This list exists because I went looking for this resource and couldn’t find it. Earlier this fall, I began planning a reading series where each month I would reach out to book presses, literary journals, and organizations whose work I admired and ask them to suggest a writer to read representing them. As an editor myself, I liked the idea of highlighting editorial curation by asking colleagues: Hey, what writer are you especially excited about right now? Who do you want to bring to a different audience? Whose book is coming out or whose work is being overlooked or what writer in your roster do you wish would do more readings? And since I planned on having a mix of older more established presses and journals with newer fresh-faced ones each time, I hoped it would be a way to foster new connections in the literary community too.
I hadn’t initially intended for my series to focus on women-run presses, but then while out for drinks with my friend Jen, a fellow poet, we found ourselves making a list of women-run and/or women-founded presses in New York, mostly with the idea of someday throwing a huge party. We were surprised at how few names we came up with—we knew there must be presses we’d forgotten to list or didn’t know about yet. The next day I reached out to a few organizations to see if someone else already had a list like this, but no one did. It bothered me that this list—which seemed like such a fundamentally useful resource—didn’t exist yet so I decided to compile it myself. I didn’t want to exclude presses with some men on board, but I wanted to focus on places with a strong female editorial presence, either currently or historically.
Editorial curation is important: books don’t just magically manifest as galleys submitted to reviewers or on bookstore shelves. We need to think about whose voices are heard and who chooses those voices to present to a larger audience. I suspect editors often choose work because it speaks to them in a way that feels personal; that it echoes something within them so they somehow feel like they’re sharing an experience with the author. This doesn’t mean that editors aren’t moved by or drawn to work by the opposite gender or by writers otherwise different from them—editors are drawn to aesthetic choices, intellectual rigor, and emotional resonance and those are not categories defined by gender or life experience. In my own career, many of the editors who have been the most consistently encouraging and supportive of my work have been men, and as an editor I think I’ve selected an equal number of male authors as female from our slush pile for publication. But I also believe we are primed by our culture to unconsciously look at some types of stories and certain voices as more important than others and those unconscious beliefs are often reflected in the work that editors choose to publish—it becomes a kind of muscle memory that can unconsciously affect the choices editors make.
When we keep prioritizing the same voices and narratives over and over again, we get trapped inside a self-replicating machine of This Is What Important Literature Looks Like. This can affect how editors and other gatekeepers respond to narratives involving gender just as much as race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, trans and non-binary stories, and work that explores the life experiences of people with disabilities, and those of different ages and class brackets. Editors need to step outside of that machine and that may be easier to do if their own experiences are different than the Important Literature narratives we’ve been taught—the Hemingway story, the Jonathan Franzen story. I’m not saying Hemingway and Franzen aren’t important writers; but they aren’t the only ones. While many editors of all types absolutely do look for diverse voices, those with life experiences and identities different than the hegemonic narrative may often be better able to recognize these writers’ merits—either because they may be making a more consistent, conscious choice to support diverse voices or because they don’t have to make an imaginative leap to be inside these other stories in quite the same way as those whose look in the mirror each morning and see Holden Caulfield, Nick Carraway or Hal Incandenza staring back at them. In that sense, I hope that this list will be a useful resource for women writers looking for places to submit their work just as much as for people who want to support presses and journals run by women.
I made this list by posting a query in a Facebook group for women writers that I belong to and also asking friends for more names. Within a week, I had a long list of presses and journals but very little in the way of contact information. It took about a month of follow up research during my spare hours to pull this together. One thing I learned from this project is that far too many literary journals and presses do not have contact information listed on their websites or, if they do, it’s often a scavenger hunt to find it. Many also do not seem to check their Other folder in Facebook messages.
I also learned that people often wanted to be helpful but had little concrete information about the history or current editorial boards of the presses and journals they mentioned, frequently suggesting publications they liked but that had no female editors on board or where there might be one or two female editor in a sea of male ones. I don’t want to discount the excellent writing that those publications bring to the world or the importance of those lone women editors, but this list is intended to contain only presses, journals, and organizations that were all either founded or co-founded by women and/or that have primarily women editors curating their catalog. In some cases, I did list presses where the current editorial board may skew male or the press wasn’t originally founded by women, but there is a previous history of female editorship and current focus on nurturing women’s voices (for example, Persea Books) or the press is a collective with an equal or greater amount of women involved (Ugly Duckling Presse). I also listed organizations like the Academy of American Poets, the Poetry Society of America, and the Poetry Project which all have publishing branches, to some degree or another, and are either currently run by or were founded by women. While making this list, I found out about fantastic journals and presses I hadn’t heard of before and I’m really excited about all the amazing women in our community doing such valuable work. I also know there are more journals and presses out there that fit the criteria but I haven’t heard about yet as well as those whose contact information I simply could not, for all my efforts, locate—I hope people will keep reaching out to me with new names and contact information so that I can continue updating this list.
