Abbey Press – Small publisher from Northern Ireland. Specializes in poetry and cultural/literary criticism. Authors include: Michael Longley and Brendan Kennelly.
Adventures in Poetry – Established and new poets from the avant-garde tradition. Includes order information.
Anhinga Press – Sponsor of the annual Anhinga Prize for Poetry. Includes contest guidelines, order information.
APR/Honickman First Book Prize – Literary magazine sponsors annual contest for emerging poets. Includes guidelines, order information.
Arroyo Press – Southwestern and cowboy poetry. Includes ordering information and readers’ feedback.
Ars-Interpres Books – Publishes Russian translations of English-language poets.
Autumn House Press – A non-profit corporation whose purpose is to publish and promote poetry and other literature for a discerning audience. Includes ordering information.
The Backwaters Press – Poetry collections through an annual contest. Includes contest guidelines and catalog.
Bear Star Press – Specializes in poetry by authors from the western/Pacific region. Sponsors an annual contest. Includes catalog information.
Black Dress Press – Chief focus is Spinning Jenny, an annual poetry journal. Includes subscription and submission information.
Black Sparrow Press – Avant-garde American poetry, criticism, and other literary texts. Includes catalog and order information.
Bombshelter Press – Poetry books and journals. Includes order information.
Bottom Dog Press – Poetry collections, anthologies, and fiction exploring Midwestern and working-class themes. Includes catalog, ordering information, and calls for submissions on future projects.
Brick Books – New and established voices in Canadian poetry. Features author news, submission guidelines, ordering information.
Cargo Press – List includes Ian Hamilton and Jon Silkin. Order information, catalog. Based in the UK.
Cleveland State University Poetry Center – Over 120 nationally distributed titles since 1971. Includes submission/contest guidelines, order information, and catalog.
Colorado Prize for Poetry – Literary magazine sponsors an annual poetry book contest. Includes guidelines.
The Contemporary Poetry Series – Annual book contest for new and previously-published poets. Sponsored by University of Georgia Press. Includes guidelines.
Crab Orchard Review Award – Literary magazine co-sponsors the Crab Orchard Award Series in Poetry, a book contest. Includes submission guidelines.
CustomWords – Poetry collections by diverse poets. Includes submission and ordering information.
David Robert Books – Celebrating the art of poetry. Includes submission guidelines.
Duration Press – Focuses on international writing/poetry. Includes links to several other publishers of experimental poetry.
Elixir Press – Publishes books and literary journal. Site includes guidelines, order information.
The Figures – Poetry and art criticism is a focus of The Figures, one of the longest standing small press publishers in the country.
Fleur-de-Lis Press – Book press affiliated with The Louisville Review, a literary journal. Publishes poets who have appeared in the journal and also sponsors a first-book contest. Includes order info, guidelines.
Four Way Books – Established and emerging poets. Includes catalog and submission guidelines.
Gival Press – A small, independent publisher of quality poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and essays in English, French, and Spanish.
Graywolf Press – Authors such as Dana Gioia, Albert Goldbarth, Carl Phillips. Includes catalog and order information.
Host Publications Inc. – Poetry and novels from all over the world, in Polish, Spanish and Portuguese. Includes catalog information.
Ibbetson Street Press – Quarterly poetry journal and press. Includes information on their publications.
Island Hills Books – Poetry and prose conceived in the spirit of the Sacred Earth. Includes ordering information.
The Jargon Society – Poetry and other texts. Includes order information.
Katabasis – Publishes English and Latin American (usually bilingual texts) poetry and prose. Includes order information.
Koja Press – Poetry books and magazine. Includes order information.
Limberlost Press – Featuring poetry, fiction, and nonfiction in handmade, letterpress, limited editions. Authors include Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gary Snyder, Robert Wrigley, Chuck Guilfordand others.
Lorenzo Press – Fiction and poetry by A. S. Maulucci, an Italian American author from New England. Includes order information.
Lost Horse Press – The Lost Horse Northwest Poetry Series for Emerging Writers is dedicated to publishing the early books of deserving Northwest authors whose work is ignored by conglomerate publishers who require their authors to already have an established audience.
