INSPIRED to submit your manuscript to a small press? These twelve university presses, nonprofits, and other extraordinary indies have general reading periods or contest deadlines this autumn and winter. Count on these presses to boast enthusiastic staff, more personal publishing experiences, and editors ready to champion your work—plus, all the contests offer a prize of $1,000 or more. Find even more great small presses with upcoming calls for submission on the Poets & Writers website at pw.org/small_presses.
Since its founding in 2004 by poets Kazim Ali and Jennifer Chapis, () has published daring, inspired poetry and prose, including work by Fanny Howe, Bernadette Mayer, Reginald Shepherd, Brandon Shimoda, and Anne Waldman. Sail your own course to the stars by submitting to the Nightboat Poetry Prize by November 15. The