My interest in compiling this list has been both community-oriented and selfish. I wanted to create a solid resource for other women writers and editors, those looking for homes for their work or for other colleagues to reach out to. I still want to throw that giant party for women editors that was the catalyst for Jen and I beginning this list at a bar months ago. But I also wanted a practical resource for my reading series, which has now found a home at Pen and Brush, a 120-year-old nonprofit supporting women in the visual and literary arts. They have a gorgeous space in New York City’s Flatiron district—light, airy, and full of good people and inspiring art—and I will be hosting “Pen and Brush Presents…” there on the first Wednesday of every month, kicking off in March 2016. If you are an editor at one of the places on my list, you are quite likely to get an email from me sometime soon asking if you’d like your press/journal to be featured. If you are a writer suggested to me by your editors, I look forward to introducing you to our audience. I hope everyone will join me and attend a reading there. Please stop by and say hi.
Thank you to everyone who submitted their suggested additions. Please submit further women-founded and/or female-run presses to our VIDA Resources by clicking here or by emailing resources@vidaweb.org. Please make sure to include all relevant information including a link to the website. All presses listed here will be be moved to VIDA Resources. We are closing the comments so that all additions can go directly to VIDA Resources.
Organized alphabetically by state, including international and internet categories.
Updated: January 31, 2016
List of Women-Founded &/or Primarily Female-Run Book Presses, Organizations, & Literary Magazines
Alabama
Negative Capability Press—Alabama
Sue Walker
suebrannanwalker@me.com
books and magazine
PMS Journal—Alabama
poemmemoirstory@gmail.com
magazine
Alaska
Arizona
Kore—Tucson, AZ
Lisa Bowden
lisa@KorePress.org
books
Arkansas
California
Agape Editions—Los Angeles, CA
Fox Frazier-Foley, Founding Editor-in-Chief
fox@agapeeditions.com
books, and an e-chapbook series
Alternating Current—Palo Alto, CA
Leah Angstman, Editor-in-Chief & Director of Publicity
alt.current@gmail.com
Arctos Press
CB Follett
runes@aol.com
poetry books
Aunt Lute Books—San Francisco, CA
Joan Pinkvoss, co-founder and publisher
books@auntlute.com
Bedazzled Ink Publishing Company
Claudia Wilde, publisher
C.A. Casey, head of operations and chief editor
casey@bedazzledink.com
books
Berkeley Poetry Review
Samantha McNichols
BPReditors@gmail.com
magazine
Cider Press Review
Caron Andregg, publisher and editor-in-chief
journal
Drop Leaf Press
Amy Bell, Jennifer Cheng, Sarah Heady, Lauren Peck, Jill Tomasetti
dropleafpress@gmail.com
books, magazine
Gold Line Press—University of Southern California
Leah Bailly, Editor-in-Chief
editors@goldlinepress.com
Grasslimb
Valerie Polichar, publisher and editor-in-chief
journal
Haight Ashbury Journal
co-founded by man and woman, recruited other women to edit
current managing editor is Alice E. Rogoff
haljeditor@gmail.com
magazine
Jaded Ibis Press
Lily Hoang, Elizabeth Earley, Natashia Deón, and Zoë Ruiz
zoe@jadedibispress.com
books
Kaya Press
Sunyoung Lee, Publisher
kaya@kaya.com
publish books of the Asian diaspora
books
Kelsey Street Press
info@kelseyst.com
Kelsay Books
Karen Kelsay
kelsay.karen@gmail.com
books
Les Figues
info@lesfigues.com
books
Meritage Press—San Francisco, CA
Eileen R. Tabios, founder and editor
info@meritagepress.com
Omnidawn Publishing
Rusty Morrison submissions@omnidawn.com
books
Poetry Flash
Joyce Jenkins
editor@poetryflash.org
Red Bridge Press—San Francisco, CA
Rivet Journal
Liana Holmberg, Editor-in-Chief
Ricochet Editions—University of Southern California
imprint of Gold Line Press
founded by Diana Arterian and Fox Frazier-Foley
editors@ricocheteditions.com
Seal Press—Berkeley, CA
Krista Lyons, Publisher
seal.press@perseusbooks.com
books
Third Woman Press
Sara A. Ramirez
sara@thirdwomanpress.com
books
Under the Gum Tree
Janna Marlies Maron
info@underthegumtree.com
micro-magazine
West Trestle Review
Patricia Caspers
poetry
Whale Road Review
Katie Manning
whaleroadreview@gmail.com
magazine
Colorado
Colorado Review
Stephanie G’Schwind
creview@colostate.edu
literary journal
The Center for Literary Publishing
Stephanie G’Schwind
english@colostate.edu
Elixir Press—Denver, CO
