found this while surfing around the web:
Ten things to look for when submitting to small presses
it goes without saying that if you're considering submitting to a small press/micropress that this article should be your first and best set of guidelines to start asking questions.
sure, some small pubs/micropresses may fall short of some of the requirements but if you're only grabbing two or three out of the ten, well... let's just say that you may want to reconsider.