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Editor: Kristen Simental

Before you submit, consider hiring us to edit your fiction. Professional editing can greatly enhance the quality and impact of your work. We can brings a fresh and objective perspective to your writing, helping to refine and polish your manuscript in ways that you may not have considered. We have the expertise to identify inconsistencies, plot holes, and structural issues, ensuring a more cohesive and engaging narrative. We can also provide valuable feedback on character development, pacing, dialogue, and overall story arc, helping you to create well-rounded and compelling characters and a captivating plot. Moreover, an editor will meticulously review your manuscript for grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style, ensuring a polished and professional final product. Making this small investment makes your work more marketable and increases your chances of literary success.

Note: Editing services are not a guarantee for publication, but all edited pieces will be considered. 

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Editing Services Price Sheet

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1. Proofreading:

   - Basic proofreading for grammar, spelling, punctuation, and typos: $0.02 per word

2. Copy Editing:

   - Thorough editing for grammar, spelling, punctuation, typos, consistency, and style: $0.04 per word

3. Line Editing:

   - In-depth editing for grammar, spelling, punctuation, typos, consistency, style, sentence structure, and clarity: $0.06 per word

4. Developmental Editing:

   - Comprehensive editing for all aspects of the manuscript, including plot, characters, pacing, structure, and style: Starting at $0.08 per word (exact price determined after manuscript evaluation)

5. Manuscript Evaluation:

   - Detailed feedback and critique on the overall strengths and weaknesses of the manuscript, including plot, character development, structure, and writing style: Starting at $150 for up to 10,000 words (additional fees apply for longer manuscripts)

6. Query Letter and Synopsis Editing:

   - Editing and refining of query letters and synopses to make them concise, compelling, and marketable: $50 per document

Note: Prices may vary depending on the complexity and length of the manuscript. Customized editing packages are available upon request. Rush services may incur additional charges.

Please contact us for a personalized quote based on your specific editing needs.

Editor: Jessica Willingham

The Weekly is a section of Five South that publishes poetry and flash fiction every week. 

 
*TIP JAR - Same guidelines as general poetry and flash fiction. 

Editors: Jessica Willingham, Dave Gregory, Kristen Simental, Dave Nash,

During the month of October and November, in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Month, we're offering FREE, no fee submissions to writers and poets of Native American, First Nations, and Indigenous descent. Stories and poems can be on any topic and in any genre. See our guidelines for word counts and formatting information. Have at it and send us your best work! Selected pieces will be publishing according to our calendar and on a rolling basis.  

Quick Tips: We're not looking for stories about Native Americans by Non-Native writers. 

 
The usual guidelines apply for flash, short or long fiction, and non-fiction. 

Editor: Jessica Willingham

The Weekly is a section of Five South that publishes poetry and flash fiction every week. 

 
*TIP JAR - Same guidelines as general poetry and flash fiction. 

SHORT FICTION SUBMISSIONS ARE TEMPORARILY CLOSED

Editor: Dave Gregory

Longer fiction submissions of 3000 - 8000 words

Five South – 3 to 8K Fiction publishes at least one story every month and was created as a tiny pressure valve to address the hard truth, known by short story writers everywhere, that longer pieces are harder to place. We want the story you toiled over, that you revised, edited, and polished to an extremely fine shine before confidently submitting it to the New Yorker or the Paris Review. It won’t matter to us if the piece has accumulated dozens of rejections; what matters is that you send us work you believe in. (If your manuscript has received encouraging feedback along the way, we are even more eager to read it.)

As with all Five South submissions, fiction pieces should be narrative-driven, with a beginning, a middle, and an end. We like characters that grow and take us to unexpected places. Our favorite stories include classical works such as “The Artificial Nigger,” by Flannery O’Connor, and "The Daughters of the Late Colonel," by Katherine Mansfield; and we also love contemporary gems, for example “Peach Cobbler,” by Deesha Philyaw, and “Sexy Motherfucker’s Mom,” by Maureen Langloss.

We accept one previously unpublished story at a time (3,000 – 8,000 words) but will not even remotely consider hate, pornography, or pedophilia.

Editor: Dave Nash

PLEASE READ FULLY

Current Call: March 2023

Interstate 5 cuts along the entire West Coast from Vancouver to Mexico. In all its clutter, kitsch, and beauty (at times), the freeway connects people and places. For our non-fiction call for submissions we want to read about these connections and what they mean to you. Help us understand the complex layers that form those relationships. Maybe the two connected things are seemingly opposite like strip malls and pastures. Adventures across wild terrains or generations that only know the soil, stones, and streams of one place. Of course these connections of people and time and place exist everywhere, so it doesn’t need to be confined to Interstate 5. We want to read about the deepest felt connections wherever they may take place.

We want creative non-fiction and essays that tell stories with conviction, that make us feel, that make us wonder, and that take us someplace else. 

Specific Guidelines:

Word Count: 1,000 - 2,500 words

Deadline: Rolling

Publication: Rolling

Important Notes: 

• We accept all topics that fit broadly within the theme but will not even remotely consider hate, pornography, or pedophilia. 

• All submissions must be in English and previously unpublished. 

• We accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know by filling out our withdrawal form if your piece is chosen elsewhere (see submission guidelines page).