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Publisher of: Fiction
The publishing wing of San Francisco’s legendary City Lights Bookstore, this small press started off with a bang — or rather, an obscenity trial. Their decision to publish Allen Ginsberg’s (in)famous Beat Generation classsic mired them in legal turmoil back in 1957. These days, City Lights is still publishing groundbreaking poetry, alongside other titles in fiction and nonfiction. While the staff is no longer getting arrested, they’ve maintained their commitment to politically challenging, artistically incisive work.
🔥 Hit title: Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsburg
⭐️ Best known for: Essay Collections, Poetry Collections, Memoir
💌 Accepts unagented submissions? Yes, in the form of Book Proposals. View guidelines →
Publisher of: Fiction
Founded in 1972, Coffee House Press has grown from tiny letterpress to internationally renowned nonprofit. They’ve managed to stay close to their roots, putting out the occasional small-batch, letterpress chapbooks, complete with hand-sewn spines. But their backlist of more traditional volumes is substantial and growing. These days, Coffee House best known for their boundary-pushing, genre-crossing novels and essay collections — many of which have won prestigious nominations, from the Pulitzer to the National Book Award.
🔥 Hit title: I Hotel by Karen Tei Yamashita
⭐️ Best known for: Literary Fiction, Memoir, Poetry Collections
💌 Accepts unagented submissions? Yes, in the form of Full Manuscripts. View guidelines →
Publisher of: Fiction
Alternating Current Press is an indie press dedicated to publishing and promoting incredible literature that challenges readers and has an innate sense of self, timelessness, and atmosphere. We love science, history, homebound roots, rural landscapes, sense of place, poetic literary fiction, diverse voices, and all that is electric in the literary world.
⭐️ Best known for: Fiction, Poetry, Short Fiction
💌 Accepts unagented submissions? Yes, in the form of Manuscript Contests. View guidelines →
