FEDERATIONS
EDITED BY JOHN JOSEPH ADAMS
From Star Trek to Star Wars, from Dune to Foundation, science fiction has a rich history of exploring the idea of vast intergalactic societies, and the challenges facing those living in or trying to manage such societies. The stories in Federations will continue that tradition.
What are the social/religious/ environmental/ technological implications of living in such a vast society? What happens when expansionist tendencies on a galactic scale come into conflict with the indigenous peoples of other planets, of other races? And what of the issue of communicating across such distances, or the problems caused by relativistic travel? These are just some of the questions and issues that the stories in Federations will take on.
Genres: Science Fiction only. Original fiction only, no reprints.
Payment: 5 cents per word ($250 max), plus a pro-rata share of the anthology’s earnings and 1 contributor copy.
Word limit: 5000 words. (Stories may exceed 5000 words, but $250 is the maximum payment per story, and stories 5000 words or less are strongly preferred.)
Rights: First world English rights, non-exclusive world anthology rights, and non-exclusive audio anthology rights. See my boilerplate author-anthologist contract, which spells out the rights in detail.
Reading Period: November 1-January 1, 2009
Response Time: Most rejections will be sent out quickly, but stories that I like may be held until January 31 before a final decision is made.
Publication date: May 2009
Publisher: Prime Books
Submission Instructions: Email your story in rich-text format (RTF) to John Joseph Adams at federations. anthology@ gmail.com. Include the title of the story and your byline in the subject line of the email.
ABOUT THE EDITOR
John Joseph Adams is the editor of the anthologies Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse, Seeds of Change, and The Living Dead. He is also the assistant editor at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and is the print news correspondent for SCI FI Wire (the news service of the SCI FI Channel). For more information, visit his website at www.johnjosephadams .com.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Golf Book
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Golf Book
Subtitle: 101 Great Stories from the Course and the Clubhouse
Golf is a sport of passion and obsession like none other. We are looking for true personal stories that reflect what the game means to you. Think of the best stories you've told at the 19th hole, and how you've told them, and share them with our readers. Stories should be written in the first person, should not be previously published, and should not exceed 1,200 words. Any stories are welcomed, including those on the following topics:
If chosen, your story and bio will be a published. You will also receive 200 and ten free copies of the book. You retain your copyrights to resell the story to another publication after it is
published by Chicken Soup.
DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 30, 2008. SUBMISSIONS GO TO
http://chickensoupf orthesoul. com/form. asp?cid=submit_ story.
Subtitle: 101 Great Stories from the Course and the Clubhouse
Golf is a sport of passion and obsession like none other. We are looking for true personal stories that reflect what the game means to you. Think of the best stories you've told at the 19th hole, and how you've told them, and share them with our readers. Stories should be written in the first person, should not be previously published, and should not exceed 1,200 words. Any stories are welcomed, including those on the following topics:
- Dealing with pressure or frustration
- Sneaking in Practice
- Teaching a child/grandchild/spouse to play
- The person who inspired you to play
- Your first set of clubs
- Your first tournament experience
- An interesting lifelong member or employee at a golf club
- Playing golf as a kid
- A golf shot or scene that startled or amazed you
- An unusual rules predicament
- Incidents of gamesmanship on the course
- The most romantic time you've ever had on a golf course
- An embarrassing faux pas at a private country club
- Experiences attending a professional tournament
- Working at a golf course; as a caddy, etc.
- The players in your regular foursome
- Experiences meeting or playing with famous people
If chosen, your story and bio will be a published. You will also receive 200 and ten free copies of the book. You retain your copyrights to resell the story to another publication after it is
published by Chicken Soup.
DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 30, 2008. SUBMISSIONS GO TO
http://chickensoupf orthesoul. com/form. asp?cid=submit_ story.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
CALL FOR WOODSTOCK STORIES
Literary Cottage is currently seeking entries for an anthology to be published by Adams Media next summer, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the original Woodstock Festival. Adams Media pays $100 and one copy of the book. Literary Cottage offers prizes of $100, $75, and $50 to top three stories respectively.
For WOODSTOCK REVISITED, we are seeking fifty stories (850-1100 words) written by people who attended the 1969 Woodstock Festival. This anthology will document the event itself, but will also provide a portrait of America as that tumultuous decade came to a close. Stories
should be historical within the context of 1969 and yet unique to your experience. Stories must be TRUE, 850-1100 words, vivid, and substantive.
Please carefully review the details and sample story provided on the Woodstock '69 Guidelines" page available on the Literary Cottage website: www.literarycottage .com/woodstock. html
HURRY - DEADLINE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008.
Please, please pass on the word regarding WOODSTOCK REVISITED, as we need fifty solid stories from people who attended the festival in 1969. You can write an "as told to" story if you have friends or family who attended. Go ahead, hunt someone down. Interview questions are posted on the link above.
For WOODSTOCK REVISITED, we are seeking fifty stories (850-1100 words) written by people who attended the 1969 Woodstock Festival. This anthology will document the event itself, but will also provide a portrait of America as that tumultuous decade came to a close. Stories
should be historical within the context of 1969 and yet unique to your experience. Stories must be TRUE, 850-1100 words, vivid, and substantive.
Please carefully review the details and sample story provided on the Woodstock '69 Guidelines" page available on the Literary Cottage website: www.literarycottage .com/woodstock. html
HURRY - DEADLINE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008.
Please, please pass on the word regarding WOODSTOCK REVISITED, as we need fifty solid stories from people who attended the festival in 1969. You can write an "as told to" story if you have friends or family who attended. Go ahead, hunt someone down. Interview questions are posted on the link above.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
STRANGE HORIZONS MAGAZINE
Every once-in-awhile I find a short story market for writers that is worthy of posting here. Today it is STRANGE HORIZONS mag - http://www.strangeh orizons.com/ guidelines/ fiction.shtml
Guidelines:
We want good speculative fiction. If your story doesn't have a clear fantasy or science fiction element, or at least strong speculative- fiction sensibilities, it's probably not for us. We'd like to
help make the field of speculative fiction more inclusive, more welcoming to both authors and readers from traditionally underrepresented groups, so we're interested in seeing stories from
diverse perspectives and backgrounds.
We want stories that have some literary depth but aren't boring; styles that are unusual yet readable; structures that balance inventiveness with traditional narrative. We like characters we can care about. We like settings and cultures that we don't see all the time in speculative
fiction. We like stories that address political issues in complex and sensitive ways. However, we don't like heavy-handed or preachy or simplistic approaches. We like the idea of hypertext stories, but we have not yet published any. If you want to send us a hypertext story, query us to discuss how to submit it.
