Poetry Publishers
There are so many excellent presses and publishers at present. In an effort to measure how high their profile is I have written in blue (from 2021 only) the last time that the press had a listing in the Poetry Book Society (PBS) Bulletin, which is published quarterly.
This is supplemented by appearances in reviews of the poetry magazines that I subscribe to.
I have restricted the list to publishers of poetry in the English language, and languages from the U.K. and Ireland.
A to Z
(UK followed by Outside the UK)
UK
Against the Grain Poetry Press
PBS Summer 2022
Allardyce, Barnett Publishers - Allardyce Book - AB
Anvil Press Poetry (Carcanet Imprint)
PBS Summer 2022
The Black Light Engine Room Press
PBS Sprinf 2023
Boiler House Press (University of East Anglia)
Callum Macdonald Memorial Award shortlist 2021
PBS Summer 2022
Burning Eye Books (bigcartel.com)
Cape / Cape Poetry - See Jonathan Cape
PBS Spring 2023
Acumen January 2022
Chatto & Windus (penguin.co.uk)
Clayhanger Press (North Staffordshire, U.K.)
PBS Spring 2023
Corsair (Little Brown Book Group)
PBS Summer 2022
PBS Summer 2021 / acumen May 2022
Enneract Editions (Penteract Press)
PBS Summer 2021
Eyewear Publishing (blackspringpressgroup.com)
PBS Spring 2023
Frosted Fire Press (Cheltenham Poetry Festival)
(English translation of Catalan language poetry)
FyfieldBooks (Carcanet Imprint)
Poetry London Autumn 2021
(Mostly Suffolk based poets, U.K.)
Grey Suit Editions UK (U.K. link)
PBS Spring 2022
PBS Summer 2022
HVTN Press (aka Haverthorn Press)
Hedgehog Poetry Press
Hen Run - pamphlet imprint of Grey Hen Press
Acumen May 2021
If a Leaf Falls Press (Sam Riviere)
Magma Poetry Winter 2021
Infernal Editions - Pariah Press
Tears In The Fence August 2021
The Irish Pages Press Cló An Mhíl Bhuí
PBS Summer 2022
Knives Forks and Spoons Press (KFS)
Tears In The Fence November 2021
Legitimate Snack (Broken Sleep Books)
Lifeboat Press (Northern Ireland)
Lintott Press (Carcanet Imprint)
Little Island Press (Carcanet Imprint)
Poetry London Spring 2021
The Poetry Review Autumn 2021
The North January 2022
Callum Macdonald Memorial Award shortlist 2021
Tears In The Fence August 2021
Pamenar Press (U.K., Canada, Iran)
Parthian Books (Wales)
PBS Summer 2022
Pavilion Poetry (Liverpool University Press)
PBS Summer 2022
PBS Summer 2022
PBS Summer 2022
PBS Summer 2022
Pindrop Press (Glasgow/France)
(The Poetry Business - see Smith|Doorstop)
Poetry Translation Centre (PTC)
Tears In The Fence August 2021
Poetry London Spring 2021
Callum Macdonald Memorial Award winner 2021
The Poetry Review Summer 2021
Sampson Low (Kingston University Creative Writing students)
Sheep Meadow Press (Carcanet Imprint)
Sidekick Books
Silhouette Press (Coventry)
Singing Apple Press
Slub Press - no internet presence!
Smith|Doorstop (The Poetry Business)
Some Roast Poet (Manchester, UK)
SPM Publications (Sentinel Poetry Movement)
Steel Incisors – visual poetry with teeth
Stichill Marigold Press – the private press of Leonard McDermid
Callum Macdonald Memorial Award shortlist 2021
Summer Palace Press (The Poetry Book Society)
(I could not find a direct link to the press. N. Ireland)
Callum Macdonald Memorial Award shortlist 2021
TLM Editions - The London Magazine
PBS Summer 2021
PBS Summer 2022
PBS Summer 2022
PBS Spring 2022
The Waywiser Press (Based in the U.K. and U.S.)
