1) Please indicate either in your cover letter or email submission which series your work will be considered for. The press is actively acquiring in its Legacy Series (short fiction), Portage Poetry Series (poetry), and Back Home Series (creative nonfiction).2) A cover letter. Recommended content includes a paragraph describing the manuscript you are submitting, a second paragraph containing any additional information relevant to the work submitted, and a final paragraph outlining your writing experience (a biography). Please address your letter to: Dr. Ross K. Tangedal, Cornerstone Press. Within your letter, please include your mailing address, email address, and phone number.3) A synopsis of the work submitted.4) A complete, typed manuscript, with your name and the manuscript title on the first page.
1) Please indicate either in your cover letter or email submission which series your work will be considered for. The press is actively acquiring in its Legacy Series (short fiction), Portage Poetry Series (poetry), and Back Home Series (creative nonfiction).
2) A cover letter. Recommended content includes a paragraph describing the manuscript you are submitting, a second paragraph containing any additional information relevant to the work submitted, and a final paragraph outlining your writing experience (a biography). Please address your letter to: Dr. Ross K. Tangedal, Cornerstone Press. Within your letter, please include your mailing address, email address, and phone number.
3) A synopsis of the work submitted.
4) A complete, typed manuscript, with your name and the manuscript title on the first page.
Submit the cover letter, synopsis, and manuscript digitally to: cornerstone.press@uwsp.edu*Note: We will only consider manuscripts sent digitally. Manuscripts and materials sent via post will not be evaluated, nor will they be returned to the sender.
Additional Guidelines:
Fiction and nonfiction manuscripts should strive to be a maximum of 70,000 words. Please query the publisher prior to submission if your manuscript falls well below or far beyond this word count.
Poetry manuscripts can vary in length, but our minimum page count for a printed volume is 80 pages. Please take this into account when submitting your poetry manuscript.
Poetry submissions for the Portage Poetry Series may include a thematic overview in lieu of a synopsis.
Cornerstone Press typically focuses on up-and-coming regional authors, but we are open to all original, well-written, and polished submissions. If your manuscript is accepted by another publisher, please inform us via email. We look forward to reading your work. You may contact us at cornerstone.press@uwsp.edu.