Dana Curtis, publisher and Editor-in-Chief
obscurest@centurylink.net
books
Hedgehog & Fox—Boulder, CO
Sarah Warner
submissions@warnerliterarygroup.com
books
Connecticut
Chicory Blue Press—Goshen, CT
Sondra Zeidenstein, publisher
sondraz@optonline.net
poetry
Homebound Publications—Stonington, CT
run and founded by Leslie M. Browning
info@homeboundpublications.com
books
Paper Nautilus—Enfield, CT
Lisa Mangini, founder and editor-in-chief
journal
Delaware
Florida
European Geeks Publishing—Florida
founded by Elisha Neubauer
specialize in science fiction and fantasy
info@europeangeeks.com
Petite Hound Press—Miami, FL, and Las Vegas, NV
Letisia Cruz, Heather Lang
editors@petitehoundpress.com
poetry, art
Twisted Road Publications—Tallahassee, FL
Joan Leggitt
info@twistedroadpublications.com
books
Georgia
421 Atlanta
Amy McDaniel
chapbooks and short collections of prose
Birds of Lace—Athens, GA
birdsoflace@gmail.com
Gina Abelkop
Minerva Rising Literary Journal—Georgia
Kim Brown, editor-in-chief
editors@minervarising.com
journal
Real Pants
Amy McDaniel
amy@realpants.com
books
Snake Nation Press—Valdosta, GA
Roberta George
haasrob@yahoo.com
books
Hawaii
Tinfish Press
Susan M. Schultz
press.tinfish@gmail.com
books
Idaho
Ahsahta Press—Idaho
Janet Holmes, Director and Editor
ahsahta@boisestate.edu
Lost Horse Press—Sandpoint, ID
founded by Christine Holbert
208-255-4410
losthorsepress@mindspring.com
Illinois
Allium Press—Chicago, IL
Emily Clark Victorson
info@alliumpress.com
books
dancing girl press—Chicago, IL
dancinggirlpress@yahoo.com
Glass Lyre Press—Glenview, IL
Ami Kaye, publisher and editor
glasslyrebooks@gmail.com
office@glasslyrepress.com
books
LitFest Press
founded by Jane L. Carmen
Maudlin House—Chicago, IL
Mallory Smart, editor-in-chief
Misty Publications—Chicago, IL
Susan Yount
also publish Arsenic Lobster Poetry Journal
OV Books
Gina Frangello
Pica Pica Press
Elizabeth Novickas
info@picapica.press
books in translation from Lithuanian, Yiddish, German, Polish, Russian, Belarussian and Ukrainian
Sourcebooks—Naperville, IL
Dominique Raccah, CEO
(630) 961-3900
books
Switchback Books—Chicago, IL
Hanna Andrews and Whitney Holmes, editors
editors@switchbackbooks.com
books
Tree Light Books
print arm of Ghost Ocean Magazine
Heather Cox
heather@ghostoceanmagazine.com
handmade chapbooks of poetry and prose
Indiana
Blotterature Literary Magazine
Julie Demoff-Larson, Managing Editor
Blotterature@gmail.com
magazine
Iowa
Rescue Press—Iowa City, IA
Caryl Pagel, editor-in-chief
rescueopenprose@gmail.com
Kansas
Kentucky
Finishing Line Press—Georgetown, KY
502-603-0670
Leah Maines
leahmaines@aol.com
Sarabande Books—Kentucky
founded by Sarah Gorham and Jeffrey Skinner
looks like entire staff right now is all women, including founding editor
Kristen Radtke
kristen@sarabandebooks.org
books
Louisiana
Pelican Publishing Company—Gretna, LA
Antoinette de Alteriis, Promotion Director
office@pelicanpub.com
antoinette@pelicanpub.com
books
Maine
Alice James Books
—originally founded by 5 women and 2 men, wanted to give women access to publishing
Carey Salerno, Executive Editor (was also a P&B Guest Literary Arts Curator this past year)
alicejamesEA@alicejamesbooks.org
Maryland
Sinister Wisdom
Julie R. Enszer, editor
sinisterwisdom@gmail.com
journal and books
Massachusetts
Beacon Press—Boston, MA
Helene Atwan, Director
617-742-2110
books
Big Table Publishing—Boston, MA
Boston Literary Magazine
Robin Stratton, Acquisitions Editor/Editor-in-Chief
bigtableco@aol.com
Black Ocean—Boston, MA
Carrie O. Adams, A. Minetta Gould, and Thera Webb
thera@blackocean.org
books
Cervena Barva Press—Somerville, MA
Gloria Mindock, Editor
editor@cervenabarvapress.com
books
Kattywompus Press—Somerville, MA
(founded in Cleveland, OH)
founder and editor Sammy Greenspan
contact@kattywompuspress.com
Natural History Press—Boston, MA
Natalie Lyalin
books
Paris Press—Ashfield, MA
info@parispress.org
413-628-0051
Jan Freeman
Perugia—Florence, MA
Susan Kan
413-348-6635
books
Ploughshares—Emerson College, Boston, MA
Ladette Randolph
pshares@pshares.org
literary journal
Rose Metal Press
Abigail Beckel & Kathleen Rooney
rosemetalpress@gmail.com
SixOneSeven—Boston, MA
Michelle Toth
info@sixonesevenbooks.com
Small Beer Press—Easthampton, MA
Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant
info@smallbeerpress.com
Spry Literary Journal
Linsey Jayne and Erin Ollila, founding editors
editors@sprylit.com
