Deadline: 5 February 2011
Contact: submissions@thecornerclubpress.com
We offer a $50 pay rate for the best poem/short story in each issue, and a complimentary physical copy for whoever we choose in the short story/poetry category.
Submission Guidelines
The Corner Club Press is an on-line non-profit magazine distributed as a free PDF download. We publish every two months.
Content
We will consider unsolicited material submitted by any writer. Submissions must be original and not previously published elsewhere. We appreciate well-written, creative, and thought-provoking work that has both literary merit but can cater to a wide audience.
We will not accept any form of erotica, fanfiction, high fantasy, or any children's fiction, EXCLUDING young adult. We do accept creative non-fiction. Short stories should not be more than 7,000 words, and poetry must not go beyond 5 pages. We accept simultaneous submissions, but this must be noted. Maximum of 3 for short stories, and maximum of 5 for poetry. If you're submitting both poetry and short stories, please submit them in different documents. If accepted elsewhere, notify us immediately. We also hold the rights to your pieces for six months--if published--and then you are free to submit elsewhere. The six month period begins on the day of publication.
As of now, we offer cash for the best poem/short story in each issue since we fund this magazine out of our own pockets. Keep in mind pay rate is subject to change. Pay rate is $50 as of now. ONLY one best poem and one best short story in each issue.
Please e-mail all submissions to submissions@thecornerclubpress.com In your header, let us know if you are submitting a poem or short story, put the word count (short story) or page count (poem), then put the title of the work. In the body of your e-mail, please put a short bio you'd like to appear in the magazine should your piece be chosen. Also, PLEASE let us know how you heard about us.
Editing
We reserve the right to edit your work, but will e-mail you with any suggested changes.
Response Time
Expect to hear within two weeks. If you have not received a response from us in that time, send us an e-mail asking if we got it, and we will reply ASAP.
More information here.