First and foremost, let it be known that we want to read your work (or look it at in awe, if you’re an artist). Once we read it (or look at it in awe), we may want to publish it. Below are some guidelines that will help you get on our good side. We do not accept snail mail submissions.

Biography:
> Please include a short paragraph about yourself (the world wants it)
> Also include a link to your Web site (make sure we have the url, cuz we won’t look it up)
> We’ll publish your e-mail address, too (unless you ask us not to)

Response Time:
> We respond to submissions sorta, kinda fast (give us sixty days, though)

Rights:
> Unfortunately, there is no payment at this time (we wish we could pay you)
> If your work is accepted, it is subject to minor editing and copyrighted upon publication, plus you automatically grant us First Serial Rights to publish it first and Electronic Archival Rights to archive it online (for-ev-er)
> Rights revert back to the author upon publication (they really do)
> If a piece of yours is reprinted, please mention it appeared in decomP first (it’s nice)

Simultaneous Submissions:
> These are fine as long as you notify us when another market accepts your work (we simultaneously submit, too)
> If another market accepts one of your flashes/poems, please e-mail us rather than withdrawing the whole submission in Submishmash (we like turtles)

What We Don’t Want:
> Genre fiction (horror, erotica, romance, sci-fi, etc.)
> Miscellany (interviews, letters, lists, reviews, etc.)