The Westbourne Press – Saqi Books
Write Bloody UK (U.K. base of US publisher)
Yale Books (Yale University Press) (UK, Europe and overseas)
Outside the UK
(Whilst the site is rather young I accept this collection is rather haphazard and random! It is mostly based on publishers that are referenced in reviews by U.K. poetry magazines that I subscribe to.)
Alfred A. Knopf - Knopf/Doubleday Publishing Group (Penguin Random House) (U.S.)
(Currently an online press only)
Animal Heart Press (U.S.)
Argos Books (U.S.)
Arlen House (Republic of Ireland)
Arrowsmith Press (U.S.)
Banshee Press (Republic of Ireland)
Beatnik Publishing (New Zealand)
Bitter Oleander (U.S.)
Brick Books (Canada)
Buckrider Books (Wolsak & Wynn) (Canada)
City Lights Publishers (U.S.) (Pocket Poet Series)
Clare Songbirds Publishing House (U.S.)
Griffin Poetry Prize nomination 2021
Curbstone Books (Northwestern University Press) (U.S.)
Dedalus Press (Republic of Ireland)
The North 2022 / Poetry London Spring 2022
Dhauli Books (Includes books in English, India)
Dos Madres (U.S.)
Drunk Muse Press (Republic of Ireland
Fish Publishing (Republic of Ireland)
FSG (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) (Macmillan) (U.S.)
Poetry Review Spring 202, Griffin Poetry Prize nomination 2021
The Gallery Press (Republic of Ireland)
Acumen January 2021
George Braziller (U.S.)
Won multiple prizes including a Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 2021
Isobar Press - English Writing from Japan
Grey Suit Editions (The U.S. link)
The Last Books (English books based in Netherlands/Bulgaria)
Life Before Man – (Gazebo Books) (Australia)
McClelland & Stewart (penguinrandomhouse.ca) (Canada)
Griffin Poetry Prize nomination 2021
McGill-Queen's University Press | McGill-Queen’s University Press (Canada)
New Binary Press (Republic of Ireland)
New Directions Publishing (U.S.)
NYRB Poets – New York Review Books (U.S.)
The Poetry Review Winter Spring 2021
The Poetry Review Spring 2022
Griffin Poetry Prize nomination 2021
Ó Bhéal Press (Republic of Ireland)
The Operating System and Liminal Lab (U.S.)
Otago University Press (New Zealand)
Passager Books (U.S. for over-50s)
Plum White Press | Poetry Nook (U.S.)
Poetry Salzburg Pamphlet Series - PSPS (University of Salzburg) (Austria, English poetry)
Poetrywala (India)
The Porcupine's Quill (Canada)
Princeton University Press (U.S.)
Pushcart Press : Publishers of The Pushcart Prize
Red Hen Press (U.S.)
Magma Poetry Winter 21
Revival Press – Limerickwriters (Republic of Ireland)
Salmon Poetry (Republic of Ireland)
Schaffner Press (U.S.)
Scribner Books (simonandschusterpublishing.com) (U.S.)
Seagull Books (Books of English translation, India)
SIR Press (Southern Indiana Review Press) (U.S.)
Southword Editions (Munster Literature Centre) (Republic of Ireland)
Speaking Tiger Books (Mostly English books, India)
Strange Light (Penguin Random House, Canada)
Steel Toe Books (U.S. probably)
Syracuse University Press (Also distributer for Sheep Meadow Press) (U.S.)
Tin House (U.S.)
Daily Poem February 2022
UCD Press (University of Dublin)
University of Chicago Press (U.S.)
The Poetry Review Autumn 2021
University Of Iowa Press (U.S.)
University of Nebraska Press (U.S.)
University of Pittsburgh Press (U.S.)
University of Tampa Press (U.S.)
Griffin Poetry Prize nomination 2021
W.W. Norton (Distributer partner of Independent presses ) (U.S.)
Yes Yes Books (U.S.)
Lists of Publishers
I am not in the habit of mopping up other people's excellent lists, rather here is a little list of other people's lists:
Esther Heller's Blog
Poetry School: Places to Submit your Poetry in 2021 (U.K.)
Letter Machine Editions link page
National Poetry Library Comprehensive list of all U.K.publishers
Service Scape: Top 50 Poetry Publishers Accepting Submissions (servicescape.com) (U.S.)
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