All published work remains copyrighted with the author. Material will be archived on the website for at least two years.

Submissions

Beside the Point has two deadlines per year: November 15 and March 15. We request an electronic copy with a cover letter.

The Cover Letter

The cover letter should be in the body of the email.  Keep it brief and include the following:

a) a two- or three-sentence biographical statement;

b) your full mailing address, e-mail address and phone number (strictly for contact reasons, your personal information will not be publicized);

c) the title(s) of the piece(s) you are submitting;

d) the genre of the piece(s) you are submitting (poetry, fiction, drama or non-fiction).

The Manuscript

Please attach your file as an .RTF document. Standard manuscript formatting guidelines apply for fiction and nonfiction submissions (double spaced, 12 point Times Roman or Courier font, 1″ margins).

Please limit your submissions to maximum of six poems (as one electronic file) OR one story OR one nonfiction OR one dramatic entry. Writers may submit in more than one genre per issue. The maximum length for fiction or drama is 6000 words and 5000 words for nonfiction. We have no specific line limits for poetry, but please keep your submissions to a reasonable length, we do not publish epics. We also accept visual art pieces, including short comics or pieces of visual narrative.

Artwork

Should you wish to include artwork in your submission package, or send us artwork independently, please feel free to do so.  We accept both artwork and photography. Images MUST be sent in either .JPG, .GIF, or .PNG format and should be no larger than 1 MB in size. As with written works, the artist retains copyright status over their artwork but agrees to allow Beside the Point to use their art in any way it sees fit, including but not limited to editing of said artwork for production or promotional purposes.

Please Note:

Beside the Point does not accept previously published work. Acceptance or rejection letters will be emailed at the end of our editorial board’s review period (usually 1 to 2 months after the expiration of the latest submission deadline). Although Beside the Point is not currently a paying market, all published work will be automatically entered into our yearly contest.

Send electronic copies to: editor@besidethepoint.net .