Approval Preferences

Good instinct — you should absolutely signal that you welcome media, journalists, and industry professionals. Here's a revised version: Open to bloggers, journalists, librarians, booksellers, educators, and media professionals. Ideal readers enjoy memoir, narrative nonfiction, true crime, social justice, adoption, or family secrets. Podcast hosts and BookTok/Bookstagram/Goodreads reviewers welcome. Reviews and coverage appreciated within 60 days of pub date (November 3, 2026). ARCs for honest review and editorial consideration only. U.S. preferred but not required.

Publisher Profile

Unsolicited Press

Founded in 2012, Unsolicited Press (living the dream in Portland, Oregon) focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. As a womxn-owned small publisher that doesn’t worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. We’ve worked with emerging and award-winning authors such as Heather Lang-Cassera, Douglas Cole, Francis Daulerio, Shann Ray, Amy Shimshon-Santo, Brook Bhagat, Kris Amos, and John W. Bateman. Our authors have gone on to be nominated for and/or win awards such as the Push Cart Prize, Ohioana Book Award, Pen/Faulkner Award, International Book Award, Eric Hoffer Book Award, LAMBDA, Independent Press Award, NYC Big Book Award, and many more.

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