As with any magazine, the best way to get a sense of the kinds of things we like is to read some of the fiction we publish. Since our magazine is free, the only cost to you is some of your time. Visit our fiction archives to see what we've published. We're not generally interested in:
* horror (especially stories in which the main goal is to evoke feelings of fear, terror, or revulsion in the reader)
* stories that explain a scientific or technological phenomenon in great detail
* plots we see all the time
* stories with twist endings
Any sex or violence in the story should be artistically justified; no excessive gore.
Except as noted above, we welcome all subgenres and forms of speculative fiction. Please don't query to ask if we're interested in some particular subgenre; you can assume that if it's not listed above, it's okay. Sorry, no simultaneous submissions or unsolicited reprints. (Like most magazines, we consider material that has appeared on publicly-accessible websites to be published, and therefore cannot consider it.)
We welcome submissions from anywhere in the world. Material other than fiction should be submitted to the appropriate editor.
Pay Rates and Lengths
We strongly prefer stories under 5,000 words long. We will consider stories up to 9,000 words, but the longer the story, the less likely we are to be interested. We can't consider stories significantly over our wordcount limit, not even as serials. In particular, we can't consider
novels. We also can't consider partial or incomplete stories. Please don't send us part of a story and ask us to request the rest of it if we're interested.
We have no minimum wordcount requirement; we will consider short-short stories. However,
we generally aren't interested in stories with twist endings. We pay 5 cents/word, with a minimum payment of $50. SFWA officially considers us a professional market.
We buy first-printing world exclusive rights for two months. After that period, you are free to republish the story elsewhere. We hope (but do not require) that you'll allow us to post the story in our archives indefinitely after it's rotated off the main table of contents, but you have the right to remove your story from the archives at any time.
Guidelines:
We want good speculative fiction. If your story doesn't have a clear fantasy or science fiction element, or at least strong speculative- fiction sensibilities, it's probably not for us. We'd like to
help make the field of speculative fiction more inclusive, more welcoming to both authors and readers from traditionally underrepresented groups, so we're interested in seeing stories from
diverse perspectives and backgrounds.
We want stories that have some literary depth but aren't boring; styles that are unusual yet readable; structures that balance inventiveness with traditional narrative. We like characters we can care about. We like settings and cultures that we don't see all the time in speculative
fiction. We like stories that address political issues in complex and sensitive ways. However, we don't like heavy-handed or preachy or simplistic approaches. We like the idea of hypertext stories, but we have not yet published any. If you want to send us a hypertext story, query us to discuss how to submit it.
As with any magazine, the best way to get a sense of the kinds of things we like is to read some of the fiction we publish. Since our magazine is free, the only cost to you is some of your time. Visit our fiction archives to see what we've published. We're not generally interested in:
* horror (especially stories in which the main goal is to evoke feelings of fear, terror, or revulsion in the reader)
* stories that explain a scientific or technological phenomenon in great detail
* plots we see all the time
* stories with twist endings
Any sex or violence in the story should be artistically justified; no excessive gore.
Except as noted above, we welcome all subgenres and forms of speculative fiction. Please don't query to ask if we're interested in some particular subgenre; you can assume that if it's not listed above, it's okay. Sorry, no simultaneous submissions or unsolicited reprints. (Like most magazines, we consider material that has appeared on publicly-accessible websites to be published, and therefore cannot consider it.)
We welcome submissions from anywhere in the world. Material other than fiction should be submitted to the appropriate editor.
Pay Rates and Lengths
We strongly prefer stories under 5,000 words long. We will consider stories up to 9,000 words, but the longer the story, the less likely we are to be interested. We can't consider stories significantly over our wordcount limit, not even as serials. In particular, we can't consider
novels. We also can't consider partial or incomplete stories. Please don't send us part of a story and ask us to request the rest of it if we're interested.
We have no minimum wordcount requirement; we will consider short-short stories. However,
we generally aren't interested in stories with twist endings. We pay 5 cents/word, with a minimum payment of $50. SFWA officially considers us a professional market.
We buy first-printing world exclusive rights for two months. After that period, you are free to republish the story elsewhere. We hope (but do not require) that you'll allow us to post the story in our archives indefinitely after it's rotated off the main table of contents, but you have the right to remove your story from the archives at any time.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Pink Petal Books Presents: Dragons
At Pink Petal Books we believe that love is a beautiful thing, and what’s more romantic than receiving flowers? Of course, giving flowers doesn’t have to be romantic, but isn’t it more fun when it is? Pink Petal Books seeks well-written romance stories starting with one character receiving flowers. The flowers can be received for any reason, and they don’t necessarily need to be received from the other major character(s) in the story.
Each themed anthology will contain three to four 15,000-25,000 word novellas released first as individual ebooks, then published together into one print volume. Heat levels in each story need to start at sensual and work up to erotic. On the Pink Petal Books scale these will be rose or cosmos stories, with partially or fully explored love scenes. Language may range from the occasional frank or graphic language to no holds barred.
Our first anthology will be Pink Petal Books Presents: Shifters. All stories need to contain a shifter as either the hero or heroine. Different shifters preferred. Think about animals you haven’t seen in books, or seen very rarely, and use your imagination. You can submit a wolf, but preference will be given to the different animals, so the wolf story should be exceptional and new. Deadline for stories will be July 15 with decisions made by August 1. Electronic publication will happen during our official launch month of October, with print publication to follow in February 2009.
As long as your story starts with a character receiving flowers and fits the theme and sensuality level, there are no other restrictions on genre.
Payment will be 35% royalty on sales price for ebooks (except stories sold through third party vendors, which will be 45% of net (sales price - vendor cut = net). Print books will be our standard 10% royalty split between the three or four authors in the volume.
How to submit: Please email your complete manuscript attached in RTF/Word format to meditor@pinkpetalbooks.com. Include in the body of the email a word count and brief blurb (one or two paragraphs). For more information about us, please read our complete submission
guidelines.
Upcoming anthologies are:
Pink Petal Books Presents: Dragons
Submission Deadline: November 15, decisions by Dec 1
Electronic Publication: March 2009, print July 2009
Pink Petal Books Presents: Nature (think Shamans and Druids)
Submission Deadline: April 15, decisions by May 1
Electronic Publication: August 2009, print December 2009
Here is a link to the website:
http://www.pinkpetalbooks.com/?p=24
Each themed anthology will contain three to four 15,000-25,000 word novellas released first as individual ebooks, then published together into one print volume. Heat levels in each story need to start at sensual and work up to erotic. On the Pink Petal Books scale these will be rose or cosmos stories, with partially or fully explored love scenes. Language may range from the occasional frank or graphic language to no holds barred.
Our first anthology will be Pink Petal Books Presents: Shifters. All stories need to contain a shifter as either the hero or heroine. Different shifters preferred. Think about animals you haven’t seen in books, or seen very rarely, and use your imagination. You can submit a wolf, but preference will be given to the different animals, so the wolf story should be exceptional and new. Deadline for stories will be July 15 with decisions made by August 1. Electronic publication will happen during our official launch month of October, with print publication to follow in February 2009.
