This is a new campaign to promote poetry and fiction presses across the UK, to generate direct sales. Incwriters, in partnership, with The Written Word and the Facebook groups, British Poetry Network and British Fiction Network are launching the Save Our Presses Campaign in Autumn 2009 with several UK publishers (see below). The campaign will see the creation of a network of partners involved in publishing (hardcopy and e-publishing) to increase their publicity and to direct sales. To get involved email Incwriters at incwriters (at) yahoo.co.uk with your logo (or magazine cover) and a short blurb on your company. Initially the campaign will be open to UK presses only. Here are the present partners in the SOP campaign:

• The International Network & Community of Writers Society (Incwriters) was founded in 2004. Incwriters has grown into the one stop website for Promoters, Agents, Publishers, Readers and Writers. Incwriters are committed to creation of networks, the protection of Literature. They help promote individuals and organisations not involved in vanity publishing, visit venues and festivals to give talks on Publishing and Writing.
• The Written Word is an international project which helps writers at all levels from hobbyists through to internationally bestselling authors. This includes networking with publishers and booksellers so that they can work together with authors to mutual benefit using the facilities The Written Word set up. The Written Word are the main impartial project for writers, publishers and booksellers on Second Life and extend this to other social networks and broadcasting sites. Their Meet an Author online show is watched by thousands. The project has been funded completely privately in order to remain impartial and to keep the services to writers completely free of charge. The Written Word has a social network for writers and publishers on http://www.writtenword.ning.com
• British Poetry Network and British Fiction Network is a place for publishers, promoters, agents, editors, short story writers, novelists, poets, blog writers, new media writers and anyone involved in the world of prose, performance and Literature to get together and start a debate, discuss movements, ideas and post up news and opportunities. This is open to all levels.
• The View From Here are a print and on-line literary magazine with author interviews, book reviews, Exclusively Independent News, original fiction and articles. Designed and edited by an international team, with each issue read by over 8000 on-line readers, we bring an entertaining mix of wit, insight and intelligence all packaged in beautifully designed pages that mix the new with the famous.We have interviewed authors like Iain Banks, Julian Barnes, Markus Zusak, James Meek, Tom McCarthy, Paul Torday and Marina Lewycka. The View From Here has a close working relationship with The Random House Group, Cannongate, Alma Books, Faber, Legend Press, the Arts Council funded Exclusively Independent Scheme and is a member of Publishers Weekly’s BookLife. In 2009 they were shortlisted as a finalist for the best UK blog. The View From Here is also in selected libraries in the South East of England.
• Flipped eye publishing was founded in 2001 (as an offshoot of a Ghanaian company started in 1999 as a conduit for new writing from Africa) flipped eye publishing limited publishes original poetry and prose on a not-for-profit model. The not-for-profit approach has allowed flipped eye to focus on developing new writers with potential, thus facilitating the emergence of truly unique literary talent. They are dedicated to producing consistently high quality fiction, non-fiction and related products, with a focus on poetry and authors who are comfortable with a live audience. This means that, while they seek to publish high quality literature, our authors are signed, not only based on how well they write, but also how well they communicate with an audience. This is because they consider conversation to be the oldest and most enduring form of literary creation. The company now encompasses the lubin & kleyner imprint (acquired in 2005) for fiction. Since releasing their first book, flipped eye has gained recognition as an innovative publisher, known for its iconic book covers and unconventional approach to marketing and distribution. Shortlisted for the Independent Publishers Guild’s Diversity Award in 2007, they are the only publisher in the UK to retail quality full poetry collections for under £7. They have also won awards from the Poetry Book Society and been featured in The Independent on Sunday (UK), Metro (New York, US), Straight No Chaser (UK) and on About.com (US) and ReadySteadyBook.com (UK). Their live readings are numerous and legendary.
• Red Telephone Books is a new publisher based in Manchester UK.  The imprint’s first release – ‘The Prophecy’, by Gill James – is due in September 2009.  It is the first part of a young adult fiction trilogy.
• They also hold a novel competition, which runs until the end of 2009.  Submissions are accepted from all genres and more information can be found on their website
• The Frogmore Papers were founded in 1983, originally as a literary quarterly, and is edited by Jeremy Page. Now bi-annual, the magazine publishes poetry and prose alongside contemporary artwork.  Most numbers contain a mixture of work by established writers and comparative unknowns, with the only criterion for selection being quality.  
