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- What is Literary Fiction? The Ultimate Guide (blog post)
- How to Write Literary Fiction in 6 Steps (blog post)
- How to Publish a Short Story: 6 Steps to Perfect Your Submission (blog post)
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Showing 115 publishers that match your search.
Genres: Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction, Horror, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Short Story
Location: Raleigh, US
Website: https://www.dzancbooks.org/
Diversity: Diverse Literature
Accepts unagented submissions
Yes Contests - View guidelines →
Indie publisher
Small press
Mark Dunn
Patrick O'Neil
Ethel Rohan
Genres: Literary Fiction, Diverse Literature, and Fiction
Location: New York City, US
Website: https://www.europaeditions.com/
Diversity: Diverse Literature
Accepts unagented submissions
No
Indie publisher
Mid size
Elena Ferrante
Muriel Barbery
Alina Bronsky
Genres: Literary Fiction, History, Politics, Math & Science, Narrative Nonfiction, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry
Part of: Macmillan > Farrar, Straus, & Giroux
Location: New York City, US
Website: https://us.macmillan.com/fsg/
Accepts unagented submissions
No
Mid size
Kawai Strong Washburn
Joan Didion
Flannery O'Connor
Genres: Politics, History, Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry
Location: San Francisco, US
Website: https://www.counterpointpress.com/
Diversity: Diverse Literature
Accepts unagented submissions
No
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Small press
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Chantal James
Eto Mori
Genres: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Short Story
Location: Portland, US
Website: https://tinhouse.com/
Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC, LGBTQ
Accepts unagented submissions
No
Indie publisher
Small press
Jeannie Vanasco
María José Ferrada
Alice Miller
Genres: Horror, Biographies & Memoirs, Business, History, Humor, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Religion & Spirituality, Math & Science, Sports & Outdoors, Travel, True Crime, Politics, Westerns, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Short Story
Location: New York City, US
Website: https://groveatlantic.com/
Accepts unagented submissions
No
Indie publisher
Mid size
Douglas Stuart
Charles Frazier
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Genres: Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Biographies & Memoirs, Politics, Cookbook, Romance, Picture Book, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Short Story, Novella, and Children's
Location: New York City, US
Website: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/
Accepts unagented submissions
Yes
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Margaret Atwood
Delia Owens
John Grisham
Genres: Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Diverse Literature, Fiction, and Short Story
Location: New York City, US
Website: https://sohopress.com/
Diversity: Diverse Literature
Accepts unagented submissions
Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →
Indie publisher
Mid size
Timothy Hallinan
Naomi Hirahara
SJ Sindu
Genres: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, History, Biographies & Memoirs, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Short Story
Location: Raleigh, US
Website: https://www.crpress.org/
Accepts unagented submissions
Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →
Indie publisher
Small press
Debra Di Blasi
Fu Shivani
Kristina Marie Darling
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, History, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Short Story
Location: Los Angeles, US
Website: https://www.unnamedpress.com/
Diversity: Diverse Literature
Accepts unagented submissions
Yes Manuscript entries & queries - View guidelines →
Indie publisher
Small press
Esmé Weijun Wang
Keenan Norris
Chelsea G. Summers
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