As long as your story starts with a character receiving flowers and fits the theme and sensuality level, there are no other restrictions on genre.
Payment will be 35% royalty on sales price for ebooks (except stories sold through third party vendors, which will be 45% of net (sales price - vendor cut = net). Print books will be our standard 10% royalty split between the three or four authors in the volume.
How to submit: Please email your complete manuscript attached in RTF/Word format to meditor@pinkpetalbooks.com. Include in the body of the email a word count and brief blurb (one or two paragraphs). For more information about us, please read our complete submission
guidelines.
Upcoming anthologies are:
Pink Petal Books Presents: Dragons
Submission Deadline: November 15, decisions by Dec 1
Electronic Publication: March 2009, print July 2009
Pink Petal Books Presents: Nature (think Shamans and Druids)
Submission Deadline: April 15, decisions by May 1
Electronic Publication: August 2009, print December 2009
Here is a link to the website:
http://www.pinkpetalbooks.com/
Sunday, August 24, 2008
MY FIRST YEAR IN THE CLASSROOM
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS -
MY FIRST YEAR IN THE CLASSROOM
to by published by Adams Media (http://www.adamsmedia.com)
I am looking for fifty true, inspiring stories by teachers remembering their first year in the
classroom.
Stories should run between 850 and 1000 words, and will be organized along the lines of the school
calendar, illustrating the learning curve experienced by new teachers.
- Facing the first day
- Meeting the students
- Surprising the students
- Bonding with faculty and staff
- Being surprised by the students
- Watching the students bloom
- Saying good-bye
From the hilariously obsessive/compulsive pre-class preparation of a rookie English professor to the
poignant lesson one stalwart third grader and his peers teach their novice teacher about love and
acceptance, this moving collection is sure to inspire new and veteran teachers alike.
Stories should be emailed (inserted as a text file into the email or attached as a rich text file) to:
stephen@stephendrogers.com
with the word "Submission" somewhere in the subject line. Please remember to include your full name
and contact information both in your email and the story (if attached).
PAYMENT:
Writers will receive $100 for each accepted story as well as a complimentary copy of the anthology.
I look forward to reading your submission.
Stephen D. Rogers, Editor
MY FIRST YEAR IN THE CLASSROOM
DEADLINE: September 30, 2008
MY FIRST YEAR IN THE CLASSROOM
to by published by Adams Media (http://www.adamsmedia.com)
I am looking for fifty true, inspiring stories by teachers remembering their first year in the
classroom.
Stories should run between 850 and 1000 words, and will be organized along the lines of the school
calendar, illustrating the learning curve experienced by new teachers.
- Facing the first day
- Meeting the students
- Surprising the students
- Bonding with faculty and staff
- Being surprised by the students
- Watching the students bloom
- Saying good-bye
From the hilariously obsessive/compulsive pre-class preparation of a rookie English professor to the
poignant lesson one stalwart third grader and his peers teach their novice teacher about love and
acceptance, this moving collection is sure to inspire new and veteran teachers alike.
Stories should be emailed (inserted as a text file into the email or attached as a rich text file) to:
stephen@stephendrogers.com
with the word "Submission" somewhere in the subject line. Please remember to include your full name
and contact information both in your email and the story (if attached).
PAYMENT:
Writers will receive $100 for each accepted story as well as a complimentary copy of the anthology.
I look forward to reading your submission.
Stephen D. Rogers, Editor
MY FIRST YEAR IN THE CLASSROOM
DEADLINE: September 30, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
My Dog Is My Hero - Deadline September 30
Literary Cottage is currently seeking entries for an exciting new anthologies to be published by Adams Media: My Dog Is My Hero. Please click on our website www.literarycottage .com for full details.
For My Dog Is My Hero, the fourth book in Adams Media's Hero Series, we are seeking fifty 850-1100-word stories featuring a remarkable dog in your life. Yes, about dogs and only dogs, not cats, or other pets. Adams Media pays $100 per story (one per volume), plus a copy of the book, and Literary Cottage will also award three prizes $100, $75, and $50 for the top three
stories respectively. Please review the spelled out guidelines and sample stories on the "Hero Series Guidelines" page available on www.literarycottage. com. DEADLINE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2008.
For My Dog Is My Hero, the fourth book in Adams Media's Hero Series, we are seeking fifty 850-1100-word stories featuring a remarkable dog in your life. Yes, about dogs and only dogs, not cats, or other pets. Adams Media pays $100 per story (one per volume), plus a copy of the book, and Literary Cottage will also award three prizes $100, $75, and $50 for the top three
stories respectively. Please review the spelled out guidelines and sample stories on the "Hero Series Guidelines" page available on www.literarycottage. com. DEADLINE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2008.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
My Resolution
101 Heartwarming, Healthful, and Humorous Resolutions. .. and how they turned out!
Chicken Soup for the Soul is looking for stories about your future resolutions or your past resolutions and how they worked out - your failures and successes, what you learned. Stories should be written in the first person, should not be previously published, and should not exceed 1,200 words.
Do you have a great story that you would like to share? We are looking for stories on:
Going "green"
Adjusting to the new economic reality - gas and food prices, losing a job etc.
Downsizing and simplifying your life
Improving your health
Getting more organized
Changing your behavior
Restoring a relationship with someone
Spending more time with family and friends
Kicking bad habits
Realizing that you are just fine the way you are!
Any other resolutions.
We pay $200 plus ten free copies of the book for each story published. Your story will be copyrighted in your name and you will retain your rights to resell the story to another publication after it is published by Chicken Soup. We will publish a 50 word bio for you as well if desired.
Deadline is September 15th. Please submit your story to: http://wwwchickensoupfortheso ul.com/form. asp?cid=submit_ story.
Please do not reply to this address. For any further correspondence, contact webmaster@chickenso upforthesoul. com or visit our website at www.chickensoupforthesoul.com
Chicken Soup for the Soul is looking for stories about your future resolutions or your past resolutions and how they worked out - your failures and successes, what you learned. Stories should be written in the first person, should not be previously published, and should not exceed 1,200 words.
Do you have a great story that you would like to share? We are looking for stories on:
Going "green"
Adjusting to the new economic reality - gas and food prices, losing a job etc.
Downsizing and simplifying your life
Improving your health
Getting more organized
Changing your behavior
Restoring a relationship with someone
Spending more time with family and friends
Kicking bad habits
Realizing that you are just fine the way you are!
Any other resolutions.
We pay $200 plus ten free copies of the book for each story published. Your story will be copyrighted in your name and you will retain your rights to resell the story to another publication after it is published by Chicken Soup. We will publish a 50 word bio for you as well if desired.
