That’s no joke, 500 book publishers accepting manuscripts in 2026. In fact, it’s even more. Truth be told, there are about 525 publishers in all, 835 imprints. Over one thousand pages! But there’s no way we’re fitting 500 publishers here, not with real information that you as an author needs. So, we put together the…
Agate Publishing (Literary Fiction, Non-fiction, Food, Business) #agatepublishing agatepublishing.com Submission Guidelines submissions@agatepublishing.com Agate Publishing is an independent book publisher based in Evanston, Illinois, USA. The company published its first book in 2003, and was founded by Doug Seibold. Agate and its five imprints publish African-American literature. Both Agate Publishing and its founder Doug Seibold have…
Acre Books (Novels, SS, Non-fiction, Memoir) acre-books.com acre-books.com/submissions #acrebooks There are only a handful of university publishers on our list because by design college presses operate by different rules. There are some we thought fit in, however, with a little less stringent submissions process. Acre Books is based in the English dept. at the University…
Blue Cedar Press Novels, Literary Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Debut bluecedarpress.com bluecedarpress@gmail.com About Blue Cedar Press Blue Cedar Press is an independent, small press publishing high-quality fiction, non-fiction, and poetry from courageous voices speaking from the depths of human imagination and experience. The Blue Cedar pledge is to bring you honest spokespersons, from around the world,…
Prairie Schooner Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest: Deadline: May 15 #prarieschooner Get your essays ready! Submissions to the 2026 Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest open next week. One winner will receive $1000 and publication in the Spring 2027 issue (our centennial issue!). Contest submissions will open from May 15 to August 1. The contest is open to…
Bluemoose Books (Novels, Literary Fiction, Non-fiction) #bluemoosebooks bluemoosebooks.com bluemoosebooks.com/about kevin@bluemoosebooks.com WINNER – British Book Awards/North England, 2025 Bluemoose Books is an independent publisher of literary fiction and small press based in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. Kevin and Hetha Duffy started Bluemoose in 2006 and as a ‘family’ of readers and writers who are passionate about…
Blue River Press Non-fiction, Sports, Leisure, Entertainment brpressbooks.com brpressbooks.com/proposals info@cardinalpub.com tschmitt@cardinalpub.com Blue River Press publishes books on sports and other related genres. Blue River released its first book in the spring of 2004. Today, Blue River has more than two hundred books and eBooks in print on the subjects of sports, health, fitness, education, games,…
The Black Orchid Novella Contest Celebrating the novella format, this contest encourages original, unpublished works that conform to the mystery genre’s traditional forms, specifically inspired by the Nero Wolfe series. The contest is designed to highlight the novella, requiring submissions that are tight and engaging, devoid of explicit content. Deadline: May 31 Categories: The mystery should be…
Blue Ink Press Novels, Literary Fiction, Non-fiction, Debut blueinkpress.com blueinkpress.com/submissions.html authorhelp@blueinkpress.com (submissions) sherry@blueinkpress.com (inquiries) Submissions open March 2026 Creating a new community of Southern authors Silver Medal Winner IBPA Book Awards, 2023 Blue Ink Press was established in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2015. Blue Ink Press was formed to help authors navigate the daunting and…
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is a classic, dark science fiction short story by Harlan Ellison about a malevolent supercomputer named AM that has wiped out humanity, keeping five survivors alive to torture them endlessly in a subterranean complex. Told from the perspective of the narrator, Ted, the story details the group’s…