• Staple is a magazine of poetry, short fiction, artwork and reviews published three times each year, founded in 1982, and now based in Nottingham. Recent issues have looked at writing in the East Midlands region, the publishing industry and the relationship between writing and the visual arts, and future issues will be tackling such themes as music, film and radicalism.
• The North magazine includes a range of contemporary poetry by new and established writers, a broad spectrum of book reviews, critical articles, conversations with writers, ‘Brief Guides to…’, and regular features including ‘Blind Criticism’ (where writers comment on a poem without knowing who wrote it) and ‘Poets I Go Back To’ (writers reveal which poets have most influenced them). The North magazine is run by The Poetry Business and edited by Ann & Peter Sansom.
• Peepal Tree Press is home of the best in Caribbean and Black British fiction, poetry, literary criticism, memoirs and historical studies.
• The London Magazine was first founded in April 1732, TLM was published for 53 years as a counterbalance to The Gentleman’s Magazine. It was re-launched in 1820 under John Scott’s editorship. He championed the work of Wordsworth, Lamb, De Quincey, Clare, Hood, Carlyle, and the ‘Cockney School’ of John Keats, Leigh Hunt, and William Hazlitt. Welcoming The London Magazine under John Lehmann’s editorship, T..S. Eliot saw it not as ‘a vehicle of expression for critics occupying university posts’, but as ‘the magazine which will boldly assume the existence of a public interested in serious literature’. No other review of literature and the arts claims such a history. From the 1700′s until the present day, both Nobel Prize winners and unpublished artists, writers and poets have graced the pages of The London Magazine. The new editorial team consisting of Sara-Mae Tuson and Associate editor Steven O’Brien wish to continue to showcase the best and brightest of London’s writers, artists and commentators, and to that end we have already had many of today’s best writers in our most recent issues, such as Nicholas Royle, Penelope Shuttle, Anne Stewart, Tim Turnbull, Trevor Hoyle, Annie Freud, Roddy Lumsden, Andrew Oldham, Graham Buchan, Leah Fritz, John Hartley Williams, Todd Swift, Martyn Crucefix,Tim Cumming, Mario Petrucci, Neil Curry and many more.Consistently on the pulse of what is happening in the literary scene, and a meeting place of the day’s greatest minds.
• Trespass magazine exists to draw out the greys in the shades between any kind of contrast, between good and evil, the prostitute and the saint, beauty and despair, and re-imagining them in colour. Whether the content is sexual, puritanical or merely deals with the gap between good taste and good sense, we will enter into the forbidden and make the illicit our common ground. Innovators, iconoclasts and outcasts will find a platform here. The magazine is all about breaking the rules…or embracing them. For the most exciting art, poetry, theatre, music and short fiction subscribe to Trespass. Contributors have included: Mario Petrucci, Ian McMillan, Alasdair Grey and many more.
• Dream Catcher is an international journal, a small press and a community-based literature organisation. Located in the East Midlands, our events draw audiences from across the region and they are increasingly to be found at festivals across the country as the reputation of the magazine spreads. Take look at Dream Catcher Events for the latest details of what they’re up to. Dream Catcher magazine offers contemporary readers a terrific mix of poetry, prose, artwork and reviews. Our contributors span the globe, making Dream Catcher a truly international magazine. Their aim is to make the very best of contemporary writing available to the most discerning of contemporary readers.
• You’ll find back issues of Dream Catcher on their website. Take a look. The range of work is astonishing and whether you are a writer, a reader, an editor, teacher or librarian, they’re sure you’ll want to subscribe to this most readable of literary  magazines.
• Hearing Eye is an independent poetry press based in Kentish Town, London. They have published over 150 books since our first publication, Cats’ Parnassus by John Heath-Stubbs in 1987. This interview from Sphinx magazine explains a bit more about hearing eye.
• Dog Horn Publishing is an independent small press releasing innovative literature in special limited edition and trade formats. They are the publisher of the Spectrum Fantastic Arts award-winning magazine Polluto, and the cult hits Lucy’s Monster and Eleven Terrible Months by R. L. Royle.
• 2009 sees the exciting launch of their new range of trade paperbacks, including The Wolf Stepped Out by Dave Migman, The Bride Stripped Bare by Rachel Kendall, Mister Gum by Rhys Hughes, Broken Symmetries by Steve Redwood, Hemorrhaging Slave of an Obese Eunuch by Tom Bradley and A History of Sarcasm by Frank Burton.
