16 Best Hispanic Book Publishing Companies (How to Submit)

Hispanic publishers enrich the world of literary expression with narratives that reverberate through various cultures and tongues.

Nobel laureates such as Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda, and Gabriela Mistral owed part of their reach to publishers who believed in their work. If you write in Spanish, English, or both about Latino and Latin American life, the presses below are where that belief still happens: university presses, children’s publishers, big-house imprints, and small independents in the United States, Mexico, and Spain. Each entry tells you what the publisher looks for and whether it is reading manuscripts right now. For a wider search, browse my list of 2,000+ publishing houses.

Submission policies change without notice, so check the publisher’s own page before you send anything, and never pay a reading fee. Last verified: October 2, 2026.

Here are the top Hispanic book publishing companies today:

1. Arte Público Press

Arte Público Press has published Hispanic and Latinx literature from the University of Houston since 1979, which makes it one of the most established publishing companies in Houston, TX. It is also home to the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage project, and its Piñata Books imprint publishes for children and young adults. The press accepts manuscripts in English, Spanish, or bilingual editions through an online form, with or without an agent. It does not consider AI-generated manuscripts, and you can expect a reply in about three to six months. Submission guidelines.

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2. Vintage Español

Vintage Español was founded in 1994 to publish fiction and nonfiction in Spanish, and it is part of Penguin Random House in the United States. It describes itself as one of the largest Spanish-language publishers in the country, with a list that runs from Gabriel García Márquez, Roberto Bolaño, and Isabel Allende to Junot Díaz in translation, along with self-help, spirituality, personal finance, and cooking titles. Penguin Random House does not accept unsolicited submissions, so you will need a literary agent to reach its editors. Browse Vintage Español titles.

3. Bilingual Press

Bilingual Press was founded in 1973 to publish fiction, poetry, art catalogues, and scholarship about the Chicano community. Today it is part of the Hispanic Research Center at Arizona State University in Tempe, one of the better-known publishing companies in Arizona, and it publishes contemporary books on the Latino experience in English, Spanish, and bilingual editions, with a strong interest in translation. The press is closed to submissions while it restructures and expects to reopen through Submittable in late 2026 or early 2027, when it will also consider Spanish-language work. It does not publish academic books. Bilingual Press FAQ.

4. Cinco Puntos Press

Bobby and Lee Byrd founded Cinco Puntos Press in 1985 in El Paso, Texas, less than three miles from the U.S.–Mexico border. After the Byrds retired, Lee & Low Books acquired the press in 2021, and Cinco Puntos now continues as a Lee & Low imprint. It publishes picture books, middle grade, and young adult books rooted in Texas, the border, and Latine and Native communities, including bilingual titles. Lee & Low is closed to unsolicited manuscripts for now. Agented projects and entries to its New Voices and New Visions awards remain the way in. For more presses in the state, see my guide to book publishing companies in Texas. Submission guidelines.

5. Aztlan Libre Press​

Juan Tejeda and Anisa Onofre founded Aztlan Libre Press in 2009 in Yanawana, the Indigenous name for San Antonio, Texas. The press is dedicated to publishing, promoting, and freely expressing XicanX literature and art. Its catalog includes poetry, a novel, collected columns and essays, Carmen Tafolla’s graphic parable The Donkey Lady, and a trilingual anthology in Nahuatl, Spanish, and English. Aztlan Libre Press does not accept manuscripts at the moment, but its About page lists an editors’ email for other questions. About the press.

6. Digitus Indie Publishers

Digitus Indie Publishers is a nonprofit, multilingual California-based publishing house. Its flagship is Contrapuntos, an annual print literary journal that has carried work in Spanish, English, Portuguese, Mandarin, and Arabic, with contributors such as Cristina Rivera Garza, Tino Villanueva, Gabriela Alemán, and Pedro Ángel Palou. Its most recent call took prose, poetry, essays, photography, and peer-reviewed academic articles in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, with no reading fee, and paid contributors in copies. Digitus is closed to submissions until its next call, though it still welcomes translation proposals by email. Submission guidelines.

7. Xlibris

Xlibris is a paid self-publishing company that has been in business since 1997 and is owned by Author Solutions. You buy a publishing package, with editing, design, and marketing services as add-ons, and Xlibris prints your book on demand in paperback, hardback, and ebook formats. Authors keep their rights and earn royalties, and the company accepts books in any genre, including fiction, memoir, poetry, and children’s books. Because Xlibris makes its money from authors, compare package prices and read the contract carefully, and know that Author Solutions imprints have drawn many complaints from writers over the years. Get started with Xlibris.

8. Editorial Casa Vacía

Editorial Casa Vacía is a small literary press in Richmond, Virginia, with deep roots in Cuban writing. It publishes in Spanish and English across several collections, including Archivo Cubano, Mauberley poetry plaquettes, the Prufrock collection of poetry in English, and the Melville collection of prose in English, and it also publishes the literary magazine Parva Forma. The press does not accept unsolicited manuscripts: its editors, helped by a reading committee, ask for the books they want to publish. About Casa Vacía.