Love Squared Press – Handmade chapbooks using both stock and handmade paper, plus online editions of all their publications. Includes order information.
Main Street Rag – Literary magazine sponsors annual full-length and chapbook contests. Includes guidelines.
Miniature Sun Press – Chapbooks and broadsides with science fiction/fantasy emphasis.
Mutabilis Press – Independent publisher of poetry. Includes a representative listing of titles, authors, and excerpts. Located in Houston, Texas.
New Dawn Unlimited publishing – Small press publisher for poetry, some short fiction, and artwork. “Alternative Harmonies” and other titles. Also poetry slam, spoken word productions, contests, and publications for the Alabama State Poetry Society.
New Issues Press – Publishes several poetry collections per year. Includes submission, ordering guidelines.
Oberlin College Press – Books of poetry in English and in English translation, anthologies, and FIELD, a journal of contemporary poetry. Includes book listings, contest guidelines.
Object Permanence – Specializes in experimental writing. Includes information on titles, history of press. Based in Scotland.
Ohio University Press – Sponsors the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize. Includes guidelines.
Orchises Press – Poetry books. Site includes order information, guidelines.
Pavement Saw Press – Poetry collections and chapbooks. Includes submission guidelines.
Pearl – Literary magazine sponsors annual competition for full-length book. Includes submission guidelines and catalog.
Poetry international – Publishing house, offering on its site international modern poetry from the world’s best known and unknown poets in English, German, Spanish, French,Dutch, Italian and organizes an international poetry festival.
Pudding House – Chapbooks, anthologies, and poetry journal. Offers many resources for writers.
Raphael Fodde Editions – Dedicated to poetry and avant-garde literature in cooperation with artists. Includes title information.
3rd Muse Poetry Journal – Poetry magazine. Includes submission information, samples from magazine, order information.
Red Hen Press – Small-press publisher of poetry. Includes guidelines, order information.
Rexdale Publishing Company – Unpublished and established writers and poets. Includes submission guidelines.
Salmon Publishing – Publishes poetry titles by Irish and international poets, including Adrienne Rich, Richard Tillinghast, Mary O’Malley, R.T. Smith, and Marvin Bell. Includes information on titles.
Salt Publishing – Contemporary poetry and poetics, drama and experimental fiction. Includes order information.
Sarabande Books – Offers a yearly fiction and poetry prize to new and established writers. Includes order information, guidelines.
Six Gallery Press – Poetry and prose in the tradition of Dostoyevsky, T.S. Eliot, Faulkner. Includes order information.
Slipstream – Poetry magazine and chapbook publisher. Annual poetry chapbook competition offers a $1,000 prize and publication of your manuscript. Includes guidelines, order information.
A Small Garlic Press (ASGP) – Since 1995 has published 27 poetry chapbooks, including print issues of its online/print magazine, Agnieszka’s Dowry. Online catalog samples each book. Fields downloadable broadsides in PDF. Staffed by volunteers.
So’ham Books – Includes catalog, ordering information for this India-based publisher.
Story Line Press – Poetry and some fiction titles. Site includes catalog, order information.
Tapir Press – Small press specializing in poetry chapbooks and essays. Includes catalog.
Tupelo Press – Emerging poets and other writers. Includes contest guidelines.
Turning Point – Focuses on narrative poetry. Includes guidelines.
Van West and Co. – Literary press devoted to poetry and the art of the book. Includes order information.
The Waywiser Press – Waywiser specializes in poetry by new and established authors. Includes on- and off-line ordering information, details of associated events and submissions guidelines.
Whycot Press – Oxfordshire-based publisher of poetry by Biddy Wheatley.
Wick Poetry Prize – Book contest sponsored by university press. Includes guidelines.
Wild Honey Press – Poetry books and CDs featuring Irish and international poets. Includes order information.
Wind – Poetry journal, chapbooks, and full-length collections. Includes submission guidelines, contest information, contact information, and resources for writers on publication scams.
Word Press – Poetry books. Includes guidelines, order information.
The Word Works – Books of poetry. Includes contest information, catalog.
