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 fiction or poetry manuscripts.
EastOver Press will open October 1 to December 31, 2024 for book-length nonfiction manuscripts with a cap of 100 submissions. Submissions during this reading period will be considered for publication in 2026. There is no fee to submit.
We are especially interested in collections of literary essays, but will consider essay-based memoirs, mixed genre works, and other hybrid works. We are interested in manuscripts that take a narrative approach to nonfiction.
We are highly unlikely to select manuscripts that are primarily journalism, political analysis, history, erotica, science fiction, fantasy, or comics. We are not looking for nonfiction books for children/young adults nor are we looking for textbooks or anthologies of previously published work. Manuscripts that clearly fit into one of these categories will be declined without extensive review.
Although we do not seek previously published manuscripts, we expect that some submissions may have essays that were previously published. 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 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.
Short Fiction for Cutleaf in 2025 – May 15 to May 31, 2024 (now closed)
Literary Nonfiction for Cutleaf in 2025 – September 1 to November 30, 2024.
Poetry for Cutleaf in 2025 – Submissions window now closed.
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 our yearly anthology, The Cutleaf Reader.
EastOver Press is accepting previously published short stories for a forthcoming fiction anthology. The stories should have been published in 2022 or 2023.
The anthology will focus on BIPOC writers who live in or hail from rural or semi-rural locales (in the United States) and whose short stories feature characters living and/or working in rural or semi-rural spaces. In addition, we'll also accept work from BIPOC writers who've spent a significant amount of time in rural or semi-rural locales and whose work might reflect those spaces.
Deesha Philyaw will serve as guest editor.
Submissions should be no more than 10,000 words and may include up to three submissions per author or five submissions per editor of a literary journal.
Our payment to authors upon publication of the anthology is $100-$300. Send questions to keith@eastoverpress.com.
EastOver Press invites submission of book-length nonfiction manuscripts in English by established and emerging writers. Manuscripts submitted during this reading period are considered for publication in 2026. We will accept submissions from October 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024, with a cap of 100 manuscripts.
We are especially interested in collections of literary essays, but will consider essay-based memoirs, mixed genre works, and other hybrid works. We are interested in manuscripts that take a narrative approach to nonfiction.
We are highly unlikely to select manuscripts that are primarily journalism, political analysis, history, erotica, science fiction, fantasy, or comics. We are not looking for nonfiction books for children/young adults nor are we looking for textbooks or anthologies of previously published work. Manuscripts that clearly fit into one of these categories will be declined without extensive review.
Although we do not seek previously published manuscripts, we expect that most submissions may have essays that were previously published. 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.
Manuscript Guidelines
1. Manuscripts must be submitted as a MS Word file, double-spaced with numbered pages, set in a standard 12-point font (such as Times New Roman) with a 1 inch page margin.
2. The author's name, mailing address and email should appear on the first page of the manuscript.
3. Manuscripts must include a table of contents with page numbers and an acknowledgments page for previous publications of individual sections.