Q: Describe what you publish in 25 characters or less.
A: Literary/Innovative forms
Q: What other current publications (or publishers) do you admire most?
A: For independent lit mags, we love The Sun, Black Fox Literary Magazine, Unwoven Literary, Mulberry Literary, Allium Journal, Brink Literary, Adroit Journal, Torch Literary Arts, American Chordata, and Identity Theory.
For publishers & presses, we love Feminist Press, Coffee House Press, New Directions, and Deep Vellum Publishing.
Q: If you publish writing, who are your favorite writers? If you publish art, who are your favorite artists?
A: Writers: Clarice Lispector, Toni Morrison, Terrance Hayes, Mary Oliver, Audre Lorde, Franz Kafka, Maggie Nelson, Kaveh Akbar, Julia Armfield, Zadie Smith, Yukio Mishima, James Baldwin, Fernanda Melchor, Ottessa Moshfegh, Yaa Gyasi.
Artists: Remedios Varo, Danielle McKinney, Zanele Muholi, Candice Breitz, Sheila Metzner, Xaviera Simmons, Darren Almond, Ai Weiwei, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, Meghann Stephenson, Kara Walker.
Q: What is the best advice you can give people who are considering submitting work to your publication?
A: Double-check our guidelines!
Q: What do submitters most often get wrong about your submissions process?
A: Poets may submit up to three poems. If the poems are NOT meant to be evaluated as a collection, they should be in separate documents. For example, if a writer submits three stand-alone poems, there should be three pdf or docx attachments.
Q: How much do you want to know about the person submitting to you?
A: We enjoy a short cover letter. It should include a short (50-100 word) third person bio that lists a few of your publications. Please avoid sending long lists of previous publications.
Q: If you publish writing, how much of a piece do you read before making the decision to reject it?
A: Within the first three pages, our readers make a general decision, though we typically read to the very end.
Q: What additional evaluations, if any, does a piece go through before it is accepted?
A: We consider how it fits into our theme and how it converses with other stories, poems, essays, or photographs that have already been accepted.
Q: How important do you feel it is for publishers to embrace modern technologies?
A: Essential!
Q: How much do you edit an accepted piece prior to publication?
A: We line edit for punctuation, tense consistency, and clarity. We will not accept pieces that require major copyedits or rewrites.
Q: Do you nominate work you've published for any national or international awards?
A: Yes. Best of the Net, Pushcart, O'henry, Best American Series