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• Type of organization
  online
• Web address
  www.failbetter.com
• Primary editor/Contact person
  Thom Didato
• Publishes
  fiction, poetry, art
• Focus
  a quarterly online magazine published in the spirit of a traditional literary journal.
• Recent Awards Received
  Recognition Pushcart Prize Collection and Best American series, as well as online Million Writers Award
• Representative authors
  Matthew Sharpe, Etgar Keret, Alix Ohlin
• Submissions policy
  Please read submission guidelines at: www.failbetter.com/Submit.html (See website for details)
• Simultaneous submissions accepted
  yes
• Reading period
  Year round
• Reporting time
  3 - 5 months
• Author Payments
  none
• Number of paid staff
  0
• Number of unpaid staff
  8
• CLMP Member?
  yes
• How many writers did you publish in your most recent year (calendar or fiscal)?
  24
• How many live events did you present in your most recent year (calendar or fiscal)?
  2
• ISSN Number
  1939-0335
• Number of Issues per Year
  4
• Average Page Views per Month
  180,000
• Average Unique Visitors per Month
  60,000
• Publish Print Anthology?
  yes
• Anthology Price
  ebook
• Publishes (%)
  5% Fiction, 30% Nonfiction, 40% Poetry, 20% Art, 5% Translation
• Ads?
  no
• Ad Rates
  See website for details