Our Story
The creation of The Corner Club Press was actually an impulsive endeavor of ours. Having once been an editor for The Oddville Press among of myriad of other things, it had always been at the back of my mind to create my own magazine, but I never had a reason to start. For one thing, finding people online and then actually trusting them to get things done was a harrowing thought. For another thing, I had no idea how to go about doing it. Of course, having experience in the realm of two magazines had answered those questions for me, but even then I had nobody to start a magazine with. Then in my ENGL 2250 class, I met three other people who (Becca Wilson, Christopher Selmek, and Daphne Tredore) were interested in creative writing. The name "Corner Club" actually came from Christopher Selmek, writer of Augusta's local Verge. (He is now touring America as he writes his latest novel.) He coined the term because all four of us sat in the corner of our ENGL 2250 classroom, constantly exchanging humorous anecdotes over the days' lessons. We quickly formed a friendship, then bonded one night during a study session.
But it was Daphne and I who bonded even faster because of our fervent love for the written word and Daphne's own shared interest in being part of a magazine. Greg Tredore, Daphne's husband, was once a part of the magazine as a mentor for us, having once worked with a magazine, and bearing an MFA in creative writing. He currently teaches English at Georgia Military College. He was a great mentor to us at the inception of this magazine.
Even though two members of the "Corner Club" are not active in the creation of this magazine, the name wouldn't exist without their friendship. And that's what Daphne and I want this magazine to be about: friendship. Not necessarily stories of friendship or anything of that sort, but we aim to provide a friendly, flexible magazine for writers to submit to. I consider myself more of a novelist, so the short stories I did write often had difficulties finding magazines because many magazines want shorter works and there are few magazines that accept longer works. We also didn't want to limit our magazine to any particular theme or genre because we want as many submissions as possible. So submit away!
Amber Forbes, Founder
But it was Daphne and I who bonded even faster because of our fervent love for the written word and Daphne's own shared interest in being part of a magazine. Greg Tredore, Daphne's husband, was once a part of the magazine as a mentor for us, having once worked with a magazine, and bearing an MFA in creative writing. He currently teaches English at Georgia Military College. He was a great mentor to us at the inception of this magazine.
Even though two members of the "Corner Club" are not active in the creation of this magazine, the name wouldn't exist without their friendship. And that's what Daphne and I want this magazine to be about: friendship. Not necessarily stories of friendship or anything of that sort, but we aim to provide a friendly, flexible magazine for writers to submit to. I consider myself more of a novelist, so the short stories I did write often had difficulties finding magazines because many magazines want shorter works and there are few magazines that accept longer works. We also didn't want to limit our magazine to any particular theme or genre because we want as many submissions as possible. So submit away!
Amber Forbes, Founder
