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Torch Literary Arts publishes original fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and scripts by Black women writers, featuring Friday Features and paying $150 per accepted piece.
Open to: Black women writers, 18 years of age or older.
Nat 1 Publishing is a micro-press specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and related genres, publishing both short works for anthologies and full-length books.
Portal Anthology (Sable BooKnight) is an anthology project seeking dark romance short stories and recipes for themed publications.
The Beast Under Your Bed is an imprint of Dark Moon Rising Publications specializing in horror anthologies for children and teens, with the publisher also running multiple open calls for horror, dark romance, dark fantasy, and poetry/art anthologies.
Open to: female authors
House of Long Shadows publishes gothic fiction with an emphasis on mood and imagery, accepting original and reprint stories (including translations) between 2,000 and 10,000 words, and pays at least $10 per story.
City Owl Press is a publisher seeking adult and new adult novels in romance and speculative fiction genres, with some editors currently open to queries.
KissMet Quarterly is a magazine seeking sweet, clean, seasonal genre romance stories with happy endings, open to all writers.
Sunspot Literary Journal publishes a wide range of prose (including fiction, nonfiction, scripts, and screenplays), poetry, and translations, accepting both genre and literary work up to 49,000 words.
Eleventh Hour Literary is a journal seeking previously rejected and revised literary prose, poetry, and hybrid work from writers worldwide.
Aethon Books is a publisher seeking novel-length genre fiction, especially science fiction, fantasy, and thrillers, for publication in English-language territories.
Bookouture is a digital-first publisher seeking full-length, commercial fiction and some text-led nonfiction, but not children's books, scripts, poetry, or short stories.
Brian's Bookcase is a nonprofit publishing donated fiction of all genres to support mental health awareness, making stories available to monthly donors.
CamCat Books is an independent publisher seeking novel-length, unpublished genre fiction for adult and YA audiences via Submittable.
Crooked Lane Books is a publisher specializing in crime fiction novels and occasional short story collections, accepting both agented and unagented submissions.
Cupid's Arrow Publishing is a romance-focused publisher seeking novel-length and short romance fiction with happily-ever-after endings, currently open for submissions.
Dragonblade Publishing is a publisher specializing exclusively in historical romance novels set before the 20th century, including subgenres like historical mystery and romantasy, but excluding YA, poetry, and speculative genres without a historical romance element.
Ellysian Press is a publisher seeking full-length novels (60,000–110,000 words) in science fiction, fantasy, paranormal, paranormal romance, horror, and young adult within those genres.
Entangled Publishing is a commercial publisher seeking novel-length manuscripts in romance and related genres.
Freedom Fiction Journal is an online magazine publishing novella and novel-length genre fiction across a wide range of genres.
Fringe Press is a publisher seeking novel submissions that defy easy categorization, focusing on genre-blending works in thriller, upmarket literary, sci-fi, crime/mystery, romance, and YA.
Horrorsmith Publishing is an indie press specializing in horror, thriller, and young adult fiction, accepting both novel-length manuscripts and short stories for their monthly newsletters.
Literally Stories is an online magazine publishing short fiction from around the world, accepting a wide range of genres except children's stories, poetry, essays, or travelogues.
Literary Wanderlust is an independent traditional publisher seeking novel-length manuscripts in various adult and YA genres from U.S.-based authors.
Lyrical Press, an imprint of Kensington Publishing, seeks submissions of novels and novellas in romance (all genres), psychological suspense, thrillers, women's fiction, new adult, and cozy mysteries, but does not accept poetry, children's, middle grade, or young adult work.
Patterson Quill Publishing is an independent publisher seeking novel-length manuscripts in fiction, horror, romance, fantasy, and sci-fi.
Severn House is an imprint of Joffe Books specializing in commercial fiction, especially crime, mystery, thrillers, and related genres, and is currently open to submissions of full-length novels.
Shiraki Press is an indie publisher seeking hopepunk-themed genre fiction novellas and short novels for adult readers.
Storm Publishing is a publisher seeking gripping, dramatic novels across a wide range of commercial genres, with a focus on strong characters and distinctive author voices.
StoryBottle is a magazine seeking literary and speculative fiction, including flash, with an interest in unusual or underrepresented genres.
The Audacity is Roxane Gay's newsletter featuring the Emerging Writer Series for literary nonfiction essays, and Roxane Gay Books is an imprint accepting agented book submissions in various genres.
Open to: Agented submissions
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