Deadline is September 15th. Please submit your story to: http://wwwchickensoupfortheso ul.com/form. asp?cid=submit_ story.
Please do not reply to this address. For any further correspondence, contact webmaster@chickenso upforthesoul. com or visit our website at www.chickensoupforthesoul.com
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
A Cup of Comfort for Parents of Special Needs
For this very special collection, we seek uplifting true stories about
the ins and outs, ups and downs, blessing and challenges of parenting
children with special needs. The stories will cover children of all
ages (birth to adult) and a wide range of developmental, physical, and
mental delays/disabilities . No matter how difficult the
experiences/ emotions conveyed in a story might be (we want them to be
authentic, after all), the story must reveal a positive aspect,
resolution, or outcome and must be of comfort to parents of children
with special needs. Stories may be serious, humorous, insightful,
heartwarming, or inspiring. The majority of the stories will be
written by parents of children with special needs; we will also
consider stories written by adult children with special needs. (No
articles or commentaries by clinicians, please.)
Special Needs Children submission deadline: September 15, 2008
Basic Guidelines
All Cup of Comfort stories must be original; true; appropriate for
mainstream Americans (adult, primarily women); inspiring, comforting,
and/or uplifting; and 1,000 to 2,000 words.
Creative nonfiction and narrative essays preferred (that is,
incorporating such fictive elements as scene, dialogue, character/plot
development, imagery, and literary word usage). Whether serious or
humorous, the story should be authentic and engaging.
Electronic submissions preferred. One submission per email. Copy and
paste (or type) into body of email. No formatting (no indents,
centering, doublespace, bold, underline, etc.). To: wordsinger@aol. com.
Mailed submissions are acceptable. Standard typed manuscript
(double-spaced, indents). Send as many submissions per envelope as
you'd like, but include one SASE per submission. To: Colleen Sell,
71563 London Rd., Cottage Grove, Oregon, 97424, USA.
Each submission must include: author's full name, mailing address,
email address, phone number, story title, story wordcount, and theme
of volume for which it is being submitted (i.e., Grieving Hearts).
the ins and outs, ups and downs, blessing and challenges of parenting
children with special needs. The stories will cover children of all
ages (birth to adult) and a wide range of developmental, physical, and
mental delays/disabilities . No matter how difficult the
experiences/ emotions conveyed in a story might be (we want them to be
authentic, after all), the story must reveal a positive aspect,
resolution, or outcome and must be of comfort to parents of children
with special needs. Stories may be serious, humorous, insightful,
heartwarming, or inspiring. The majority of the stories will be
written by parents of children with special needs; we will also
consider stories written by adult children with special needs. (No
articles or commentaries by clinicians, please.)
Special Needs Children submission deadline: September 15, 2008
Basic Guidelines
All Cup of Comfort stories must be original; true; appropriate for
mainstream Americans (adult, primarily women); inspiring, comforting,
and/or uplifting; and 1,000 to 2,000 words.
Creative nonfiction and narrative essays preferred (that is,
incorporating such fictive elements as scene, dialogue, character/plot
development, imagery, and literary word usage). Whether serious or
humorous, the story should be authentic and engaging.
Electronic submissions preferred. One submission per email. Copy and
paste (or type) into body of email. No formatting (no indents,
centering, doublespace, bold, underline, etc.). To: wordsinger@aol. com.
Mailed submissions are acceptable. Standard typed manuscript
(double-spaced, indents). Send as many submissions per envelope as
you'd like, but include one SASE per submission. To: Colleen Sell,
71563 London Rd., Cottage Grove, Oregon, 97424, USA.
Each submission must include: author's full name, mailing address,
email address, phone number, story title, story wordcount, and theme
of volume for which it is being submitted (i.e., Grieving Hearts).
Monday, August 18, 2008
The Chronicles of Sarin
Altair Australia Book 2009 Bi-Line anthology
Stories are sought for an anthology dedicated to a single character. Sarina is the protagonist and it is from her point of view all stories must be told/shown. A modern urban fantasy setting anywhere in the world - she gets around.
Deadline - August 2009
Send to robert@altair-australia.com (Title in header with author name - rtf attachment)
Follow the bi-line please
Sarina Jeppe is tall, has long black hair, dark eyes, slender and rivettingly attractive. She is 500 years old and has been a part of history, the good and the bad. She is an Uttuku, a woman who must sip a small amount of blood from her victims, to taste their life light. Her victims never die, or are they converted, they also don't remember being bitten by her. She is part darkness, part light and combats all manner of evils humans rarely see. She doesn't protect humanity, but more protects the secrets of the darkside from them. She will do anything to ensure the dark creatures remain just legends and secrets. Even when such being reveal themselves to human kind.
Is she a super hero? Only of such heroes can kill you after saving your life. Is she super human? No, but she is smart, fast and capable of taking down ten men without raising a sweat - some martial arts, some dark arts. She uses no magic, other than the manipulation of dark elements, but this is dangerous to her as it is not easily controlled, or does it always work in her favour. She is not a witch, though she has killed many, she is a demon that came before the idea of demons existed - she is a succubus in old tales and even a vampire of sorts - but she feeds from the light of life rather than blood, the blood taste carries the light. Just a small sip, a small nick of the skin from a hidden extendible fang behind her eye tooth. She can find love and attraction but it must die by the end of each story.
She has no mother or father, is of no religion or faith, is of no definite sexual orientation. She has loved and lost through history and she is not immune to the depression such a life brings. She can be vicious and loving, a killer and a nurturer.
No new relationship lasts because the past has hardened her to the strains of total commitment. She has the power to give life, but falls more on the side of death. She hunts and is hunted. Sarina can not die, but she can be hurt and sometimes takes longer to heal depending on injuries.
Sarina is eternally 25 years old.
Sarina only likes one colour and her life is dominated by it - black.
Sarina can be goth when needs arise and stately model when attraction is required. There is absolutely no colour in her immediate life, though yellow sometimes has an abstract appeal.
Can you take this character on a journey? Can you take the reader into her life and frighten them, scare them, creep them out?
Minimum word count - 5000
Maximum - 8 000 (must be tight)
Payment $100 per story on publication
Multiple subs okay
The character and concept is owned and controlled by Robert N Stephenson and is not free for use anywhere other than this anthology. The character and term Uttuku has been lifted from his novel of the same name.
Stories are sought for an anthology dedicated to a single character. Sarina is the protagonist and it is from her point of view all stories must be told/shown. A modern urban fantasy setting anywhere in the world - she gets around.
