Midway offers a variety of editing services on works not submitted for publication consideration via Submittable. Editing service inquiries can be sent to editors@midwayjournal.com, subject line Editing Services Inquiry. Editing will be performed by Midway genre editors.

In the Genre box below, please indicate the genre of your submission. In the Comments box, please feel free to leave a note about anything specific you would like us to focus on as we spend time with your work. We will edit the poems/prose electronically using track changes. We will return the work to you via Submittable. Please wait at least two weeks before making any inquiries on the status of your submission. 

For poetry, we will consider everything from word and line edits, to theme, form, and style development. For prose, we will consider everything from word choice and sentence structure to character and conflict development to overall narrative structure and form. If the work submitted is linked in a particular way (e.g. a sonnet cycle), please let us know, and we will regard the submission with this formal consideration in mind. 

All fees include a one-on-one consultation regarding your work.

Fiction/Nonfiction or Poetry Editing Service Options

Option 1:

Fiction/Nonfiction: $40 for 2 works of flash fiction/nonfiction or 1 story/essay up to 8 double-spaced pages/2,000 words.

or

Poetry: $40 for up to 6 pages of poetry, one poem per page.

Option 2:

Fiction/Nonfiction: $60 for up to 4 works of flash fiction/nonfiction or 1-2 longer stories/essays, totaling up to 16 double-spaced pages/4,000 words. 

or

Poetry: $60 for up to 12 pages of poetry, one poem per page.

Option 3:

Fiction/Nonfiction: $80 for up to 6 works of flash fiction/nonfiction or 1-3 longer stories/essays, totaling up to 24 double-spaced pages/6,000 words.

or

Poetry: $80 for up to 18 pages of poetry, one poem per page.

CHAPBOOKS:

Fiction/Nonfiction or Poetry Chapbook Editing Service Options:

For poetry chapbooks, we will consider everything from word and line edits, to theme, form, style development, title choice, and poem organization.

For prose chapbooks, we will consider everything from word choice and sentence structure to character and conflict development to overall narrative structure and form to story selection and organization. 

In the Genre box below, please indicate the genre of your chapbook submission. In the Comments box, please feel free to leave a note about anything specific you would like us to focus on as we spend time with your work. We will edit the poetry/prose chapbooks electronically using track changes. We will return the work to you via Submittable. Please wait at least two weeks before making any inquiries on the status of your submission. Please do not submit chapbooks that are under submission with publishers. 

All fees include a one-on-one consultation regarding your work.
 

Option 4:

Poetry/Fiction/Nonfiction chapbooks: $150 for manuscripts up to 30 pages.

Option 5:

Poetry/Fiction/Nonfiction chapbooks: $200 for manuscripts between 31-40 pages.

Please upload your work as a single .doc or .docx file.