journal
Storychord—Northampton, MA
founded and edited by Sarah Lynn Knowles
collaborative, multi-media storytelling
The Tishman Review—Boston, MA, and Detroit, MI
Maura Snell, Jennifer Porter
thetishmanreview@gmail.com
literary journal
Warwick Press—Easthampton, MA
Carol Blinn
letterpress printing and publishing house
Women’s Review of Books—Wellesley College, MA
Amy Hoffman, ahoffman@wellesley.edu
—this is academic
Michigan
Alice Greene & Company—Ann Arbor, MI
Jill Peek
poetry chapbooks
Bywater Books—Ann Arbor, MI
Salem West, publisher
books
Horse Less Press—Grand Rapids, MI
Jen Tynes
jen.tynes@gmail.com
books and chapbooks
Willow Books—Detroit, MI
imprint of Aquarius Press
Heather Buchanan, publisher
books
Minnesota
Clover Valley Press—Duluth, MN
Charlene J. Brown, editor and publisher
charlene@clovervalleypress.com
books
Graywolf Press—Minneapolis, MN
Fiona McCrae, director and publisher
books
Lookout Books—Mankato, MN
Emily Louise Smith (publisher), Anna Lena Phillips (editor)
lookout@uncw.edu
books
Yellow Medicine Review
Judy Wilson
editor@yellowmedicinereview.com
Mississippi
Missouri
Architrave Press—St. Louis, MO
Jennifer Tappenden
info@architravepress.com
poetry books
Dorothy, a publishing project—St. Louis, MO
founded and run by Danielle Dutton
editors@dorothyproject.com
Montana
Nebraska
Burntdistrict Poetry Journal—Nebraska
editors@burntdistrict.org
jenllambert@me.com (Jen Lambert) & lkaybd@gmail.com (Liz Kay)
402-515-6076
magazine
Les Femmes Folles Books
Sally Deskins
sallydeskins@yahoo.com
anthologies of poetry, visual art, and interview excerpts
Spark Wheel Press—Nebraska
Jen Lambert and Liz Kay
info@sparkwheelpress.com
personal: jenllambert@me.com (Jen Lambert) & lkaybd@gmail.com (Liz Kay)
books
Nevada
Helen: A Literary Magazine
Joceyln Paige Kelly, Kari O’Connor
info@helenpresents.com
bi-annual literary magazine
New Hampshire
Bauhan Publishing—Peterborough, NH
Sarah Bauhan, publisher
books
Folded Word Press—Meredith, NH
JS Graustein, editor-in-chief
chapbooks
New Jersey
Barefoot Muse Press—Hainesport, NJ
Anna M. Evans
annaevans@barefootmuse.com
Buddhapuss Ink
MaryChris Bradley, publisher
books
CavanKerry Press
Joan Cusack Handler, publisher and senior editor
joan@cavankerrypress.org
books
Luna Station Quarterly
Jennifer Lyn Parsons, editor-in-chief
magazine
Poets Wear Prada—Hoboken, NJ
Roxanne Hoffman
roxy533@yahoo.com
Radar Poetry
Rachel Marie Patterson and Dara-Lyn Shrager
The Coniston Prize
Ragged Sky Press—Princeton, NJ
Ellen Foos, publisher
raggedskyanthology@gmail.com
Terrapin Books—West Caldwell, NJ
Diane Lockward
terrapinbks@gmail.com
Warthog Press—West Orange, NJ
founded by Patricia Fillingham
New Mexico
Noemi Press—New Mexico
publisher is Carmen Gimenez Smith
managing editor is Sarah Gzemski
Diana Arterian is one of the poetry editors
noemipressbooks@gmail.com
books
Synergetic Press
Deborah Parrish Snyder, Publisher & CEO
Tel. +505 424 0237
New York
Academy of American Poets
Jen Benka, Director
jbenka@poets.org
American Poets magazine, organization
A Public Space
Brigid Hughes
general@apublicspace.org
magazine
African Voices
Carolyn Butts
africanvoicesart@gmail.com
magazine
Aqueous Books
Cynthia Reeser
pubs@aqueousbooks.com
books
Archipelago Books
Jill Schoolman, founder, and Kendall Storey, associate editor
info@archipelagobooks.org
Argos Books
Elizabeth Wessel, Iris Cushing
clark.wessel@argosbooks.org
chapbooks
Armchair/Shotgun
Vicki Lame
info@armchairshotgun.com
literary magazine
Augury Books
Kate Angus
917-783-4821
augurybooks@gmail.com
books
The Atlas Review
Natalie Eilbert
theatlasreview@gmail.com
magazine
Barrow Street
Patricia Carlin
info@barrow@gmail.com
books and magazine
Belladonna
Rachel Levitsky
belladonnaseries@gmail.com
books
Bellevue Literary Press
Erika Goldman
erika.goldman@nyumc.org
at the intersection of the arts and sciences
books
Black Lawrence Press
Diane Goettel, executive director
editors@blacklawrencepress.com
books
Bloof Books
Shanna Compton
info@bloofbooks.com
books
Bone Bouquet
Krystal Languell
bonebouquet@gmail.com
magazine
Coldfront
Melinda Wilson, Managing Editor
m.kaye.wilson@gmail.com
reviews, news, poetry world features
Coven Press—Buffalo, NY
Jessica Smith
experimental literature
DAME
Publisher/Founder—Jennifer Reitman
info@damemagazine.com
(not fiction, poetry, etc.—this is more of an online magazine—narrative-driven reported features, first-person essays, humor, op ed, etc.)
