PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated: August 2026
The Fifth Corner Literary Society respects the privacy of its readers, contributors, authors, artists, members, and visitors. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard personal information when you visit our website, submit work, purchase a publication, become a member, subscribe to communications, or otherwise interact with us.
Who We Are
The Fifth Corner is a nonprofit literary organization encompassing The Fifth Corner journal, The Fifth Corner Press, CODA, and related literary programs and initiatives.
Our website address is:
https://thefifthcorner.ca
Information We Collect
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:
Your name, email address, mailing address, and other contact information.
Information provided when subscribing to newsletters or becoming a member.
Submission materials and information provided in connection with journal, prize, fellowship, CODA, or Press submissions.
Information necessary to process publication purchases, memberships, payments, or shipments.
Correspondence you send to us.
Where a program is open to writers under eighteen, we may also collect information necessary to confirm eligibility and obtain appropriate parent or guardian consent.
Our website may also automatically collect limited technical information, such as IP address, browser type, device information, and site activity for security, functionality, and analytics purposes.
Submissions
When you submit work to The Fifth Corner through a submission platform such as Submittable, information associated with that submission may be processed both by The Fifth Corner and by the third-party platform according to its own privacy policy.
We use submission information for purposes including editorial review, administration, communication, payment to contributors where applicable, contracting, and record-keeping.
Submission information is not sold to advertisers or other third parties.
Cookies
This website may use cookies and similar technologies to provide essential functionality, maintain account or membership features, understand website usage, and improve the visitor experience.
You may control or disable certain cookies through your browser settings or available cookie controls, although doing so may affect some site functions.
Payments, Purchases and Memberships
Payments for memberships, publications, submissions, or other services may be processed through third-party payment providers.
The Fifth Corner does not ordinarily receive or store complete credit-card information. Payment information is processed by the applicable payment provider according to its own privacy and security practices.
We may retain information relating to transactions where necessary for administration, accounting, fulfillment, and legal obligations.
Third-Party Services
We may use trusted third-party services to operate portions of our website and organization, including services relating to submissions, payments, memberships, email communications, website hosting, analytics, distribution, and fulfillment.
These providers may process limited personal information on our behalf or as independent service providers and are subject to their own privacy policies and practices.
How We Use Your Information
We may use personal information to:
Communicate with readers, contributors, authors, artists, members, and customers.
Review and administer submissions.
Manage memberships and subscriptions.
Process purchases and fulfill orders.
Administer publishing agreements, contributor payments, and literary programs.
Send communications you have requested or consented to receive.
Maintain the security and functionality of our website.
Improve our publications, programs, and website.
Maintain appropriate business and organizational records.
Comply with applicable legal obligations.
We do not sell personal information.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, for legitimate administrative or archival purposes, or as required by applicable law.
Submission and publishing records may be retained where reasonably necessary to maintain an accurate record of editorial decisions, contracts, rights, payments, and publication history.
Your Rights
You may contact us to request access to or correction of personal information we hold about you, or to ask questions about its use or retention.
Where appropriate and subject to applicable legal and administrative requirements, you may also request deletion of personal information.
You may unsubscribe from promotional email communications at any time using the unsubscribe option provided in those communications.
Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, would like to make a privacy-related request, or have concerns about how your information is handled, please contact us.