submissions

June Road Press is committed to amplifying new voices and supporting emerging writers. We’re a very small operation and dedicated to quality, so we only take on a 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, 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 Thanksgiving to New Year’s, and make final selection decisions in February.

What we’re looking for

We currently publish collections of poetry and hope to expand to publish literary fiction and creative nonfiction down the road. Of particular interest is work that engages with the natural world or carries a strong sense of place, especially first or second books by writers who identify as women. 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.

As an intentionally small press, we’ll only be publishing between one and four books a year in the near term (typically two), which means we won’t be able to move forward with most submissions, though we always appreciate your interest and the chance to look at your work. 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 are limited, so we do expect authors to be active participants in marketing. Since the closure of Small Press Distribution (SPD) in March 2024, we have joined Asterism for distribution. Please note that we do not currently have the marketing and distribution reach 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.