Publishing Resources

Andrews McMeel Publishing

https://publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/submissions/
Unsolicited Submissions Accepted
Proposal, Personal Bio, Work Sample, and Rationale Needed
Note from publisher: Before submitting a proposal, please familiarize yourself with the types of work we publish and consider whether your work would be a good fit for us.

Mail To:
Andrews McMeel Publishing
ATTN: Submissions (Please specify Books or Calendars)
1130 Walnut St.
Kansas City, MO 64106

“Andrews McMeel Publishing is a leading publisher of poetry, inspiration, humor, and children’s books and licensed, popular calendars. We publish as many as 150 books and 200 calendars annually. We are happy to consider submissions from creators and literary agents via email or regular mail, but materials submitted by any other means will not be considered. Please keep in mind that we receive a high volume of submissions and we do not answer calls or visits regarding submissions.”

BkMk Press (Kansas City, Mo) 

https://.bkmkpress.org/open-submissions/ 
Not accepting submissions outside of submission period 
Fee: None except for contests 
Simultaneous Submissions: Yes, notify of acceptance elsewhere.  
Genres: Poetry, Fiction, Essays and Creative Nonfiction 

Mail To: 
BkMk Press 
5101 Rockhill Road 
Kansas City, MO 64110 

BkMk Press is an independent literary press formerly affiliated with the University of Missouri-Kansas City. It publishes full-length collections of poetry, fiction, and essays. 

BkMk Press and our affiliates New Letters and New Letters on the Air stand in solidarity with our black writers, readers, listeners, friends, and community. We have long made it our mission “to discover, publish, and promote the best and most exciting literary writing, wherever it might be found.” Implicit in this statement is our commitment to inclusion—to search far and wide for a diversity of voices. “ 

Flying Ketchup Press

https://www.flyingketchuppress.com/submissions
Solicited Manuscripts Only
Accepts submissions to annual anthology of short fiction and poetry

“At Flying Ketchup Press ® we champion new and diverse voices in short fiction and poetry. We publish books, anthologies, podcasts, magazines, and contemporary media. Our dream: to share worlds of wonder and delight.”

Midnight Meadow Publishing

https://midnightmeadowpublishing.com/
Unsolicited Submissions Accepted
Accepts submissions twice yearly: 
April 1-30 and October 1-31 

Genre: Contemporary YA or adult romance with characters who identify as LGBTQ+, including transgender,  asexual, and/or pairings that depict healthy ethically non-monogamous poly relationships  

• Steampunk 
• Hard sci-fi, including any of the following elements: time travel, alien species, robots/AI, etc.  
• Horror of any kind; however, we are likely not to accept anything with gratuitous violence, body mutilation, or torture/death of LGBTQ characters  
• Westerns, historical fiction, or speculative fiction set in 1700-1900 time period 
• Winter holiday/Hallmark channel style romance  
• Friendship/coming-of-age adventures, especially set between 1960-1990 
• Sports-themed romance 
• Music/band/musical artist theme, whether contemporary or sci-fi/fantasy 
• Retellings, especially gender bent, and especially fairytales, lore, legends, myths, and the classics, i.e. Shakespeare, Austen, Dickens. 

“Midnight Meadow is an indie publisher of LGBTQIA + fiction. We are neurodivergent owned and (at least partly) operated. We are doing things a little differently here, and we think that is a good thing. Midnight Meadow was founded on the believe that there can never be too much LGBT+ literature in the world. We firmly believe in fostering relationships with our authors like a found family. Which means we are dedicated to helping our authors succeed.” 

“As a general rule, Midnight Meadow Publishing is looking for anything with queer protagonists or by queer authors so long as the story does not fall into the “bury your gays” trope. Authors need not be “out” personally nor professionally to submit, and we will be respectful of your identity whether you choose to entrust it to us or not.”

