POETRY PUBLISHERS: NON-CONTEST

Small presses that publish poetry books outside of contests. A reading fee may be charged. If you hear of any other non-contest poetry book publishers, please contact me so I can add to the list. The list is growing again! Is this a sign of economic recovery?

Updated: 1/29/10

Please support these presses by buying their poetry books!

Ahsahta Press (Website lists March 1 through May 1 as open reading period, but they're on hold because of a backlog)

Apogee Press (Query first)

Bear Star Press (Mountain and Pacific time zones, as well as Alaska and Hawaii; $20 fee)
Black Lawrence Press

BkMk Press
BOA Editions
Calyx Books (October 1 - December 31)

Carolina Wren Press (February 1st to June 1st reading period)

Carnegie Mellon University Press (October 2009 reading period)

CavanKerry Press (February)

City Lights Books (Query first)

Coffee House Press
Cooper Dillon Books
Copper Canyon Press
Counterpath Press (Query first)
Dream Horse Press

Etruscan Press ($20 reading fee)
Gold Wake Press

Graywolf Press  (Next open submission January 2010)

High Plains Press ("Poetry of the American West"; Query first)

Kore Press (Literature by women; January 2010 open reading; $40 reading fee)

Mayapple Press ($10 reading fee; reading period July 1 - September 1, 2009)

Milkweed Editions (Full manuscript or query)
Mountains & Rivers Press (Query with samples)

New Directons (Full manuscript or query)

Persea Books (July 1st–August 15 2009)
Pitt Poetry Series (September & October)
Plain View Press
Press 53 (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction; query first per guidelines)

Sarabande Books (September 2009; $10 reading fee or buy a book!)

Sixteen Rivers Press (San Francisco Bay Area collective press; 3-year membership required)

Waywiser Press (Authors who have published two or more books: March 1st and June 1st reading period)
WordTech Communications

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