• Polluto is the Spectrum Fantastic Arts award-winning magazine which tries to form a dialogue with popular culture and traditional genres. It is their intent to question and subvert, satirise and critique. Cutlass-wielding youths in tweed suits prowl the dingy redlight districts of Mars, intrepid colonialist explorers hunt giant squid in the clockwork submarines of an alternate past . . . and Polluto rises from the mists, casting ghostly phosphorescence through the gloom, and calls you. It’s time to reach out and take the fruit. It’s time to wind yourself up and escape.The toys want out and they’re hungry for knowledge! Buy your copy today.  
• Neon Highway Poetry Magazine, Avant- garde Literary journal. Publishes poetry and art. Neon Highway is the magazine for experimental and innovative poetry. Neon Highway features work by poets and artists. Interviews, art and information on readings will also be listed.
• Popshot is a poetry and illustration magazine aimed at bringing poetry to a wider and more diverse audience. It is not a namedrop session or a further attempt to immortalise the great poets of days gone by. Instead, it’s an attempt to showcase the poetry of today and tomorrow with the whimsical arms of illustration wrapped tightly round it. Each issue contains 24 poems written to a theme which are then individually sent to 24 illustrators who illustrate the poems according to their interpretations of the works. You can find Popshot in Borders, Foyles and various independent bookstores as well on the website which is loaded with rambling piffle.  
• Brand is a new and exciting literary magazine edited by Nina Rapi. Poetry editor is Cherry Smyth. Contributing editors include Ali Smith, Yang Lian, Jennifer Farmer. They specialize in the short form; left of field work; international writing. They publish high quality, original short stories, plays, poems, creative non-fiction. Each issue also features an in-depth interview with a significant writer and art by contemporary artists. They are always looking for new writing that takes risks; has a strong voice; is challenging. To subscribe and check their submission guidelines, visit their website.
• Knucker Press is a small press dedicated to publishing collaborations where word and image are mutually enriching. Established in 2007, its mission is to match writers – of both poetry and prose – with artists to produce high-quality and innovative books and pamphlets. The styles and formats are varied, but all are linked by the strength and sympathy of the artistic partnerships, creating works that are both unique and accessible.
• Red Squirrel Press is an independent publisher based in Northumberland, formed in April 2006 by Sheila Wakefield and aiming to publish both novels and poetry (by commission only). RSP is ‘author friendly’; it acknowledges the frustrations felt by authors sometimes when dealing with large publishers. It will offer carefully chosen authors input regarding title, cover etc. but must retain overall control in order to ensure a marketable result. RSP believes that there are times when one size does not fit all and therefore intend to be flexible regarding publishing techniques, using both traditional and digital methods depending on the individual novel or poetry collection. RSP will attempt to respond to submissions within an acceptable time scale.
• Bluemoose Books was set up in 2006 because they were sick and tired of all the 3 for 2 celebrity stuff that was filling bookshops. Their aim is to publish great stories, that are beautifully written by new writers which engage and inspire the reader. Bluemoose was set up by Kevin Duffy, who has worked as a sales rep for numerous publishing houses over the past 25 years and Hetha, who leads a team of editors at an internatioal legal publisher. Bluemoose has published four titles in the past three years and will publish three more titles for 2010.  
• Chapman is Scotland’s leading literary magazine, controversial, influential, outspoken and intelligent. Founded in 1970, it has become a dynamic force in Scottish culture, covering theatre, politics, language and the arts. Our highly-respected forum for poetry, fiction, criticism, review and debate is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary Scotland. The magazine has played a small, but significant role in shaping the Scotland we now enjoy. When the magazine was founded, there was almost no interest in Scottish writing in the UK, Europe and the world at large – and most conspicuously in Scotland. They also publish poetry and short fiction from new writers, as well as critical articles and items of general cultural interest. Their coverage includes theatre, music, the visual arts, language, amongst other topics. Most issues feature Scots and Gaelic as well as English. The focus is on Scotland, but Chapman has a long history of publishing international literature, both in English by non-Scots and in translation from other languages. The list of countries published over the years is too long to cite here, but it covers the entire globe. Each issue also contains an extensive reviews section. Chapman Publishing specialises in poetry collections.
• Esprit de Corps is a new left leaning, quarterly, seventy-six page, hard copy literary/arts magazine, publishing fiction, poetry, reviews and interviews.