Earth’s Daughters—Buffalo, NY
feminist literary and arts periodical
ELJ Publications—Washingtonville, NY
Ariana D. Den Bleyker
eljpublications@gmail.com
books and magazines
Epiphany Magazine
Odette Heideman
epiphany.magazine@gmail.com
fiction, memoir and poetry
The Feminist Press at The City University of New York
founded by Florence Howe
info@feministpress.org
Fence—Albany, NY
Rebecca Wolff
518-591-8162
rebeccafence@gmail.com
books and magazine
Four Way Books
Martha Rhodes
editors@fourwaybooks.com
press
great weather for MEDIA
co-founder and editor Jane Ormerod
books
H.O.W
founded by Alison Weaver and Natasha Radojcic
editors@howjournal.com
magazine
Into Quarterly—Brooklyn, NY, and Austin, TX
Laura Benys, Virginia Sasser
hello@intoquarterly.com
writing, photography, and design
Kernpunkt Press
Jesi Buell
books
Litmus Press
Tracy Grinell
etg@litmuspress.org
books and magazine (Aufgrabe)
Little Star
Ann Kjellberg & Melissa Green
info@littlestarjournal.com
magazine
Lunar Chandelier
Kimberly Lyons
lunarchandelier@gmail.com
Luna Luna Magazine
Lisa Marie Basile, Joanna C. Valente, Nadia Gerassimenko, and Alaina Leary
lunalunasubmit@gmail.com
Mayapple Press—Woodstock, NY
Judith Kerman
845-684-5519
jbkerman@mayapplepress.com
books
Monk Books
Bianca Stone
monkbooks@gmail.com
chapbooks
No, Dear
Emily Brandt & Alex Cuff
nodearmagazine@gmail.com
magazine and chapbooks
No Tokens
editor in chief: T. Kira Madden
NoTokensJournal@gmail.com
magazine
Noctuary Press—Buffalo, NY
Kristina Darling
noctuary.press@gmail.com
chapbooks
Nous-zot Press—Syracuse, NY
nouszotpress@gmail.com
Marthe Reed
chapbooks
OF NOTE
Grace Aneiza Ali
grace.ali@ofnotemagazine.org
magazine where literary and visual arts respond to each other / arts and activism
The Operating System
Lynne DeSilva-Johnson
lynne@theoperatingsystem.org
full length works of prose, plays, fiction, and hybrid genres, and full length poetry books
Other Press
Judith Gurewich, publisher
editor@otherpress.com
Persea Books
founded by Michael and Karen Braziller
Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize (for women)
212-260-9256
info@perseabooks.com
gfried@perseabooks.com
books
Phantom Books
Kelly Forsythe, Founder & Editor
editors.phantom@gmail.com
Poetry Crush
J. Hope Stein
poetrycrush@gmail.com
Poetry Project
Stacy Szymaszek, Director
Nicole Wallace, Managing Director
Simone White, Program Director
Betsy Fagin, Newsletter Editor
212-674-9010
info@poetryproject.org
Laura Henrikesen
lh@poetryproject.org
they do, after all, have a newsletter
Poetry Society of America
Alice Quinn, director
alice@poetrysociety.org
Poetry Society of New York
Stephanie Berger
sb@poetrysocietyny.com
(note: Atlas Review is now under their wing)
Portable Press at Yo Yo Labs
Yo Yo Labs—Brenda IIjima
brenda@yoyolabs.com
Scout
Kathleen Ossip
scout@scoutpoetry.com
poetry book reviews
Shade Mountain Press—Albany, NY
Rosalie Morales Kearns
publisher@shademountainpress.com
books
Siglio Press
Lisa Pearson
publisher@sigliopress.com
books
Slice
editors@slicemagazine.org
magazine
Spiegel & Grau
Julie Grau and Cindy Spiegel
books
Stonecutter Journal
Katie Raissian, publisher and editor-in-chief
stonecutterjournal@gmail.com
annual art and lit mag
Tender Buttons
Lee Ann Brown
TenderButtonsPress@gmail.com
books
Ugly Duckling —it’s a collective, lots of women on the board
info@uglyducklingpresse.org
books, chapbooks, 6×6 magazine
Women Studies Quarterly / The Feminist Press
info@feministpress.org
They publish academic, but also creative wor
Women’s Voices for Change
editorswvfc@gmail.com
this is not a literary journal; it’s more like an online magazine
Words Without Borders
founded by Alane Salierno Mason, Dedi Felman, and Samantha Schnee
Karen Phillips, Executive Directior
karen@wordswithoutborders.org
Yes, Poetry
founded by Joanna C. Valente
launching Sylph Press – chapbooks
