The Pedestal Magazine is currently closed to submissions. Please see the Editor's Introduction for further details and check our guidelines periodically for relevant updates.

As editors of The Pedestal Magazine, we intend to support both established and burgeoning writers. We are committed to promoting diversity and celebrating the voice of the individual.

All queries should be sent to pedmagazine@carolina.rr.com.

The Pedestal Magazine does not accept previously published work, unless specifically requested; however, we will accept simultaneous submissions, if so noted. Please inform us immediately if your submission is accepted elsewhere. Also, we do not accept submissions by direct mail. Neither do we accept direct email submissions. We now accept all work through Submittable.com. If you send us work, please wait for a response to your first submission before you submit again.

We have published six issues per year since the release of the debut issue on December 21, 2000. Following the release of the December 2012 issue, the magazine will officially go on semi-hiatus, during which time the vision of the magazine will be reshaped and the design revamped. The tentative plan is for the "new" Pedestal Magazine to post sometime in Winter 2013 or Spring 2014.

There is no need to query prior to submitting poetry. Submit up to six (6) poems. Please submit all poems in one (1) file.

Pay Rate: $40 per poem

As mentioned above, The Pedestal Magazine does not accept previously published material, unless specifically requested. It asks for first rights to any piece its editors select. At the time of publication, all rights revert back to the author/artist; however, The Pedestal Magazine retains the right to publish the piece(s) in any subsequent issue or anthology, whether in print or online, without additional payment. Should you decide to republish the piece elsewhere, we ask that you cite The Pedestal Magazine as a place of previous publication and provide The Pedestal Magazine's web address.

For previous contributors: We utilize a "two-issue break" policy when republishing contributors, meaning, for example, that if your work appears in a February issue, we would need to let the April and June issues elapse and could then consider your work for the August issue.

*We do our best to respond to submissions in 4-8 weeks. Please do not query regarding status of a submission until at least eight weeks have passed. All questions pertaining to submissions should be addressed to the editor at pedmagazine@carolina.rr.com.

We will be accepting submissions according to the following schedule: Our new issues are released every two months on the (give or take a day or two) 21st of the month. During a month in which an issue of the magazine is released (February, April, June, August, October, and December), we will close submissions beginning a week prior to the release date and reopen submissions a week after the release date; for example, we will close submissions on August 14th and reopen them on August 28th. In addition, during the odd month (January, March, May, July, September, and November), we will close submissions for one week, from the 12th to the 19th. We will be receiving submissions at all other times.

Again, The Pedestal Magazine is currently closed to submissions. Please see the Editor's Introduction for further details and check our guidelines periodically for relevant updates.