Deadline - August 2009
Send to robert@altair-australia.com (Title in header with author name - rtf attachment)
Follow the bi-line please
Sarina Jeppe is tall, has long black hair, dark eyes, slender and rivettingly attractive. She is 500 years old and has been a part of history, the good and the bad. She is an Uttuku, a woman who must sip a small amount of blood from her victims, to taste their life light. Her victims never die, or are they converted, they also don't remember being bitten by her. She is part darkness, part light and combats all manner of evils humans rarely see. She doesn't protect humanity, but more protects the secrets of the darkside from them. She will do anything to ensure the dark creatures remain just legends and secrets. Even when such being reveal themselves to human kind.
Is she a super hero? Only of such heroes can kill you after saving your life. Is she super human? No, but she is smart, fast and capable of taking down ten men without raising a sweat - some martial arts, some dark arts. She uses no magic, other than the manipulation of dark elements, but this is dangerous to her as it is not easily controlled, or does it always work in her favour. She is not a witch, though she has killed many, she is a demon that came before the idea of demons existed - she is a succubus in old tales and even a vampire of sorts - but she feeds from the light of life rather than blood, the blood taste carries the light. Just a small sip, a small nick of the skin from a hidden extendible fang behind her eye tooth. She can find love and attraction but it must die by the end of each story.
She has no mother or father, is of no religion or faith, is of no definite sexual orientation. She has loved and lost through history and she is not immune to the depression such a life brings. She can be vicious and loving, a killer and a nurturer.
No new relationship lasts because the past has hardened her to the strains of total commitment. She has the power to give life, but falls more on the side of death. She hunts and is hunted. Sarina can not die, but she can be hurt and sometimes takes longer to heal depending on injuries.
Sarina is eternally 25 years old.
Sarina only likes one colour and her life is dominated by it - black.
Sarina can be goth when needs arise and stately model when attraction is required. There is absolutely no colour in her immediate life, though yellow sometimes has an abstract appeal.
Can you take this character on a journey? Can you take the reader into her life and frighten them, scare them, creep them out?
Minimum word count - 5000
Maximum - 8 000 (must be tight)
Payment $100 per story on publication
Multiple subs okay
The character and concept is owned and controlled by Robert N Stephenson and is not free for use anywhere other than this anthology. The character and term Uttuku has been lifted from his novel of the same name.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
AGAINST Agamemnon: War Poetry Anthology.
WaterWood Press, a publishing consortium with editorial offices worldwide, will accept war poetry beginning May 1. Editor: James Adams (2007 Pulitzer Prize nominee).
Submission guidelines:
Submission guidelines:
- Original poems/poetry translations on war in any style.
- No PPW.
- 1-3 poems per poet (3 copies per poem).
- No more than 30 lines per poem.
- Include SASE and cover letter.
- All entries postmarked by September 1.
- No fees.
- Mail (only) submissions to: WaterWood Press, 47 Waterwood, Huntsville, Texas 77320. Attn: 2008 War Poetry Editor.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Footprints Anthology (Sci-Fi)
FOOTPRINTS ANTHOLOGY
Science Fiction anthology to be edited by
PUBLISHER: Hadley Rille Books
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
THEME: Long after our species and all its works have turned to dust, the moon landing sites will show evidence of our time here on Earth. Imagine future explorers from among the stars interpreting that. The astronauts' footprints should last longer than the fossils in the
LENGTH: 4,000 to 10,000 words
NO SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS ONLY. Send as an attachment to an email message. Microsoft Word doc file is preferred, or rtf is okay (please contact us if you need to make arrangements for another format). Please virus scan your document before sending.
EMAIL YOUR STORY TO: subs@hadleyrillebooks.com. Important: put FOOTPRINTS in the subject line.
FORMAT: The standard manuscript format as shows here http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html, except that we prefer single-spaced rather than double-spaced. Please don't do any fancy formatting such as right-justifying, etc. – leave that to us. Please don't hit Enter (or Return) at the end of each line. Let your word processor wrap the text.
SUBMISSION PERIOD: From
PAYMENT: $40 upon publication. Payment is by PayPal
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
TWENTY-FOUR SEVEN: a caregiving anthology
Care ... for a story?
The NLWC Carers Group invites submissions for its new anthology of short stories, memories, poetry, letters, and line art, all on the theme of CAREGIVING. Contributions are welcome in English or Irish.
We’re hoping for inspiring or uplifting pieces to publish alongside poignant and touching ones. Funny is always welcome, as are your tales of adventures & misadventures, and memories of significant moments as a carer.
There are no limits on what angle you use to approach our theme, whether it‘s helping parents with dementia, parenting special-needs kids, fighting depression or feeling blessed, helping a sibling with a terminal illness, coping with bereavement, or re-inventing your marriage after an accident or illness: YOUR story or art is what we want to see. More ideas can be found at the end of these guidelines.
THE BOOK:
The anthology will be published as a trade paperback of collected writing and artwork approximately 200 pages long, to be launched in Ireland at the end of November 2008. In January 2009, a companion e-book will be launched on our website, featuring the complete anthology plus additional stories, a directory, and an appendix of resources.
Our working title, 24/7, reflects the complete commitment that family caregivers provide to those they love. We’re assembling this volume for several reasons:
CONTRIBUTIONS:
Memoir: True-life stories are invited in any length, though shorter pieces stand a better chance of being published unedited: even a single paragraph is welcome, but as a guideline, aim for 1,000--3,000 words.
Longer memoirs still have a good chance if the story being told is compelling or extraordinary. Because our membership lives in rural Ireland, stories with a like setting (or no setting) are particularly welcome. Letters or other prose forms are also invited. You may submit these under your own name, with a pseudonym, or anonymously if you like.
Short Fiction: Any genre or style, but no more than 5,000 words please. Excerpts (a novel chapter or scene froma play for instance) are fine, if the segment stands alone as a story.
Poetry: Any style or form, no more than three per author.
Line Art: The more the better, including abstracts, portraits, cartoons and comics, calligraphy, or doodles and scribblings. If you doodled while waiting through a loved one’s surgery, for instance, the immediacy of that might encourage someone else about to go through the same thing.
Only B/W line art however: we cannot accept colour or greyscale.
SUBMISSION DETAILS:
No reading fee.
All submissions must be the original work of the submitter: please do not send us any story, letter, art or poetry written by others.
One submission in each category per author please, except in poetry where the limit is three per author.
Deadline for receipt of entries is the 20th of September 2008.
We require one-time anthology rights, plus first electronic rights for the companion e-book.
Reprints are welcome, as long as you own all rights to the work and state where/when the piece was originally published.
Entries will be accepted by regular mail, e-mail, or you can tell your story face-to-face to the editorial team if you live in Leitrim, West Cavan, or surrounding areas.
E-mail attachments are welcome in .rtf or .doc formats (.gif or .jpg are fine for artwork) or embedded in the e-mail itself: please put ‘SUBMISSION‘ in your subject line and send to "pro" at "carersgroup" dot "com".