• Brittle Star is an unsubsidised, not for profit magazine dedicated to publishing new poetry, short literary fiction and articles. Brittle Star has a growing reputation and gives a platform to writers at the beginning of their careers. As well as new poetry and fiction, each issue runs an interview with an established writer or a ‘close reading’ of a published work. Poets they’ve interviewed have included David Constantine, Jeremy Hooker, Mimi Khalvati, and Galway Kinnell, and there have been close readings on the work of Marilyn Hacker and Mark Doty among others. The magazine prides itself on the quality of the work it publishes and they’ve been delighted by just how many of our writers have gone on to further success.
• Cadaverine publishes the best new poetry and prose by emerging authors under the age of 25. From urban gothic to high modernism, cyberpunk to scathing satire, science fiction to fictitious cookery, Cadaverine is a comprehensive and uncompromising introduction to the new voices of British literature.
• New Voices Press is the publishing imprint of the Federation of Writers (Scotland). It exists to publish work by members of the Federation, who are mainly (but not exclusively) members of writing groups based in Scotland. They aim to produce two anthologies of prose and poetry each year together with individual author collections as and when selected. The first anthology will be published in the autumn of 2009. They do not publish novels or works of non-fiction. New Voices Press publication opportunities are available only to members of the Federation of Writers (Scotland). Membership is free, though voluntary financial donations are welcomed. They also have a forum.
• Creaturemag is an artist run, online arts and culture magazine. Creature is active across the south of England from Bristol to London and has a readership that spans the globe. They publish work from a range of creative types, from all over the world. Every edition is considered a grand collaboration and aims to pair up writers and illustrators to create inspiring interactions between written word and image. Creature encourages free thought/speech and enjoys receiving work that both inspires and displays an inventive application of creativity. They are a magazine of folk sensibilities, they aim to develop and sustain a talented community of creative people, to showcase the work of local and international artists and to facilitate both their own and others artistic development.
• Tadeeb International is a dual-language literary and cultural journal devoted not only to publication of established writers of English and Urdu (and other South Asian languages), but also to embracing new, high quality writing in those languages by previously unpublished writers, particularly the young. It is committed to fostering the art of translation and aims to include translated work to be situated in both the Urdu and English sections. It is produced in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and is distributed internationally. Tadeeb International provides small bursaries for the best new writers and hosts international literary events to bring together established and new writers from the different cultures. Currently, the Tadeeb International New Writers’ Project, in collaboration with the British Council, Pakistan and the Global Schools’ Partnership, is planning a video-conference literary event for students in Bradford and Islamabad. Bazm-E-Tadeeb International organises and hosts the International Mushaira as part of the Ilkley Literature Festival.
• Ragged Raven Press is run by Janet Murch & Bob Mee. They are an independent press with no grant or lottery funding, formed in the autumn of 1998. They rely entitely on sales and proceeds from their annual competition to survive. In 2009, Christopher James won the National Poetry Competition. Ragged Raven Press published his first collection, The Invention Of Butterfly, in 2006.  All of their poets are encouraged to read their work and (almost!) all are available for readings. Bob Mee is also happy to visit poetry groups or writing circles to talk about the realities of the process of publishing poetry and to run writing workshops. Ragged Raven collections and anthologies include John Robinson, The Cook’s Wedding (2001), Tony Petch, Vanishing Point (2003), Andy Fletcher, The Mile Long Piano (2007), Angela France, Occupation (2009), Chris Kinsey, Cure For A Crooked Smile (2009 – in production), Old Songs Getting Younger (1999), Red Hot Fiesta (2001), The Promise Of Rest (2002), Saturday Night Desperate (2003), Writing On Water (2005), The White Car (2006), The Machineries Of Love (2008) and Losing The Edge (2009).
• PoetCasting is a UK based poetry podcasting enterprise. Since April 2007 the website has featured over 160 of the best emerging and established poets writing for performance and publication. Poets featured reading their own work include Simon Barraclough, Colette Bryce, Alison Brackenbury, Fiona Sampson, Inua Ellams and many, many more. Special features have included online audio versions of poetry journals and recordings of live events.
• Gatehouse Press is a Norwich-based publisher and they are actively engaged in the development of literary and historical works by East Anglian writers. They have published over a dozen titles during the first three years of our existence; already two of these have been shortlisted for the EDP-Jarrold East Anglian Book Awards. The Gatehouse list reflects their founding objectives to support new creative writing, to provide a readership for aspiring poets, prose writers and local historians, to show the wider world something of the exceptional writing in and about East Anglia.
• Flapjack Press publishes collections of poetry and prose by North West regional authors, runs workshops and live performance events and readings.