.

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Action Books
 

A transnational press  publishing experimental poetry & poetry-in-translation.

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NECK
 

Journal of mostly poetry & photography, & small editions of chapbooks

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Sagging Meniscus

Publishes nonconformist, aesthetically self-determined literature.

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Malarkey Books
 

Malarkey Books publishes books and zines as well as online literature.

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Tursulowe Press
 

Publishes under-told stories and republishes under-read classics.

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Ecotone
 

Publishing & promoting the best place-based work being made today.

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Sante Fe Writers Project

An independent press, founded in 1998, publishing fiction and nonfiction.

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Wandering Aengus Press

Seeks to publish books that enrich lives & make the world a better place.

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Meekling Press
 

Small press specializing in handmade books & trans-genre weirdness.

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Purgatory Pie Press

Hand-makes limited editions + artist books, hand setting real metal type

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Perennial Press
 

Perennial Press archives truths through fiction, art and poetry.

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Frayed Edge Press

We publish interesting books that are a bit on the fringe: Fiction, Poetry, Translation.

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Split/Lip Press
 

Boundary-breaking prose books

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DrunkSkull Books
 

Independent. Artisan. Dangerous. Collectable Editions + Trade Paperbacks

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Overcup Press
 

An independent book publisher based in Portland, Oregon.

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Clyde Custom Publishing

Editors, designers, & marketers from strategy through distribution

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Whisk(e)y Tit
 

Attempts to restore degradation and degeneracy to the literary arts.

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HASH
 

A lil' indie pub based out of CA publishing an online lit mag & books of all kinds!

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The Night Heron Barks

An online poetry journal built on the belief that every poet has their sound.

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Ran Off With the Star Bassoon

Flash, micro-prose, short-shorts, prose poems; hybrid writing, 1,000 words or less.

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Astrophil Press
 

Astrophil Press publish a variety of aesthetic traditions that explore the possibilities.

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Veliz Books
 

An independent literary press that publishes poetry, fiction, and translations.

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Toad Press
 

Toad Press publishes chapbook-length translations of poetry and prose.

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Dynamo Verlag
 

Publishes original works demonstrating genius, eclecticism, and originality.

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Repeater Books
 

Radical publisher of countercultural political texts.

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Unlikely Stories
 

Publishing transgressive literature and art, on the web and in books, since 1998.

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Bell Press
 

Bell Press publishes literary anthologies on a variety of forms and genres.

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the museum of americana

the museum of americana is an online review dedicated to prose, poetry, art, and music.

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Cosmis Coupe
 

A single edition art & recipe zine that combines old Hollywood and outer space.

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Queen of Swords Press

Queen of Swords Press is a small press specializing in fiction from out of this world.

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The Lettered Streets Press

Chicago press publishing poetry & creative nonfiction from emerging writers.

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Rescue Press
 

Publishing chaotic & investigative work in all genres.

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Backbone Press
 

Indie press that's been publishing diversely for ten years. (Chapbooks).

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Quail Bell Press & Productions

Our go-to spell? Art + Ideas = Magic.

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Baobab Press
 

Nice people who publish good books in most genres.

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Galileo Press
 

A nonprofit begun in 1979. We publish a few books and chapbooks each year.

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Mouthfeel Press
 

We are a bilingual press, publishing books in English and Spanish.

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Hanging Loose Press

Publishing new and established voices since 1966.

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OOOMPH! Press
 

Publishing contemporary poetry & short prose in translation.

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Beir Bua Press
 

A very cool, female run, indie press publishing experimental poetics, prose & autofiction.

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StarWarp Concepts

Dark urban fantasy, horror, & fantasy novels, comics, & graphic novels.

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Writewords Press
 

Writewords Press is a small, grassroots literary publisher in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Meerkat Press
 

Committed to publishing irresistible, unforgettable prose and poetry.

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Aztlan Libre Press

San Antonio-based publishing company that specializes in Chicanx literature.

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Mason Jar Press
 

Publishing handmade, limited-run chapbooks and full-length books since 2014.

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Forest Avenue Press

Forest Avenue Press publishes literary fiction on a joyride and the occasional memoir.

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Sublunary Editions

Sublunary Editions is a small press based in Seattle, Washington.

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Vine Leaves Press
 

Vine Leaves Press blurs the line between mainstream and experimental works.

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Calamari Archive

A repository of literature, art + music, including Sleepingfish magzine.

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Headmistress Press

A small, independent, lesbian-run press publishing LBT books of poetry.

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Publishing Genius Press

Believes in literature’s practical ability to create sympathy & a better world.

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Tortoise Books
 

Slow and steady wins in the end, even in publishing.

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Apocalypse Party
 

A heavy metal acid trip via literature. Publishing books for the end of the world.

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Bloof Books
 

Tiny by design, publishing poetry in both paperback & handmade chapbook series.

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Hayden's Ferry Review

Founded in 1986, HFR is a  lit mag edited by the MFA students at Arizona State.

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word west press
 

word west is an independent publisher and online writing school based in New York.

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Two Plum Press
 

Slim volumes of wide ranging literary works in letterpress printed dust jackets.

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June Road Press
 

Tiny new editor-run literary press publishing quality books that are timely and timeless.

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PRA Publishing
 

An indie press based in Georgia, we work in poetry and literary translations.

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Illuminated Press
 

Hand-crafted books that explore our sociopolitical & economic fabric.

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Pamenar Press
 

Independent cross-cultural, multilingual, experimental press.

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Five South
 

A biannual digital journal

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Pump House
 

Hand-assembled editions which excite the limits of the erotic.

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FEYXUAN
 

A trans, disabled/Mad, and Viet poet writing monstrous and divine trauma narratives

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Blackwater Press
 

Blackwater Press is a small press with titles in fiction and memoir.

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Deixis Press
 

Deixis Press is an independent publisher of fiction, usually with a darker edge.

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swallow::tale press

Radically illegible, genre (b)ending work by Mad creators. Rants welcome.

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Gibson House Press

We publish excellent novels written by working musicians and musicians at heart.

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Harry Art Publishing

A poetry and travel independent publisher of work by Harry Matthews.

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Elyssar Press
 

We love to share stories from around the world that remind us of connection.

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Pink Plastic Press
 

A tinier imprint of Pink Plastic House, a tiny journal, with work by Kristin Garth.

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Milk & Cake Press

An independent, nonprofit micro press publishing poetry, both chapbooks & full-length.

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Red Mare
 

An artist-made, limited edition, numbered, hand sewn poetry chapbook series.

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Game Over Books

Founded in 2017, Game Over is a small Boston-based press run by nerdy artists.

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11:11 Press
 

11:11 Press is an American independent literary publisher based in Minneapolis, MN.

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Longleaf Review
 

Fiction, CNF, poetry, & hybrid work encapsulating all it means to be human.