North Carolina
Carolina Wren Press—Durham, NC
Robin Miura, Director
Andrea Selch, Board President
carolinawrenpress@earthlink.net
John F. Blair, Publisher—Winston-Salem, NC
Carolyn Sakowski, President
editorial@blairpub.com
Lookout Books—University of North Carolina Wilmington
Emily Louise Smith, publisher
lookout@uncw.edu
books
North Carolina Literary Review—East Carolina University
Margaret D. Bauer
BauerM@ecu.edu
journal
Two of Cups Press—North Carolina
Leigh Anne Hornfeldt
editor@twoofcupspress.com
books
North Dakota
Ohio
Blood Pudding (print), Thirteen Myna Birds (online)—Ohio
Juliet Cook
julietcook@gmail.com
The Cleveland State University Poetry Center
Caryl Pagel
poetrycenter@csuohio.edu
collections of poetry and prose
NightBallet Press—Cleveland, OH
Dianne Borsenik, founder and editor
nightballetpress@gmail.com
poetry collections
Porkbelly Press—Ohio
Nicci Mechler
porkbellypress@gmail.com
chapbooks
Oklahoma
Mongrel Empire Press—Oklahoma
Jeanetta Calhoun Mish
specialize in regional literature and culture (OK, TX, AR, MO)
Oregon
Ashland Creek Press—Ashland, OR
Midge Raymond and John Yunker, co-founders and editors
books
CALYX Press—Portland, OR
editor@calyxpress.org
PDXX Collective
pdxxcollective@gmail.com
magazine
Forest Avenue Press—Portland, OR
Laura Stanfill
forestavenuepress@gmail.com
books
Glimmer Train—Portland, OR
Linda Swanson-Davies & Susan Burmeister-Brown
editors@glimmertrain.org
literary journal
Hawthorne Books—Portland, OR
Rhonda Hughes, editor and publisher
rhughes@hawthornebooks.com
books
Tavern Books—Portland, OR
Natalie Garyet and Carl Adamsky
The Wrolstad Contemporary Poetry Series
VoiceCatcher—Portland, OR, and Vancouver, WA
Tiah Lindner, managing editor
editors@voicecatcher.org
anthologies, bi-annual journal
YesYes Books—Salem, OR
KMA Sullivan
KMASullivan@yesyesbooks.com
books
Pennsylvania
APIARY Magazine—Philadelphia, PA
Lillian Dunn, Executive Editor
info@apiarymagazine.com
magazine
Aster(ix)—Pittsburgh, PA
Angie Cruz, editor-in-chief/co-publisher
Adriana E. Ramirez, creative director/co-publisher
journal of art, criticism, and literature
bedfellows—Philadelphia, PA
Jaclyn Sadicario and Alina Pleskova, executive editors
magazine
Cleaver Magazine—Philadelphia, PA
Karen Rile
editor@cleavermagazine.com
magazine
Gigantic Sequins—Philadelphia, PA
Kimberly Ann Southwick, Christine Friedlander
giganticsequins@gmail.com
journal
ixnay press—Philadelphia, PA
Jenn McCreary
journal and chapbooks
Linden Avenue Literary Journal—Philadelphia, PA
Athena Dixon, founder and editor-in-chief
lindenavenuejournal@gmail.com
journal
Vector Press—Centralia, PA
Shannon Hozinec
vectorpress@gmail.com
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Arbordale Publishing—South Carolina
Katie Hall, editor
katie@arbordalepublishing.com
children’s books/literature
Hub City Press—South Carolina
founded by Betsy Teter, current all-women staff
info@hubcity.org
books
South Dakota
Tennessee
New Millennium Writings—Knoxville, Tennessee
Alexis Williams, editor and publisher
journal
Red Paint Hill—Tennessee
Stephanie Bryant Anderson
editor@redpainthill.com
books
Sundress Publications—Knoxville, Tennessee
Erin Elizabeth Smith, Managing Editor
erin@sundresspublications.com
Upper Rubber Boot Books—Nashville, TN
Joanne Merriam
joanne@upperrubberboot.com
Texas
A Strange Object—Austin, TX
Jill Meyers, Callie Collins
hello@astrangeobject.com
press
American Short Fiction—Austin, TX
Rebecca Markovits, Adeena Reitberger
editors@americanshortfiction.org
magazine
Awst Press—Austin, TX
Wendy Walker
awst@awst-press.org
Henery Press—Dallas, TX
Kendel Lynn
mysteries with a splash of chick lit
Mouthfeel Press—El Paso, TX
Maria Miranda Maloney, publisher
full length and chapbook poetry collections
NANO Fiction—Austin, TX
Kirby Johnson
managingeditor@nanofiction.org
bi-annual publication
