Good Printed Things

Good Printed Things reads submissions on a rolling basis. Outside of specific anthology calls for submissions, there are no deadlines and you can submit work anytime.

Our press specializes in the publication of design-forward projects (including zines, chapbooks and other non-traditional formats) that focus primarily on food, poetry, and nature, with a secondary focus on regional and South Carolina topics. We are not the right home for memoirs or long-form fiction projects.

Submission Guidelines

• We are currently taking submissions for 2027/2028 projects
• Please submit only original writing that has not previously been published elsewhere
• PDFs are preferred

To submit poetry for consideration, please send no fewer than 5 poems. For other projects, a sample chapter or section plus an overview or outline should be enough to give us a taste of the project and its scope.

While every submission is read, we can only respond personally if we're hoping to move forward with a project. If it has been three months and you haven't heard from us, it's safe to assume it wasn't the right fit for our catalog at this time.

A couple notes:

1. We're a small team publishing just 4-6 projects a year, so we have to be highly selective. If your work isn't chosen, it's often because it falls outside our focus areas or our production schedule is full. This is not a reflection of quality.
   
2. We publish human-created work only. We don't accept content generated by AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.).
   
3. With such a focused catalog, it's possible we're already working on a similar project. That's just the nature of a small, specialized press, not a reflection on your work or ours.

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