It is easy to get a feel for what they publish by going to their main page here. Their shop page is not organized around release date, but is still helpful. Their covers are well-designed and genre-appropriate.

They are open to proposals for that “showcase the horizons of collective liberation and have the power to create new possibilities for freedom in the present conjuncture. We value writing steeped in shared insight and experience, that embodies a spirit of mutualism and collaboration, and blends storytelling, organizing, and world-making in new, vivid configurations. We work with authors who build narrative self-determination and offer groundbreaking tools and resources for our struggles”.

They stress that they are interested in working with writers across a spectrum of movements and literary styles including the following:

• speculative fiction, fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry that explores the historical and ongoing legacies of anticolonial politics, the evolving nature of imperialism, and the world-making freedom movements of our times, writing that highlights vital and creative sources of internationalist imagination within the fractures and fault lines of the current world order.
• border abolition, sanctuary, migrant solidarity, refugee and diasporic narratives of internationalist organizing for a world without borders, walls, or cages
• land back, climate justice, Indigenous governance, frontline accounts of water and land defense
• queer, trans, and feminist rebellion and organizing
• anticolonial internationalism, solidarity and self-determination, futures of the nonaligned
• antifascist futures that centers anti-imperialist movements of Black, Indigenous, and Third World peoples
• intersections of abolition, anti-state autonomy, a politics in common, and of the commons
• collective care and health autonomy, science and social movements
• worker militancy, worker inquiry, worker autonomy and refusal, debt & wage abolition
• journalism and media activism from non-western movements, movement histories and contemporary accounts of decolonization from Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Arab world
• cultural resistance, art, and graphic liberation

Submissions should align with their values and focus. Please do not submit to them if you think your work is not a good fit.

If you do think your work is a good fit, proposals must be sent via email. It will be seen by their editors and marketing team. They want “a clear and detailed idea of what your book will be about, what impact it will make, and with whom”. They also want to know “why you are writing this particular book at this particular time and how it advances the development of ideas and practice, as well as makes an intervention that is timely, necessary, and visionary.”

To learn more, and to read their full submission guidelines, go here.

They are not currently open to submissions of proposals for their signature series (although they plan to reopen in 2026), but they are open to proposal submissions for their Genre: A 33 ⅓ series which focuses on publishing short books that guide you through a musical sub-genre. You can see the books they have published in this series so far, here.

To submit a proposal for the genre series, please follow the proposal submission guidelines for the 33 ⅓ series, which you can see here. Although please note that genre books must be 40,000 words in length. Proposal submissions are encouraged via email.

They are also open to submissions of writing for any of the 33 ⅓ Global series. This includes 33 ⅓ Brazil, 33 ⅓ Japan, 33 ⅓ Oceania, 33 ⅓ Europe, and 33 ⅓ South Asia. These are in-depth examinations of some of the most important albums from around the world.

If you would like to submit a proposal for the global series, they ask that you please follow the directions for the academic proposal submission process found here.

They publish poetry, short stories, novellas, novels, plays, and works of creative nonfiction. They are a small press. They were founded in 2008 but initially, the founding editors Neal and Betsy Delmonico mostly published family and friends. Publications were sporadic. That shifted in 2017, and since then they’ve been progressively publishing more work.

At the top of the submissions page, the date is 2016 which was when the page was first established, but it has been updated since then. They re-opened to submissions recently (the scheduled date was October 18th, but the actual opening was delayed by two weeks).

I find their website hard to navigate, and I wasn’t able to find that much about their company elsewhere online. Their distribution is through Ingram, which is not a particularly good sign (it means brick and mortar bookstores could order it for a customer directly, but are unlikely to do so for the shelves).

One of the poetry books they published in 2019 was recommended by Ms. Magazine. They mention that one of their 2020 books, The Shadows of 1915, was liked by NPR’s Fresh Air, but this was in fact three sponsored spots.

They ask that you submit a query letter and a sample. They don’t mention any strict limits in terms of the sample.

This is what they have to say about marketing —

“You should know that we are a small press with a very small promotional budget. We send out 10-15 copies with press releases to various newspapers, journals, and magazines for review; we get the book into our distributor’s catalogue, and maintain a web presence. But we depend on the authors to do any further PR. Several have done amazing jobs in promoting their work, organizing readings and signing events at their local libraries or bookstores, reading their works on radio shows or at other public events, getting their works reviewed in local papers or literary journals. Authors do get 20 free copies to use for promotion or to show or just give to friends.”

They also have an unusual royalties system, and one I’m not entirely comfortable with. But they are up front about it, which is a good sign. According to their website they only start paying royalties once the “distribution threshold” has met — which is to say after they’ve sold 200 copies in most cases (including eBooks).

Royalties start at 25%, but books with higher sales numbers increase royalty percentages. They don’t specify if it’s of gross or net (gross is always preferable).

Please only submit if you feel like your work fits within the parameters of their current catalogue, and follow their submission guidelines carefully.

To learn more or to submit, go here.

Emily Harstone is the author of many popular books, including The Authors Publish Guide to Manuscript Submissions, Submit, Publish, Repeat, and The 2020 Guide to Manuscript Publishers.

She regularly teaches three acclaimed courses on writing and publishing at The Writer’s Workshop at Authors Publish.

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Thimble is seeking submissions through the end of February. Authors can sign up for their free newsletter to stay informed about when submissions open and close.

Poets may submit three to five poems. Authors of prose may submit fiction, creative nonfiction, or genre-bending work. Thimble prefers to publish prose around 1,000 words. Essayists may submit pieces about contemporary literature or art, 1,000 to 3,000 words. All submissions should be accompanied by a brief bio.

Thimble accepts submissions online, not via email or by post. They accept simultaneous submissions but ask that authors withdraw work published elsewhere. They do not accept previously published work.

If you would like to learn more or submit to Thimble, please visit their website here.