Porkbelly Press

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Porkbelly Press publishes literary chapbooks, micro chapbooks, zines, anthologies, and related works favoring poetry and prose with fabulist, folkloric, magical, confessional, or intimate qualities.

Submission calls

otherLiteraryCloses Oct 31Pays: A handbound copy and a 40% discount on additional copies.

Sugared Water submissions are accepted October 1–31; the page does not specify a manuscript length or content restriction beyond the press's general preference for literary and poetry-leaning work.

fictionLiteraryOpens Jan 1, 2027

Chapbook submissions are accepted January 1–31 and should be 12–26 pages; collections of short, flash, or micro fiction are welcome, especially tightly written work. No novels, novellas, erotica, fan fiction, or slashers.

nonfictionLiteraryOpens Jan 1, 2027

Chapbook submissions are accepted January 1–31 and should be 12–26 pages; creative nonfiction may include lyric essays, flash, multiple short essays, braided forms, character sketches, travel narratives, and vignettes.

poetryLiteraryOpens Jan 1, 2027

Chapbook submissions are accepted January 1–31 and should be 12–26 pages; poetry and prose poems are welcome, with a preference for lyrical, narrative, and confessional work. Compensation is 10 handsewn copies.

otherLiteraryOpens May 1, 2027

Love Me, Love My Belly zine submissions are accepted May 1–31; the page does not specify a manuscript length or content restriction beyond the press's general preference for literary and poetry-leaning work.

otherLiteraryOpens Jul 1, 2027

Micro chapbook submissions are accepted July 1–31 and should be 8–10 pages; poetry, prose poems, collections of flash or micro fiction, creative nonfiction, and tightly linked combinations are welcome.

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