The Cape Rock (Cape Girardeau, Missouri)

https://caperock.submittable.com/submit
No open submissions accepted currently outside of submission time. 
Simultaneous Submissions Accepted as long as withdrawn immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.
Fee: None
Genre: Poetry

Email correspondence to: upress@semo.edu
Dr. Dan Crocker, Editor
The Cape Rock
Southeast Missouri State University
One University Plaza, MS 2650
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

“The Cape Rock is one of the oldest literary journals in the nation produced twice annually by Southeast Missouri State University.
The mindful arrangement of this issue should give hope to any writer looking for close and empathetic reading. These editors do more than just publish poetry. They also honor the ongoing conversations poets have with their tradition. ―Elaine Fowler Palencia, NewPages.com 

Laurel Review (Maryville, Mo)

https://thelaurelreview.submittable.com/submit
Unsolicited Submissions Accepted
Open Submissions all year
Fee: $2.00 
No fee for veterans, military-service personnel, and their families
Simultaneous submissions: Yes, provided notice of acceptance elsewhere.  
Genre: Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, review, script, and everything “blurring the line” between genres. 

“Laurel Review is a biannual print magazine seeking submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, review, script, and those that blur the lines between genres. We are open for submissions all year, though we might be in and out of the office through the summer. We seek both established and new voices in the writing world, and we are especially interested in writing by those whose identities have been historically under-represented.”

The Missouri Historical Review (Columbia, MO)

https://shsmo.org/publications/missouri-historical-review
Fee: No
Unsolicited Submissions Accepted
Simultaneous Submissions: No
Genre: Historical Non-Fiction Significant to Missouri

The editors of the Missouri Historical Review welcome submission of articles and annotated documents relating to the history of Missouri. Any aspect of Missouri history will be considered for publication in the Review. Manuscripts pertaining to all fields of American history will be considered if the subject matter has significant relevance to the history of Missouri, the Middle West, or the West. Genealogical studies are not accepted because of limited appeal to general readers.

Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts electronically, preferably in Microsoft Word. Text and notes should be double-spaced, with notes prepared according to The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. Originality of subject, general interest of the article, sources used, interpretation, and style are criteria for acceptance and publication. Manuscript length, exclusive of notes, should be between 4,000 and 8,000 words. Each submission should be accompanied by a curriculum vita. The editorial staff will not evaluate manuscripts that have been published elsewhere or are under consideration at another publication. Articles that are accepted for publication become the property of The State Historical Society of Missouri and may not be published elsewhere without permission. SHSMO does not accept responsibility for statements of fact or opinion made by authors or book reviewers.

Manuscripts should be sent to John Brenner, Managing Editor, Missouri Historical Review, at brennerj@shsmo.org or The State Historical Society of Missouri, 605 Elm Street, Columbia, MO 65201.

“The Missouri Historical Review, an award-winning scholarly quarterly, has served as the cornerstone of SHSMO's publication program since 1906. This richly illustrated journal features current scholarship on all facets of the state's history. The Missouri Historical Review also contains reviews of and notes on recently published books about the history of the state and local areas and the lives of Missourians.”

Missouri Humanities Magazine (Kansas City, Mo & St. Louis,Mo)

https://mohumanities.org/moinsider-submissions/
Unsolicited Submissions Accepted
No fee
Simultaneous Submissions: Yes, provided you notify if accepted elsewhere. 
Spring/Summer: Submissions are open December 1st – February 28th  
Fall/Winter: Submissions are open June 1st – July 31st  
Genre: Perspectives piece, personal narrative, poetry, historical or nonfiction essay, short story, personal reflection, book or film review or an original research article geared towards a public humanities audience. 

“Missouri Humanities (MH) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to strengthen communities and enrich lives by connection Missourians to the people, places and ideas that shape society.”

Missouri Review (Columbia, MO)

https://missourireview.com/submissions/
(Online and Mail-In):
Fee: Variable
Unsolicited Submissions Accepted
Simultaneous Submissions: Yes, Provided notice of acceptance elsewhere.
Genres: Fiction, Poetry, & Non-Fiction of General Interest (No Literary Criticism) 

Mail To:
[genre editor] or [contest category]
The Missouri Review
453 McReynolds Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211

“We are based at the University of Missouri and publish four issues each year. Each issue contains approximately five new stories, three new poetry features, and two essays, all selected from unsolicited submissions sent by writers throughout the world.”