9. Roca Editorial

Roca Editorial was founded in Barcelona in 2003 by six partners from the book trade and led by Blanca Rosa Roca. Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, which had worked with Roca since 2007, bought it in 2023, and Roca continues as one of its imprints. Its list spans fiction, nonfiction, children’s and young adult books, and comics, with authors such as Noah Gordon, Christopher Paolini, Nicholas Sparks, and John Verdon. Roca accepts unsolicited manuscripts through Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial’s online submission form, where you choose the imprint and follow its guidelines. Visit Roca Editorial.

10. Editorial Planeta México

Editorial Planeta México is the Mexico City arm of Grupo Planeta, one of the largest publishing groups in the Spanish-speaking world. It publishes contemporary Mexican and international fiction, current affairs and nonfiction, personal development, business, and children’s and young adult books, and it runs its own book and film rights agency. Planeta México accepts unsolicited manuscripts by email as a Word or PDF file with a fixed front matter: a title page with genre, readers, and contact details, a one-page synopsis, and a short author bio. Submissions in any other format are deleted unread, and Planeta replies only if it wants to publish. Submission guidelines.

11. Ediciones Siruela

Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart founded Ediciones Siruela in Madrid in 1982, starting with new translations of forgotten medieval European literature. Today it publishes classic and contemporary fiction, crime, essays, and children’s and young adult books by Spanish-language and international authors, among them Irene Vallejo, Italo Calvino, Amos Oz, and Jostein Gaarder. In 2003 it won Spain’s National Prize for the best cultural publishing work. Siruela accepts proposals for novels, children’s books, and essays: send a CV, a synopsis of up to four pages, and one or two sample chapters. It does not publish poetry or plays. Submission guidelines.

12. Kórima Press

Kórima Press is an independent queer Chicanx press that documents and amplifies the experiences of queer and trans Chicanx and Latinx authors. Its catalog includes Ditch Water, Salvation on Mission Street, The Cha-Cha Files, Tragic Bitches, and Mama Sappho, by writers such as Adelina Anthony, Maya Chinchilla, and Joseph Delgado. If your work centers queer Latinx lives, Kórima belongs on your reading list next to the other LGBTQ+ book publishers I have covered. Its website has no current submissions page, so start with the About page. About Kórima Press.

13. Lil’ Libros

Lil’ Libros was founded in Los Angeles by two friends and mothers, Patty Rodriguez and Ariana Stein, and publishes bilingual English and Spanish board books for children and other titles that celebrate the American Latino experience. Its books introduce young readers to numbers, colors, and famous figures such as Frida Kahlo and Celia Cruz. The press accepts fiction and nonfiction for ages 0 to 8, plus activity and educational kits. You do not need to be an illustrator, because it pairs authors with an in-house artist. Send your submission by email, and expect a reply within three months only if they are interested. Submission guidelines.

14. Lengua de Trapo

Lengua de Trapo was founded in Madrid in 1995 to discover new Spanish and Latin American voices, and it calls itself the oldest of Spain’s independent publishers. Its current focus is what it calls critical literature: fiction and nonfiction that help readers understand the past and the present, published across collections such as Episodios Nacionales, Ensayo, and Cara B. Since 2023 it has run a co-publishing project with Madrid’s Círculo de Bellas Artes. The editorial team is Carolina del Olmo, Jorge Lago, and Manuel Guedán. Contact Lengua de Trapo.

15. Páginas de Espuma

Juan Casamayor and Encarnación Molina founded Páginas de Espuma in Madrid in 1999, and it has become the Spanish-language home of the short story. Alongside story collections it publishes memoirs, diaries, biographies, travel writing, and letters, distributes its books across Spain and Latin America, and co-runs the Premio Ribera del Duero for short fiction. The press does not accept unsolicited manuscripts for now because of a reading backlog, so watch its contact page for changes. Contact Páginas de Espuma.

16. Mouthfeel Press

Mouthfeel Press was founded in 2009 in El Paso, Texas, to publish new and established poets of the U.S.–Mexico borderlands in English and Spanish, and it has since grown into a national, Latinx, woman-owned press with more than 60 poetry books and chapbooks. It also publishes novellas, memoir, and essays, in English, Spanish, or Spanglish, plus translations, and runs the chapbook imprint CLASH! Press. Mouthfeel is closed to submissions for now because of high volume. When it reopens, submissions go through Submittable, and its older Spanish-language guidelines mention a $25 reading fee, so read the current terms first. Submission guidelines.

Names you may be looking for

Ars Communis Editorial

Ars Communis Editorial is a small Chicago press for Spanish-language fiction. Its old web address now belongs to an unrelated site, so look for its books through bookstores.

Evelyn Street Press

Evelyn Street Press promoted queer of color literature with an emphasis on Latinx authors. Its website has not been updated since 2014.

Jade Publishing

Jade Publishing published emerging Latin American writers in English and Spanish. Its website has not listed new titles since about 2021, and its submissions page is gone.

Lugar Común Editorial

Lugar Común Editorial published Spanish-language writers living in Canada and the United States. Its website currently shows only a “coming soon” page.

Conclusion

These Hispanic book publishing companies keep Latino and Latin American stories in print, from bilingual board books in Los Angeles to short-story collections in Madrid. Several of them read manuscripts only at certain times, so bookmark the ones that fit your work and check back when their windows open. If you are ready to submit today, start with the presses that are reading now, follow their guidelines to the letter, and keep a literary agent in mind for the big-house imprints. Next up, you may want to explore a guide on publishing companies in Mississippi.