Hello everyone! This is Brian, the editor-in-chief of the magazine. We’re starting our recruitment efforts for the summer in preparation for the November 2016 issue. Because a lot of new faces are showing up, I’ve decided to write a series of posts about some of the basics new contributors need to know.

First, I wanted to talk about the deadlines. We have four deadlines for each issue - an entry deadline, two progress deadlines, and a final deadline. Each issue development cycle consists of about 60 days and each submission is sent to our email (premiereditors@gmail.com).

The deadlines for the upcoming issue are as follows:

Entry deadline - September 5th

Progress deadline 1 - September 26th

Progress deadline 2- October 17th

Final deadline - November 5th

For the entry deadline, you must send in your comic’s pitch. Things work differently depending on what kind of contributor you are.

1.) If you’re a writer - You will need to send in your script and the name of the artist you’re teaming up with.The only scripts that will meet the entry deadline are ones with an artist on board, so you need to find your partner before then!

2.) If you’re a solo artist - Many artists don’t write scripts, so a story outline is fine. Storyboards/layouts/thumbnails are preferable, as it shows us you’re more serious.

To summarize the progress deadlines - You’re showing us what you have completed on those days. You also have to send in a lettering sample so we can make sure your comic is legible ahead of time.

And for the final deadline, that’s when everything has to be complete. If you’re having trouble meeting this date, please tell us in advance and we may be able to make accommodations if you need a few more days (Things happen…). Otherwise, your comic will not run if it doesn’t make it. This means it’ll have to run in the following issue.

We do accept submissions in advance and projects that are already completed. However, for the latter, they must meet our submission requirements. For now you can read http://premiercomics.com/submission-details for information on that. In our next post we will be covering that topic.

As always, we’re available for questions via the message section here, our email (premiereditors@gmail.com), or via our Discord server (https://discord.gg/0tD9RZu8RQWWHeds). Until then,

- Brian