Pandamoon Publishing—Austin, TX
Zara Kramer, publisher
zara.kramer@pandamoonpublishing.com
books
Queen’s Ferry Press—Plano, TX
Erin McKnight, publisher
publisher@queensferrypress.com
Smoking Glue Gun—Austin, TX
Blake Lee Pate, Taylor Jacob Pate
smokinggluegun@gmail.com
chapbook press and online magazine
Spider Road Press—Houston, TX
Patricia Flaherty Pagan
editor@spiderroadpress.com
books
Zumaya Publications—Austin, TX
Liz K. Buton
books
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Full Grown People—Charlottesville, VA
Jennifer Niesslein
submissions@fullgrownpeople.com
So To Speak—Virginia
George Mason University, founded 1993 by a collective of women MFA candidates
sotospeak@sotospeakjournal.org
magazine
Washington
Aqueduct Press—Seattle, WA
L. Timmel Duchamp, founder and editor
info@aqueductpress.com
specializes in feminist science fiction
Crab Creek Review
Linda Clifton, founder
Jennifer Browne Lawrence, co-editor
jlawrence2@wsu.edu
or crabcreekeditors@gmail.com
Expedition Press—Kingston, WA
Myrna Keliher
literary commissions and chapbooks
Headmistress Press
Mary Meriam and Risa Denenberg
headmistresspress@gmail.com
MoonPath Press
an imprint of Concrete Wolf
Lana Hechtman Ayers
MoonPathPress@yahoo.com
Two Sylvias Press
Kelli Russell Agodon & Annette Spaulding-Convy
TwoSylviasPress@gmail.com
Washington, D.C.
Beltway Poetry Quarterly
Kim Roberts, founder and editor
info@beltwaypoetry.com
Split This Rock
Sarah Browning, co-founder, Executive Director
Melissa Tuckey, co-founder, former board member
info@splitthisrock.org
networking organization/teaching/resources
The Word Works
Karren Alenier and Nancy White
editor@wordworksdc.com
publishes contemporary poetry in collector’s editions/public programming
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Brain Mill Press—Wisconsin
co-founders Mary Ann Rivers & Ruthie Knox
books
Cowfeather Press—Middleton, WI
Wendy Vardaman & Sarah Busse
books
Wild Clover Press—LaCrosse, WI
Chandra S. Sherin
wildclover@wildclover.org
books
Wyoming
International
Ambit Magazine—London, UK
Briony Bax
info@ambitmagazine.co.uk
poetry, prose and art
Book Ex Machina—Nicosia, Cyprus
Ioanna Mayrou
bookexmachina@gmail.com
books, literary magazine
Fox Spirit Books—Leicester, UK
Adele Wearing
Inanna Publications—Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Luciana Ricciutelli, Editor-in-Chief
luciana@inanna.ca
books
Knox Robinson Publishing—London, UK & Atlanta, GA
Dr. Dana Celeste Robinson, publisher
Atlanta: (404) 478 – 8696
London: (+44) 020 8816 8630
books
Linen Press Books—Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Lynn Michell
lynn@linen-press.com
books
MIEL Books—Belgium
Dickinson House
Éireann Lorsung
micropress/literary B&B
Modjaji Books—Cape Town, South Africa
Colleen Higgs, Director
Mother Tongue Publishing—British Columbia, Canada
Mona Fertig
info@mothertonguepublishing.com
books
Peirene Press—London, UK
Meike Ziervogel, Publisher
Platypus Press—England, UK
Wildness Journal
Michelle Tudor
enquiries@platypuspress.co.uk
press/books and online magazine/journal
Phoenicia Publishing—Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Elizabeth Adams, publisher
phoeniciapublishing@gmail.com
books
The Poetry Mail—Hyderabad, India
Linda Ashok
submission@thepoetrymail.com
online publisher of poetry, literary essays, interviews
Room Magazine—Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Meghan Bell
submissions@roommagazine.com
print journal
Tilted Axis Press—London, UK
Deborah Smith
Tirgearr Publishing—Mornington, County Meath, Ireland
Kemberlee Shortland
specializes in commercial adult genre fiction
books
Tyche Books—Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Margaret Curelas
admin@tycheebooks.com
science fiction, fantasy, and related non-fiction
Stonehouse Publishing—Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Julie Yerex, Netta Johnson
