The Big Book of Small Presses and Independent Publishers: Small Presses, book contests, university presses, and independent publishers for unagented authors

Have you tried and failed to find a literary agent? Grown tired of pitch sessions and query letters?

The Big Book of Small Presses and Independent Publishers lists over 350 small presses, book contests, university presses, and independent publishers that take "unagented" submissions.

This book is for you if you have:

• finished writing your book;
• given up on finding an agent;
• waited months for an agent to call you back;
• longed for an editor to validate your creativity
• recoiled at the thought of self-publishing.

• finished writing your book;
• given up on finding an agent;
• waited months for an agent to call you back;
• longed for an editor to validate your creativity
• recoiled at the thought of self-publishing.

Every one of us has a story to tell, an inner story that is our particular truth, or a story told purely for entertainment. Stories are a way to live in the world at a deeper level or to escape the world and live in the world of the imagination. Whatever kind of writer you are, I hope this book will serve as a valuable resource.

In addition to a comprehensive list of non-fee-charging publishers, The Big Book of Small Presses and Independent Publishers reveals that there are backdoor methods for getting manuscripts considered by New York publishers such as Knopf, Avon, and Algonquin.
You will also learn about the most financially rewarding big-time prizes, such as the prestigious Bellwether Prize and the many substantial prizes of $1,000, $2,000 and more that are awarded for poetry collections, novels, novellas, and short story collections.
If you've written a children's book, discover which presses provide artwork and which ones consider artwork submitted with your manuscript. And, if you've finished and edited a memoir, you'll want to compare publishers who publish them.
Each listing is quickly searchable by keywords, such as "New Writer," "Sci fi," "Creative Nonfiction," or "Steampunk." These keywords allow you to scan the 350+ entries and see which publishers are looking for work in these categories.

Marylee MacDonald has taught fiction for the Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University and been Writer-in-Residence for the City of Mesa Public Library. She has a Master's in Creative Writing from San Francisco State, and in her free time, loves to visit historic sites, do detective work in European archives, and camp in the desert.
Her short stories have won the Jeanne Leiby Chapbook Award, the Barry Hannah Prize, the Ron Rash Award, the Matt Clark Prize, and the ALR Fiction Award. She is widely published in literary magazines such as American Literary Review, Bellevue Literary Review, Folio, Blue Moon Literary & Art Review, Broad River Review, Seven Hills, Four Quarters, New Delta Review, North Atlantic Review, Raven Chronicles, Reunion: The Dallas Review, River Oak Review, Ruminate, StoryQuarterly, The Briar Cliff Review, The Chattahoochee Review, Yalobusha Review, and the anthologies ROLL and NEW SUN RISING: Stories for Japan.
MONTPELIER TOMORROW won a Gold Medal for Drama from Readers' Favorites International Book Awards. Her short story collection, BONDS OF LOVE and BLOOD was a Finalist for the Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Awards, a Silver Medalist in the Readers' Favorites International Book Awards, and a Finalist for the Eric Hoffer Prize. Her newest story collection, BODY LANGUAGE, features stories about human connection and desire.