Typed or legibly hand-written entries can be posted to: NLWC Carers Group, Community Connections CDP, Killycarney, Blacklion, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland. Don’t forget to include a cover sheet with your name and contact information (telephone number, e-mail, and/or address).
Because this project is part of our Outreach programme as well as a fundraiser for the support group, the payment offered is a contributor’s copy of the anthology and an author’s bio published with each entry: you are welcome to promote your links, business or other published work in the bio, up to 100 words. Contributors and short-listed entrants will also be invited to be interviewed for the Carers Group blog and newsletter, and to attend the book’s launch in County Leitrim at the end of November.
The editorial team for this anthology will be led by the Group’s Publications Officer, Susan Carleton; design and production will be by our Development Worker, Hayley Fox-Roberts.
MORE IDEAS
While we don’t want to limit your imagination or contributions, some topics which would fit this collection are:
- The moment you discovered (through diagnosis, news, or intuition) that you were now a full-time caregiver: how did you react? How did you feel? How did you deal with the news in the first few minutes, and the following days?
- Your first break or holiday: was it blissful relief or only more stress? Did your reaction surprise you (or your family)?
- What is the hardest thing about caring, for you?
- What sacrifices have you made, or what gifts have you received from caregiving?
- Imagine writing a letter to a new carer: what would be your advice, and what would you share?
- If a Fairy Godmother arrived and could grant you any wish EXCEPT to cure the person you care for, what would your wish be?
- What is your greatest hope, or your greatest fear, as a caregiver?
- What is the funniest thing that ever happened between you and the person you care for, perhaps a special story you share?
- Have you gained any special insight, or new philosophy, from your time as a carer? Has caring changed your outlook, or your life?
More information about the North Leitrim/West Cavan Carers Group can be found at www.carersgroup.com, where this submission information can be read in its entirety at http://www.carersgroup.com/submissions.html.
News and updates can be found at the group's blog which is linked from the homepage: http://nlwccg.blogspot.com .
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
GUIDELINES FOR CLOCKWORK PHOENIX 2:
GUIDELINES FOR CLOCKWORK PHOENIX 2:
more tales of beauty and strangeness
Editor Mike Allen says: "CLOCKWORK PHOENIX 2 is a home for stories that sidestep expectations in beautiful and unsettling ways, that surprise with their settings and startle with the ways they cross genre boundaries, that aren't afraid to experiment with storytelling techniques. But experimentation is not a requirement: the stories in the anthology must be more than gimmicks, and should appeal to genuine emotions, suspense, fear, sorrow, delight, wonder. I will value a story that makes me laugh in its quirky way more than a story that tries to dazzle me with a hollow exercise in wordplay.
"The stories should contain elements of the fantastic, be it science fiction, fantasy, horror or some combination thereof. A straight psychological horror story is unlikely to make the cut unless it's truly scary and truly bizarre. The same applies to a straight adventure fantasy or unremarkable space opera — bring something new and genuine to the equation, whether it's a touch of literary erudition, playful whimsy, extravagant style, or mind-blowing philosophical speculation and insight. Though stories can be set in this world, settings at least a hair or more askew are preferred. I hope to see prose that is poetic but not opaque. I hope to see stories that will lead the reader into unfamiliar territory, there to find shock and delight."
Update for the second volume: "Over the course of reading for the first volume, I developed some criteria for stories that aren't likely to interest me (though exceptions are always possible). These include straightfoward retellings of well-known fairy tales; stories in which a Machine Discovers Its Humanity; stories that aim to prove Christianity/Religion Is Bad; stories about a Privileged Schmuck who comes to understand Oppression Is Bad; stories whose entire plot can be described as X Commits a Murder; stories of wish-fulfillment with little complication — i.e.: character longs for something; character is granted that something; end of story.
"My aim with the CLOCKWORK PHOENIX books is, somewhat selfishishly, to create books that satisfy my own tastes as a reader. And as a reader, I enjoy stories that experiment, that push the envelope, that dazzle with their daring, but I'm often personally frustrated when an experimental story ends without feeling complete, without leaving an emotional crater for me to remember it by. At the same time, I find myself increasingly bored with the traditional, conventionally-plotted and plainly-written Good Story Competently Told. For better or for worse, I envision the CLOCKWORK PHOENIX books as places where these two schools of story telling can mingle and achieve Happy Medium; where there is significance to both the tale that's told and the style of the telling."
RIGHTS PURCHASED: First English Language Rights and non-exclusive electronic rights. The anthology will be published by Norilana Books in a trade paperback edition in July 2009, to be followed by an electronic edition to be produced later.
PAYMENT: $0.02 a word on acceptance as an advance against royalties, then a pro rata share of royalties after earnout, plus a contributor copy.
WORD LENGTH: Stories should be no longer than 10,000 words, preferably shorter. This is a firm limit for unsolicited stories.
READING PERIOD begins August 23, 2008; ends Nov. 16, 2008. Any unsolicited stories sent before Aug. 23 will not be read until sometime after the reading period starts.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Submissions are electronic only. Please submit your story via e-mail, as an RTF file attachment. Your e-mail subject line should say "Submission: Story Title". Include a brief cover letter in the body of your email. It should have your name, address, e-mail address, title of story, number of words, and brief biographical information in case we don't know you, with most recent publishing credits, if applicable. We are open to new writers and seasoned veterans alike.
EDITORIAL ADDRESS: clockworkphoenix@gmail.com
For further updates, check Mike Allen's LiveJournal, THE PLASTEEL SPIDER FACTORY.
Monday, August 11, 2008
THE INFERNO COLLECTION
With the lack of an anthology market today, I thought I'd pass on this writing contest. Sounds like fun!
The Reader's Place-Tons of interviews and articles Announcing 2008 Contest: Summertime Blues
Tell them in fewer than 1,000 words (in any genre) a short story that takes place in summer. Their panel of judges will be looking for:
1. Good storytelling
2. Unique turn of words
3. Use of these words: summer, hotdogs, campfire, "Kumbiah" and blues.
4. Well-written (grammar, word usage, etc.)
Winning story will receive $50 in prize money and the first and second runner-up will receive two books of their choosing. All three stories will be published on their site. AND you can list your winning honor on writing resume or book proposal.
Guidelines: (posted
- Submit to Connie@ArmchairInte rviews.com as a Word doc (if not available, submit in inside an email)
- 1,000 words maximum
- Please underline the required words used
- Genre of your story
- Your favorite genre
- Only one submission per person
- On cover sheet, list name, email and mailing address
- Deadline is
Winners will be notified after the judging decisions are made.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR 22
THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR 22
Ellen Datlow, Horror Editor
Kelly Link & Gavin Grant, Fantasy Editors
Ellen DatlowYBFH #22
PMB 391
511 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10011-8436
U.S.A.