info@stonehousepublishing.ca
books
Subterranean Blue Poetry—Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Rebecca Anne Banks
subterraneanbluepoetry@gmail.com
online poetry
Synaesthesia Magazine—London and Northampton, UK
Carlotta Eden, Annabelle Carvell
synaesthesiamagazine@gmail.com
literary and arts magazine
Tramp Press—Dublin, Ireland
Sarah Davis-Goff, Lisa Coen
info@tramppress.com
books
Versal—Amsterdam, Netherlands
Megan M. Garr
versal@versaljournal.org
literary and arts journal
Zubaan Books—New Delhi, India
Urvashi Butalia, Founder and CEO
contact@zubaanbooks.com
books
The Internet
1913 press
Sandra Doller
1913press@gmail.com
As/Us Literary Journal
Tanaya Winder, Shauna Osborne, Tanya Lukin-Linklater, Casandra Lopez
as.us.journal@gmail.com
Belladonna Publishing
Liv Lingborn, Camilla Bruce
contact@belladonnapublishing.com
books
Black Radish
7 of their 9 editors are women
blackradishbooks@gmail.com
books
Broad
Heather Lefebvre
broadzine@gmail.com
magazine
DMQ (disquieting muses quarterly)
Sally Ashton, editor-in-chief
editors@dmqreview.com
Diverse Voices Quarterly
Krisma
submissions@diversevoicesquarterly.com
poetry, short stories, personal essays, artwork, photography
Entropy
Janice Lee, Executive Editor
online magazine
Hermenuetic Chaos Literary Journal and Press
Shinjini Bhattacharjee, founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief
Hyacinth Girl Press
Margaret Bashaar
hyacinthgirlpress@gmail.com
KYSO Flash Press
Clare MacQueen, founding editor
KYSOWebmaster@gmail.com
flash fiction
Ladybox Books
Constance Ann Fitzgerald
ladyboxbooks@gmail.com
books
Lavender Review
Mary Meriam
lavender.review@gmail.com
Locked Horn Press
editorial board is: 2 men, 4 women
lockedhornpress@gmail.com
Lumen
hello@lumenmag.net
Rosemary Donahue
Luna Press
co-founded by a man (Dalt Wonk) and a woman (Josephine Sacabo)
sales@lunapress.com
Meerkat Press
Tricia Reeks
Menacing Hedge
Kelly Boyker, founding editor/poetry editor
MockingHeart Review
Clare L. Martin
mockingheartreview@gmail.com
poetry magazine
Quaint Magazine
quaintlitmag@gmail.com
Red Dashboard LLC Publishing
Elizabeth Stelling
elizabeth@reddashboard.com
She Writes Press
Brooke Warner, Publisher
submissions@shewritespress.com
books
Shirley Magazine
Colleen Burner and Lauren Perez
shirleylitmag@gmail.com
Spinning Jenny
C.E. Harrison, Editor
editor@spinning-jenny.com
magazine
Spoke Too Soon
Kelin Loe and Leora Fridman
spoketoosoonjournal@gmail.com
journal
The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective
Minal Hajratwala, Shikha Malaviya, and Ellen Kombiyil
indianpoetrycollective@gmail.com
poetry
Thrush Journal
Helen Vitoria
thrushpress@gmail.com
Tinderbox
3 women: Brett Elizabeth Jenkins, Molly Sutton Kiefer, Jenn Givhan
tinderboxpoetryjournal@gmail.com
magazine
Words Dance
Amanda Oaks
wordsdancepublishing@gmail.com
literary blog + biweekly online poetry journal
YEW Journal
yewjournal@gmail.com
magazine
Could Not Locate Contact Information / Did Not Respond to Facebook Page Message Requesting Direct Contact Information
Black Balloon—can’t find any masthead on their website or Catapult (BB is a Catapult imprint)’s website.
Quail Bell Press—Falls Church, VA
Tebot Bach— California
Spillway poetry journal is part of this place
Zoetic Press—Santa Cruz, CA
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Kate Angus is a founding editor of Augury Books. Her work has appeared in Best New Poets 2010, Best New Poets 2014, Subtropics, Gulf Coast, The Awl, The Rumpus, and Verse Daily. She has received the “Orlando” prize from the A Room of Her Own Foundation for her nonfiction, as well as awards from Southeastern Review and American Literary Review. Her poetry collection, So Late to the Party, is forthcoming in Spring 2016 from Negative Capability Press.