EastOver Press is a small literary press run by writers. The press publishes physical books as well as the online literary journal Cutleaf. 

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EastOver Press focuses on collections of short stories, essays, or poetry, though we are open to hybrid forms and genre-expanding work. We invite work in English that responds to our common experience and reflects our differences. We are interested in work by all writers, especially those historically underrepresented in literary publishing. To see the books published and forthcoming from the Press, please visit eastoverpress.com. 

EastOver Press is not currently open for unsolicited nonfiction or poetry manuscripts. 

EastOver Press will open April 1, 2025 for book-length short fiction manuscripts (short story collections) from debut writers.  There is no fee to submit. 

Manuscripts may be under consideration by other publishers, but if a manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere, please notify us immediately. Manuscripts under contract elsewhere are ineligible for consideration.

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Cutleaf Journal publishes original poetry, short stories, and literary nonfiction in English from established and emerging writers.

Submission windows for Cutleaf for work to appear in 2025-6 are listed below. More details will be in the specific forms for each genre.  Please make sure to subscribe to our newsletter at cutleafjournal.com/subscribe for the most up-to-date and complete information. 

Cutleaf Short Fiction –  April 1 to April 15, 2025 

Cutleaf Literary Nonfiction – April 1 to April 15, 2025

Cutleaf Poetry – July 9, 2025 (with cap of 200 submissions)

There is no fee to submit. Cutleaf will pay from $100 to $300 for published prose and from $50 to $100 per published poem. We will consider simultaneous submissions with the understanding that you will quickly inform us if a piece is accepted by another publication.

Cutleaf acquires non-exclusive first serial rights throughout North America to publish work in all editions of Cutleaf, wherever published and distributed, including hard copy and electronic formats. We reserve the right to make any work that we’ve published available in the Cutleaf archives on our website. Should a piece first published in Cutleaf be reprinted in another work, we request the later publication include an acknowledgment of Cutleaf. 

Work published online in Cutleaf may be chosen for inclusion in a print anthology.