New Letters (Kansas City, MO)

https://www.newletters.org/submissions/
Unsolicited Submissions Accepted
Fee: Variable, *waived if current subscriber
Simultaneous Submissions: Yes, Provided notice of acceptance elsewhere.
Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction & Book Review

“The mission of New Letters magazine is to discover, publish and promote the best and most exciting literary writing, wherever it might be found.”

Pleiades: Literature in Context (Warrensburg, MO)

https://pleiadesmag.com/submit/
Fee: None, except for contests
Unsolicited Submissions Not Accepted Outside Submission Period
Simultaneous Submissions: Yes, Provided notice of acceptance elsewhere.
Genres: Poetry, Fiction & Creative Non-Fiction

“Pleiades: Literature in Context is a literary biannual featuring poetry, fiction, essays, and reviews by authors from around the world.”

River Styx Magazine (St. Louis, Mo)

http://www.riverstyx.org/submit
Unsolicited submissions accepted
No fee
Simultaneous submissions: Yes, provided notice of acceptance elsewhere. 
Submissions received via Submittable and Subfolio.
Genre: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual media online and in print. Annual Contest, The River Styx prize in poetry and fiction includes a fee. 

“River Styx remains dedicated to publishing the works of writers and artists we believe represent current and future movements in society and culture at local, national, and global levels, whether that work is embedded in historical, contemporary, future, abstract, or impossible contexts. we are avid fans of the slush pile, looking for work that is singular in voice, tone, and approach; that might be rejected or ignored elsewhere because it is innovating voice, medium, and form; and that tells or depicts a narrative that is unlikely to be repeated elsewhere.”

WomenArts Quarterly (St. Louis, MO)

https://womeninthearts.submittable.com/submit
Fee: None
Unsolicited Submissions Accepted
Simultaneous Submissions: Yes, Provided notice of acceptance elsewhere.
Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction, & Visual Art

“WomenArts Quarterly Journal (WAQ), an initiative of Women in the Arts, aspires to nurture, provide support, and challenge women-identified artists of all cultures, ethnicities, backgrounds, and abilities in their role in the arts and seeks to heighten the awareness and understanding of the achievements of women creators, by providing audiences with historical and contemporary examples of the work of women writers, composers, and artists.”

Coal City Review (Lawrence, KS)

https://coalcity.org/#submissions
Unsolicited Submissions Accepted
Genre: Literary poetry, short stories, flash/short-shorts and only whiz bang tight (and short) novel excerpts.

Send all submissions via SNAIL MAIL ONLY to:

Brian Daldorph
Editor at Coal City Review/English Department
University of Kansas, Lawrence KS, 66045.
*Include SASE for reply. 
Publications for Coal City Press are by invitation only.

“Coal City Press is in Lawrence, Kansas, a river city town and home of the University of Kansas. Give us the voice of real people. Our contributors are tall, short, male, female, American, foreign, rich, poor, free, imprisoned, discontented, contented, rural, urban, suburban, liberal and not-so-liberal.  The traits they share are curiosity, compassion, insight and fierce commitment to good writing.”

Cottonwood (Lawrence, KS)

https://english.ku.edu/cottonwood
(Email and Mail-In)
Fee: None
Unsolicited Submissions Accepted
Simultaneous Submissions: No
Genres: Fiction, Poetry, & Creative Non-Fiction

Email: pwedge@ku.edu

Mail To:
Cottonwood
Room 400 Kansas Union
1301 Jayhawk Boulevard
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 6604

“Cottonwood is a literary magazine publishing new and well-known writers of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. We publish a wide variety of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.”

