EDITING SERVICES
Take your work to the next level.
From the minutiae of copy editing (grammar, usage, and punctuation), to the broader topics of line editing, such as character, language, voice, the use of craft, and the development of style, we can help help. High-quality editing can often be the difference between finding a home for a piece, and not. To read much more about our approach to editing, click here.
Submitit's two editors are Erik Klass (the owner) and Josie Cameron (our in-house prose and poetry editor). You can read more about them below.
Editing Rates
COPY EDITING
$60/1,000 words
Copy editing focuses on errors of grammar (including punctuation), spelling, syntax, and common usage. Writers have a notoriously difficult time copy editing their own work. And a story with multiple errors will obviously distract a reader from noticing its potential greatness. There’s simply too much competition out there to submit grammatically imperfect stories. We're here to help.
LINE EDITING
$85/1,000 words
Line editing focuses primarily on topics such as craft, style, and consistency of voice or concept at the word, sentence, and paragraph level. Good line editing will also often get into issues related to characters, structure, and story, especially when the prose is already in good shape. Our line editing services always include copy editing (but not the other way around).
POETRY EDITING
$30/page
Poetry editing at Submitit focuses on clarity, structure, consistency, and rhythm. We will look for errors, yes, but we’ll also help make sure that every line break, word choice, and craft decision (form, imagery, sound, etc.) works as hard as possible to serve the theme and purpose of your poem. Editing is also available for longer poetry projects (chapbooks, collections, and novels in verse).
Consulting: $100/hour
Typically, before we consult with a writer one-on-one, we prefer to edit their work. Consulting is a meeting of voices. It allows us to get into a story in much greater detail. If you have questions about a story, or simply want to discuss the writing or submission process in general, consulting is the way to go. (Copy editing and line editing fees are not included in our consulting fees.)
Submitit's Editors
Submitit has two editors on staff: Erik Harper Klass (the owner) and Josie Cameron. Note that work will generally go to the editor with more availability, unless you make a specific request (use the note field when signing up, or email us after signing up at info@submititnow.com).
Josie Cameron received a dual MFA in Poetry and Fiction from the University of Notre Dame. Her poetry has been published by Livina Press, Gaslamp Pulp, and is forthcoming in Rustica and Meter (Scientific American). She's published four novels with Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). Among other accolades, Josie’s work has been awarded two Academy of American Poets prizes and a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year.
Josie has over fifteen years of experience editing, coaching, and teaching poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. She got her start as Instructor of Creative Writing: Poetry 202 at Notre Dame and has since edited and coached many professional writers including Shana Youngdahl (RHINO Poetry, The Journal, Juked, SFASU Press, Miel Books, Penguin Random House), Ann Braden (Sky Pony Press, Penguin Random House), and Anna Vodicka (Brevity, Guernica, Harvard Review, AFAR, McSweeney’s). She lives in Maine.
Erik Harper Klass (founder, owner) has published stories in a variety of journals, including New England Review, Ninth Letter, The Baltimore Review, South Carolina Review, Cola Literary Review (Yemassee), Summerset Review, Slippery Elm, and many others. His novella Polish Poets in Beds with Girls is now available from Buttonhook Press, and he has been nominated for multiple Pushcart Prizes.
As an editor, he has worked with dozens of professional writers, including Erin Rose Belair (Glimmer Train, Narrative, Greensboro Review, Juked), Dvora Rabino (The Lascaux Review, Santa Fe Writers Project, Best of the Net nominee), Dominica Phetteplace (Zyzzyva, Copper Nickel, Ecotone, The Los Angeles Review, PANK, multiple Pushcart Prizes), and many more. Stories and essays he's edited have appeared in dozens of literary journals, including Southern Indiana Review, Los Angeles Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, Summerset Review, Blood Orange Review, Saranac Review, New Pop Lit, and way too many others to list here. He writes and edits in Los Angeles.
Testimonials
"Erik brings kindness, wisdom and deep knowledge to the editing and submission process.” —Dominica Phetteplace (Pushcart Prize, Zyzzyva, Copper Nickel, Ecotone, and others)
"Erik was prompt, responsive, cordial, and a pleasure to work with. His comments and suggestions improved my essays and stories immensely. And he placed all three of my pieces [in literary journals] within three months. He totally knows his stuff!" —Dvora Wolff Rabino (The Ignatian Literary Magazine, Linden Avenue Literary Journal, The Lascaux Review, and others)
"Getting published in a literary journal was a lifelong dream of mine. After years of rejections, Erik helped me get there! His sensitive and thoughtful editing and comments made my stories better. I’m deeply thankful and urge writers to give him a try.” —Jane Van Cantfort (Fiction on the Web and others)
"Josie is a careful reader who can drill into the heart of a manuscript. She's an expert guide!" —Shana Youngdahl, author of poetry and prose including A Cage to Welcome, As Many Nows As I Can Get, and A Catalog of Burnt Objects
"Josie brilliantly honed the pace and clarity of each poem with the sensibility of a chef trimming a piece of meat for the grill. She insured each piece possessed balance, rhythm and tone while protecting and enhancing its core. We’re ready to submit!" —Michael Cohen (Adelaide Press, North Dakota Quarterly, Litbreak Magazine, and elsewhere)