(Write "YEAR'S BEST HORROR" on the envelope)
Kelly Link & Gavin Grant
176 Prospect Avenue
Northampton, MA 01060
U.S.A.
Submission Guidelines - January 2008
I co-edit the World Fantasy Award winning anthology series The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (St. Martin's Press) with Kelly Link & Gavin Grant. We are now reading for the 22nd volume, which will include all material published in 2008.
I am looking for stories from all branches of horror: from the traditional-supernatural to the borderline, including high-tech sf horror, supernatural stories, psychological horror, dark thrillers, or anything else that might qualify. If in doubt, send it. This is a reprint anthology so I am only reading material published in or about to be published in 2008. Submission deadline for stories is December 15th 2008. Anything sent after this deadline will reach me too late. If a magazine, anthology, or collection you're in or you edit is coming out by December 31st, you can send me galleys or manuscripts so that I can judge the stories in time. No e-mail submissions. I strongly suggest that authors check with their publishers that they are sending review copies out to me as I don't have time or energy to nag publishers to get me material. I request it once (maybe twice) and that's it.
There are summations of "the year in horror," and "the year in fantasy" in the front of each volume. These include novels, nonfiction, art books, and in my section, "odds and ends"-- material that doesn't fit anywhere else but that I feel might interest the horror reader. But I have to be aware of this material in order to mention it. The deadline for this section is January 30th, 2009.
Kelly & Gavin cover fantasy and I cover horror. If you consider something both, send a copy to each of us. We do not confer on our choices.
****I do not want to receive manuscripts from authors of stories from venues that it's likely I already receive regularly (like Interzone, The Third Alternative, Cemetery Dance, Subterranean, Postscripts, Weird Tales, F&SF, etc) or from anthologies and collections, unless I don't have or can't get that anthology or collection. What I would prefer is if you contact your publisher and ask him/her to send me the magazine or book.
And please do not send a SASE. If I choose a story you will be informed. If you want to confirm that I've received something, enclose a self-addressed-stamped postcard and I will let you know the date it arrived. For stories that appear on the web, please send me (or have the publisher send me) print-outs of your story.Friday, August 8, 2008
FEDERATIONS
FEDERATIONS
EDITED BY JOHN JOSEPH ADAMS
From Star Trek to Star Wars, from Dune to Foundation, science fiction has a rich history of exploring the idea of vast intergalactic societies, and the challenges facing those living in or trying to manage such societies. The stories in Federations will continue that tradition.
What are the social/religious/ environmental/ technological implications of living in such a vast society? What happens when expansionist tendencies on a galactic scale come into conflict with the indigenous peoples of other planets, of other races? And what of the issue of communicating across such distances, or the problems caused by relativistic travel? These are just some of the questions and issues that the stories in Federations will take on.
Genres: Science Fiction only. Original fiction only, no reprints.
Payment: 5 cents per word ($250 max), plus a pro-rata share of the anthology’s earnings and 1 contributor copy.
Word limit: 5000 words. (Stories may exceed 5000 words, but $250 is the maximum payment per story, and stories 5000 words or less are strongly preferred.)
Rights: First world English rights, non-exclusive world anthology rights, and non-exclusive audio anthology rights. See my boilerplate author-anthologist contract, which spells out the rights in detail.
Reading Period: November 1-January 1, 2009
Response Time: Most rejections will be sent out quickly, but stories that I like may be held until January 31 before a final decision is made.
Publication date: May 2009
Publisher: Prime Books
Submission Instructions: Email your story in rich-text format (RTF) to John Joseph Adams at federations. anthology@ gmail.com. Include the title of the story and your byline in the subject line of the email.
ABOUT THE EDITOR
John Joseph Adams is the editor of the anthologies Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse, Seeds of Change, and The Living Dead. He is also the assistant editor at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and is the print news correspondent for SCI FI Wire (the news service of the SCI FI Channel). For more information, visit his website at www.johnjosephadams .com.
EDITED BY JOHN JOSEPH ADAMS
From Star Trek to Star Wars, from Dune to Foundation, science fiction has a rich history of exploring the idea of vast intergalactic societies, and the challenges facing those living in or trying to manage such societies. The stories in Federations will continue that tradition.
What are the social/religious/ environmental/ technological implications of living in such a vast society? What happens when expansionist tendencies on a galactic scale come into conflict with the indigenous peoples of other planets, of other races? And what of the issue of communicating across such distances, or the problems caused by relativistic travel? These are just some of the questions and issues that the stories in Federations will take on.
Genres: Science Fiction only. Original fiction only, no reprints.
Payment: 5 cents per word ($250 max), plus a pro-rata share of the anthology’s earnings and 1 contributor copy.
Word limit: 5000 words. (Stories may exceed 5000 words, but $250 is the maximum payment per story, and stories 5000 words or less are strongly preferred.)
Rights: First world English rights, non-exclusive world anthology rights, and non-exclusive audio anthology rights. See my boilerplate author-anthologist contract, which spells out the rights in detail.
Reading Period: November 1-January 1, 2009
Response Time: Most rejections will be sent out quickly, but stories that I like may be held until January 31 before a final decision is made.
Publication date: May 2009
Publisher: Prime Books
Submission Instructions: Email your story in rich-text format (RTF) to John Joseph Adams at federations. anthology@ gmail.com. Include the title of the story and your byline in the subject line of the email.
ABOUT THE EDITOR
John Joseph Adams is the editor of the anthologies Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse, Seeds of Change, and The Living Dead. He is also the assistant editor at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and is the print news correspondent for SCI FI Wire (the news service of the SCI FI Channel). For more information, visit his website at www.johnjosephadams .com.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
DARK JESTERS:
DARK JESTERS:
AN ANTHOLOGY OF HUMOROUS HORROR
Title: DARK JESTERS: An Anthology of Humorous Horror, edited by Nick Cato and L.L. Soares.
Publisher: Novello Publishers (www.novellopublishers.com)
Release Date: Fall 2009
General Info: Novello Publishers is seeking 10 hysterical stories to fill their first trade paperback humorous horror anthology.
-Word count is not to exceed 2,000, NO EXCEPTIONS. The shortest accepted piece will be 1,500, but closer to the 2,000 mark is ideal for this project.
-Poetry will not be accepted.
-Stories must be horror-oriented-no scifi unless in the vein of "Alien." Stories will be selected (mainly) on their humor content: the harder you make the editors laugh the better chance your story will be picked. Any story that insults the horror genre will not be selected; "humorous horror" does not mean we want to "make fun" of the genre. We want to see "real" horror stories with a humorous angle. Whether your story deals with classic monsters (such as vampires), the apocalypse, serial killers, ghosts, or (you fill in the blank), we want the readers to laugh 'till it hurts.
