Looking for a great local press? Discover new writers—and get discovered—at some of the best presses in Western New York.
BlazeVOX
BlazeVOX is a haven for undervalued writers to convene with readers worldwide, delivering the contemporary through books-in-hand and ebooks-in-a-minute.
Earth’s Daughters
Earth’s Daughters is a feminist literary arts periodical published by a multi-generational women’s collective in Buffalo, New York, receiving and publishing poetry and prose from all over the United States and abroad.
Foundlings Press
Foundlings Press is a literary publisher devoted to printing and promoting the best writing, including contemporary poetry, nonfiction, journalism, memoir, art and literary criticism, visual art and photography, lyrics, and hybrid works that defy categorization.
Litmora Literary Magazine
Litmora Literary Magazine was founded in 2023 by a few students from SUNY Fredonia, and publishes a few times a year. They publish beyond Fredonia’s bounds, seeking eclectic work from just about everywhere. Litmora is the product of those students’ strange dreams, and aims to showcase writing gathered from all over.
Peach Mag
Peach Mag is an independent and volunteer-run literary publishing project, featuring an online journal, in-print anthologies, a seasonal reading series, an annual poetry award, and an annual apprenticeship program for emerging teen editors.
Prometheus Books
Prometheus Books is committed to publishing intelligent nonfiction for the thoughtful lay reader, including popular science, critical thinking, philosophy, history, atheism, humanism, current events, psychology, and true crime.
sunnyoutside
sunnyoutside was originally founded as an online literary journal by David McNamara in Seattle, Washington in November 2000. It returned to the print medium as an independent press in 2004, and relocated to Buffalo, New York in 2007.
Variety Pack
Variety Pack is an independent and volunteer-run online literary magazine. They firmly believe that diversity is the bedrock of the arts, and hope to establish that with a variety of contributors and the artistic expressions found within our publications.
White Pine Press
White Pine Press is a non-profit literary publisher, established in 1973, which publishes poetry, fiction, essays, and literature in translation from around the world.