The Iowa Review (Iowa City, IA)

https://iowareview.org/content/writers-guidelines
(Online and Mail-In)
Fee: $4 fee to submit online
Unsolicited Submissions Not Accepted Outside Submission Period
Simultaneous Submissions: Yes, Provided notice of acceptance elsewhere.
Genres: Fiction, Poetry, & Non-Fiction

Mail To:
(Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction) Editor
The Iowa Review
308 EBP
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242

“The Iowa Review's mission is to provide an expertly curated, carefully edited, and beautifully designed print and online space for the voices of writers of every kind of diversity to move and enlighten us; to use the experience gained from fifty-plus years of continuous publication and our connection to the University of Iowa as a home for creative writing to validate, amplify, and encourage those voices; and to serve the reading public by presenting the best contemporary writing in short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.”

Midwest Review (Regional including Missouri and KS)

https://midwestreview.org/submissions/
Unsolicited Submissions Accepted
Fee: Yes. Fee waiver can be requested
Submissions Open: Jan 15-May 15
Genre: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry and Visual Art
Simultaneous Submissions Allowed

“Midwest Review features work by writers, photographers, and artists who have a connection to the Midwest.  We define the Midwest as Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas and Missouri. We are especially interested in new voices, perspectives, and contributions from underrepresented communities. The issue will appear online six months after print publication.”

Moon City Review (Lawrence, Ks)

https://mooncitypress.submittable.com/submit
Unsolicited Submissions Accepted
Fee: Variable
Simultaneous Submissions: Yes, if prompt notification is given of the submission’s acceptance elsewhere.
Genre: fiction, flash fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, graphic narrative, and translations.
Open to all writers not associated with Moon City Press, its editors, or its judges, past or present. Students, faculty, alumni, and staff of Missouri State University, past or present, are ineligible.

“Moon City Press is an independent press, housed within Missouri State University's Department of English, that sponsors the Moon City Poetry Award and the Moon City Short Fiction Award, annual competitions for poetry and short-story collections.”

“Moon City remains a “place” (a press, a book annual) where Ozarks history and literary-artistic culture can be both remembered and reconstructed, engaging back-and-forth with the rest (and best) of the world “out there,” bringing newcomers in, sending our own out and abroad, all interconnected—incorporated, as it were—through mutual interests in poetry, story, art, and criticism.”

The New Territory (Ozarks, Lower Midwest)

https://newterritorymag.submittable.com/submit
Fee: None
Unsolicited Submissions Accepted
Simultaneous Submissions: No
Genres: Journalism, Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Reviews, & Photography

“The New Territory is a biannual, longform print magazine for people who define borders by watersheds and ecotypes at least as much as state lines. It’s for people who see individuals for who they are, who believe a sense of belonging in a place is possible no matter where they started, and who support others in their quests for belonging. It’s for people who stand up for ethnic diversity and biodiversity. It’s for people open to seeing history through multiple lenses, gender as a spectrum, and life’s challenges as some of our greatest teachers. It’s for people who gain understanding by experiencing places, thinking in metaphors, and hearing personal stories. The New Territory is for people who seek to understand the Lower Midwest.”

Prairie Schooner (Lincoln, NE)

https://prairieschooner.submittable.com/submit
(Online *preferred and Mail-In):
Fee: None, except for contests
Unsolicited Submissions Not Accepted Outside Submission Period
Simultaneous Submissions: No
Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction, & Book Reviews

Mail To:
(Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction, Book Reviews) Editor and/or (Contest)
Prairie Schooner
110 Andrews Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0334

“The Schooner’s intention is to publish the best and most interesting writing available, both from beginning and established writers. We publish short stories, poems, interviews, imaginative essays of general interest, and reviews of current books of poetry and fiction.”

Touchstone Literary Magazine (Manhattan, KS)

https://www.touchstonekstate.org/guidelines
Fee: None
Unsolicited Submissions Not Accepted Outside Submission Period
Simultaneous submissions: Yes, Provided notice of acceptance elsewhere.
Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction, & Visual Art

“We are dedicated to supporting emerging writers & artists beyond accepting their work. Writers who are yet to publish a full book or collection and self-published, marginalized, or underrepresented voices are cordially welcome to find a home for their work here. We pride ourselves for having an editorial board that is kind, constructive, & encouraging in their communication process with submitters.”