Submissions

WE ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS

Diversity Statement

CORRIDOR believes in promoting a range of storytelling from creators of diverse backgrounds. We encourage submissions from creators traditionally underrepresented in horror and pieces that reflect these varying perspectives.

Procedures

All prose submissions should follow proper manuscript format.
Submissions should be emailed to corridor.publications@gmail.com. Please attach all submissions in PDF format.
Include your bio in your cover letter.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome. Please inform us if your story is accepted elsewhere. We do not accept unsolicited reprints (defined as essays, articles, stories, or comics that have already appeared anywhere online or in any other published form).

Voice

CORRIDOR tells stories that entertain, while simultaneously expressing a dissatisfaction with and an uncertainty about reality.
CORRIDOR invokes radical strangeness by creating worlds and places that look familiar, but operate on their own terms, subverting natural laws without taking humanity into account.
The unreal in CORRIDOR’s stories seeks to provide psychological mysteries with which to dissect our own reality—helping readers purge, cope with or work through our collective fears and anxieties.
We want it dark, transgressive and weird, but will never accept racist, sexist, homophobic or transphobic content.
Further Reference
- "The Weird: An Introduction" by Jeff and Ann Vandermeer
- "The New World of New Weird" by Damien G Walter
- "Slipstream" by Bruce Sterling
- "Working Definition of New Weird" by Jeff Vandermeer
- "The New Weird Anthology - Notes & Introduction" by Jeff Vandermeer
- "Weird Fiction: A Primer On the Heirs of Kafka and Borges" by Tobias Carroll
- "The Revolution Will Be Weird and Eerie" by Yohann Koshy
- "Making Sense of The Weird and The Eerie" by Roger Luckhjurst

Guidelines for Comics

We are seeking horror and weird fiction comics. Any comics story submissions must be in page increments of 4, with a maximum of 16 pages.

Guidelines for Prose Fiction

We are seeking horror and weird fiction stories. Prose submissions must be either flash fiction of up to 1,000 words, or short stories of 1,000 – 10,000 words.

Guidelines for Essays

Non-fiction or essay submissions must be 1,000 – 10,000 words. Non-fiction in CORRIDOR will demystify the weird, making sense out of a chaotic world by evaluating, analyzing and synthesizing the knowledge adjacent to its fictional stories.

Guidelines for Illustrations

Submit an inquiry along with samples (preferably a link to an online gallery). We sometimes purchase pre-existing pieces of art, but prefer to commission original art for covers and interior illustrations.

Payment and Rights

We grant 100% ownership rights to creators. We ask for 6 months exclusivity from the date of initial distribution and non-exclusive in perpetuity for reprints.
Compensation is contingent upon a successful crowdfunding campaign.
- We pay 5 cents ($.05) per word for nonfiction and prose fiction.
- Comics
  - We pay writers $40 per page for a sequential script.
  - We pay sequential artists $150 per page for pencils and inks (line art).
  - We pay colorists $60 per sequential page.
- We pay spot illustrators $200 for full color art.
- We pay cover artists $500 for fully rendered art.
Complimentary copies: Each creator in CORRIDOR magazine will also receive 10 complimentary copies of the issue their work appears in.