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.
Cutleaf is accepting submissions of up to seven poems at a time per author. Our format is designed to showcase a group of 3 to 5 poems from a single author in each issue. One of our considerations is how those poems work together as a suite. Single-poem submissions are discouraged.
We pay $50 for each poem that we publish.
Cutleaf encourages submissions from writers who have been historically underrepresented in literary publishing.
Poems may be in any style and format, although we have some limitations in our ability to accurately reproduce exceptionally long lines or spatially-intricate structures. Submissions should use a standard 12-point font, such as Times New Roman.
All poems within the submission must be previously unpublished.
All submissions should be in English. Translations are welcome, but translation rights must be secured prior to submission.
Please upload your entire submission as one MS Word file. Be sure to include your name and contact information on the first page.
Due to the high volume of submissions and the limited nature of our small staff, we will close after receiving 200 submissions. Our goal is to respond to submissions as quickly as possible while also giving each submission its due consideration. Please do not submit more than once per reading period.