Small presses are an excellent way for early to mid-career authors to publish manuscripts. A small press is one that generates less than $50 million dollars annually.
When preparing to contact a small press remember:
- Research submission guidelines, previous publications by the press, and other significant information about each company before sending an email.
- Understand and follow the submission guidelines specific to the company being contacted.
- Be courteous. Don't point out punctuation mistakes on their website... (even if they reject your first manuscript, they may be interested in a later one).
- Be patient (the time it takes to find the right publisher is worth the effort).
Here is a database organized by genres for you to browse within the this article. Although you may use a database, such as Duotrope with its submission tracker and detailed information about authors' experiences with 3500+ presses, there are always more new presses to discover and more to research. Good Luck!!
Small Presses by Genre:
1 highly appreciated comments:
Thanks for the tips. I had some trouble looking at the database, but I will try again later.
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