Editor Interview: After the Pause Go to the listing List all editor interviews Edit answers (editors only) This interview is provided for archival purposes. The listing is not currently active.Describe what you publish in 25 characters or less.Emotion. Experimentation.Michael Prihoda, Editor-in-Chief on 06 April 2015What other current publications (or publishers) do you admire most?One Throne, Jellyfish, Ghost Ocean Magazine, Potluck, Maudlin House, Monkey Bicycle, McSweeney's. Others.Michael Prihoda, Editor-in-Chief on 06 April 2015If you publish writing, who are your favorite writers? If you publish art, who are your favorite artists?Roberto Bolano. David Foster Wallace. Steven Hall. Mark Danielewski.Michael Prihoda, Editor-in-Chief on 06 April 2015What sets your publication apart from others that publish similar material?Emphasis on experimentation and risk-taking in form, style, genre-crossing. We publish typewriter art, visual poetry, blackout poetry, etc.Michael Prihoda, Editor-in-Chief on 06 April 2015What is the best advice you can give people who are considering submitting work to your publication?We love weird things that still have a point and connect us to the human experience. Experimentation of all kinds welcome. Push convention, break convention, disregard the word convention, or follow convention and astound us anyway.Michael Prihoda, Editor-in-Chief on 06 April 2015Describe the ideal submission.Something we've never read (or had our eyes exposed to) before. Also, cleanly formatted in a word doc attached to an email.Michael Prihoda, Editor-in-Chief on 06 April 2015How much do you want to know about the person submitting to you?Cover letters and publication credits are mostly meaningless. It is the work that matters. If we want to print the work, then we ask for a bio. Not the other way around.Michael Prihoda, Editor-in-Chief on 06 April 2015If you publish writing, how much of a piece do you read before making the decision to reject it?Since we only print short things, I pretty much always read the entire submission. But even in flash submissions, the first paragraph is very telling as to whether or not I will accept a piece. The same goes for the first stanza of a poem.Michael Prihoda, Editor-in-Chief on 06 April 2015 Cookie Consent: This site uses secure first-party cookies for essential, preference-setting, and statistical purposes. We do not use any marketing, advertising, or third-party cookies. Read our full cookie policy. Accept All Cookies Allow Essential Cookies Only