-Stories that rely on profanity will probably not make the cut. Make us laugh without dropping F-bombs and your chances of acceptance skyrocket.
-We do not find rape, God-bashing or child-torture funny. Gore is fine depending on how it's used.
Format: Send your story double-spaced in a Times New Roman or Courier font as a .doc or .rtf attachment, NO EXCEPTIONS. Please underline any italicized words.
Payment: $40.00 and one contributor copy.
Note: NO REPRINTS. This will be an all-original anthology. If your story is selected you will be asked to give Novello Publishers 1 year's exclusive rights.
Reading Period: August 1st through November 30th
Send submissions to: NickYak@aol.com with DJ SUBMISSION in the subject heading. Hard copy submissions may be sent to NOVELLO PUBLISHERS/ Box 060382 / Staten Island, NY / 10306. Hard copies must be post-dated NO LATER than November 10th, 2008.
The table of contents will be announced in early December, 2008.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book to be published March 2009
We are looking for true stories and poems about your experience with cancer––as a patient, as a relative, friend or co-worker of someone with cancer, or as a medical professional or clergy engaged in a variety of treatments.
We prefer stories and poems written in the first person of no more than 1200 words.
Here are some suggested topics:
The Initial Diagnosis –– What a Patient Hears, What a Doctor Says
Learning to Say the C Word –– breaking the news to loved ones, friends and co-workers
Relationships – how cancer affects family ties, friendships, and professional connections
Securing a medical team and creating a support system
What’s happening to my body? Living through treatment and an ever changing self-image
No Hair Days –– Embarrassing and humorous moments
Discovering new faith and spirituality
Cancer and Sexuality
Life gets bigger –– Rising above the suffering and fear
Facing mortality for the first time
Regaining strength and seeing life anew
Letting go of a loved one
Life’s not fair but it’s my one and only
What I’ve Learned –– from both sides
If your story is chosen, you will be a published author and your bio will be printed in the book.
You will also receive a check for $200 and 10 free copies of your book, worth more than $100.
We will copyright your story in your name and you will retain the rights to resell it.
SUBMISSIONS GO TO http://chickensoupf orthesoul. com/form. asp?cid=submit_ story
DEADLINE IS AUGUST 31, 2008 although we may accept stories after that date if we have room.
We prefer stories and poems written in the first person of no more than 1200 words.
Here are some suggested topics:
The Initial Diagnosis –– What a Patient Hears, What a Doctor Says
Learning to Say the C Word –– breaking the news to loved ones, friends and co-workers
Relationships – how cancer affects family ties, friendships, and professional connections
Securing a medical team and creating a support system
What’s happening to my body? Living through treatment and an ever changing self-image
No Hair Days –– Embarrassing and humorous moments
Discovering new faith and spirituality
Cancer and Sexuality
Life gets bigger –– Rising above the suffering and fear
Facing mortality for the first time
Regaining strength and seeing life anew
Letting go of a loved one
Life’s not fair but it’s my one and only
What I’ve Learned –– from both sides
If your story is chosen, you will be a published author and your bio will be printed in the book.
You will also receive a check for $200 and 10 free copies of your book, worth more than $100.
We will copyright your story in your name and you will retain the rights to resell it.
SUBMISSIONS GO TO http://chickensoupf orthesoul. com/form. asp?cid=submit_ story
DEADLINE IS AUGUST 31, 2008 although we may accept stories after that date if we have room.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Shroud Announces New Anthology
Tentative Title: Northern Haunts
100 Terrifying New England Tales to Tell Around a Campfire
Guidelines: Flash fiction (no more than 700 words) told in the FIRST person (to allow readers to re-tell the story) set in a New England location. The anthology will be separated into 4 sections (tentative titles):
Haunts- Stories of ghosts, specters, and phantoms
Beasts- Stories of monsters, critters, and wild animals
Humans- Stories of eccentric people, serial killers, mad men
Other Oddities- everything else
Format: Submit as a Word .doc or .rtf attachment.
SUBJECT LINE MUST SAY: "SUBMISSION--NORTH--TITLE", mail your stories, one per email to editor@shroudmagazine.com. The deadline will depend upon the amount of qualified submissions.
The format: standard submission format, but as long as the spelling, grammar and punctuation are good to go I am not going to freak out about indents and spacing.
Multiple submissions allowed and encouraged
No reprints
No simultaneous subs
Payment: (.01 cent a word or you can donate your stories)
Proceeds to benefit the American Cancer Society
LOOKING FOR COVER ART.
100 Terrifying New England Tales to Tell Around a Campfire
Guidelines: Flash fiction (no more than 700 words) told in the FIRST person (to allow readers to re-tell the story) set in a New England location. The anthology will be separated into 4 sections (tentative titles):
Haunts- Stories of ghosts, specters, and phantoms
Beasts- Stories of monsters, critters, and wild animals
Humans- Stories of eccentric people, serial killers, mad men
Other Oddities- everything else
Format: Submit as a Word .doc or .rtf attachment.
SUBJECT LINE MUST SAY: "SUBMISSION--NORTH--TITLE", mail your stories, one per email to editor@shroudmagazine.com. The deadline will depend upon the amount of qualified submissions.
The format: standard submission format, but as long as the spelling, grammar and punctuation are good to go I am not going to freak out about indents and spacing.
Multiple submissions allowed and encouraged
No reprints
No simultaneous subs
Payment: (.01 cent a word or you can donate your stories)
Proceeds to benefit the American Cancer Society
LOOKING FOR COVER ART.
Friday, August 1, 2008
My Dog Is My Hero
Literary Cottage is currently seeking entries for an exciting new anthology to be published by Adams Media: My Dog Is My Hero. Please click on our website _www.literarycottag e.com_
For My Dog Is My Hero, the fourth book in Adams Media's Hero Series, we are seeking fifty 850-1100-word stories featuring a remarkable dog in your life. Yes, about dogs and only dogs, not cats, or other pets. Adams Media pays $100 per story (one per volume), plus a copy of the book, and Literary Cottage will also award three prizes $100, $75, and $50 for the top three stories respectively. Please review the spelled out guidelines and sample stories on the "Hero Series Guidelines" page available on _www.literarycottag e.com_ (http://www.literary cottage.com/) . DEADLINE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2008.
For My Dog Is My Hero, the fourth book in Adams Media's Hero Series, we are seeking fifty 850-1100-word stories featuring a remarkable dog in your life. Yes, about dogs and only dogs, not cats, or other pets. Adams Media pays $100 per story (one per volume), plus a copy of the book, and Literary Cottage will also award three prizes $100, $75, and $50 for the top three stories respectively. Please review the spelled out guidelines and sample stories on the "Hero Series Guidelines" page available on _www.literarycottag e.com_ (http://www.literary cottage.com/) . DEADLINE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2008.
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