PenBridge Press is an independent publishing house committed to fiction and nonfiction that explore memory, experience, and the complexities of human life.
We believe literature is not merely art, but a space where history is examined, voices are preserved, and meaning is continuously re-imagined.
We welcome submissions in fiction and nonfiction, including novels, short stories, memoirs, essays, and hybrid works.
We are particularly interested in writing that engages with memory, place, identity, and lived experience, and that approaches storytelling with care, depth, and originality.
PenBridge Press is an independent publishing house seeking submissions in fiction and nonfiction that demonstrate literary depth, originality, and a strong, thoughtful voice.
We are interested in work that engages with memory, experience, history, identity, and the complexities of lived reality—without being confined to a single geography, culture, or genre.
We welcome submissions in the following categories:
We are open to both emerging and established writers.
We value writing that is:
We are particularly drawn to work that resists simplification and allows complexity to remain intact.
Detailed submission instructions and timelines will be announced on our website.
At PenBridge Press, we believe literature matters when it listens closely— to memory, to silence, and to voices that refuse to disappear
