submissions
June Road Press is committed to amplifying new voices and supporting emerging writers. We’re a very small volunteer operation dedicated to quality, so we take very few titles a year—but we’re eager to find the next great fit, and we welcome unsolicited, unagented submissions during our open reading periods with no required fee.
We’re at capacity right now and are closed for submissions for this cycle, but check back—we’ll post information here about the parameters of our next reading period and make an announcement through our mailing list and social media accounts when the time comes. We generally open for submissions in the winter, from December through February, for publication the following fall.
What we’re looking for
As an intentionally tiny press, we currently publish either two full-length collections of poetry a year or a single anthology volume, though we might expand to publish literary fiction and creative nonfiction down the road. Of particular interest is work by emerging writers that engages with the natural world or carries a strong sense of place, especially first or second books by women (inclusively defined). We’re looking for deep but accessible writing that shows an appreciation for slowness and detail, that can foster empathy or awareness or reflection, that’s both timely and timeless. Full details about submission preferences will be listed here during our open reading periods.
What else to know
June Road Press is a traditional publisher; authors do not subsidize their books. However, our resources, including time, are very limited, so we do expect authors to be active participants in publicity, marketing, and promotion. Since the closure of Small Press Distribution (SPD) in March 2024, we’ve partnered with Asterism for distribution. Please note that we do not currently have the distributional reach and platforms necessary to work with international authors, we only accept digital submissions, and we are unable to consider manuscript submissions outside of our reading periods, except by request from the editor.
