Thursday, January 7, 2010

Zombidays: Festivities of the Flesheaters

Submissions are now open. A deadline has not been set, but as the book fills an advanced closing date will be announced.

Stories must include zombies and be about, involve, or be set on one of the holidays listed below.

The theme/spirit of the holiday must be clearly evident.
No stories with religous aspects or themes will be accepted.

word count 5k - 8k only
rich text format only
courier font size 12
indent paragraphs
double space
use italics - do not underline
no page numbers

Stories should be presented where a sumbmission should only require copy editiing.

Submissions that do not meet guidelines will not be accepted.

Place your contact information on first page, upper left - name, address, phone number, and email.

On the upper right please state the name of the holiday you are using and the word count.

Place your name/pen name under the title.

Send submissions to zombidays@gmail.com

Please mention any of your previous work, a brief explanation of who you are, and where you have learned of the submission request.

You may submit multiple stories, but only one story per author may be published.

Published authors will receive 1 center per word and 1 contributor copy.

You may find updates on the anthology and information regarding the publisher - the Library of the Living Dead Press here:

http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2009/12/22/zombidays-submissions-open/

LIST OF THE ACCEPTED HOLIDAYS

April Fools Day
Arbor Day
Australia Day
Boxing Day
Canada Day
Christmas
Columbus Day
Earth Day
Easter
El Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
Father's Day
Ground Hog Day
Guy Fawkes Night
Halloween (can include Mischief Night)
Hanukkah
Human Rights Day
Independence Day/4th of July
Kwanza
Labor Day
Mardi Gras
May Day
Memorial Day
Mother's Day
New Years Eve/Day
New Zealand/Waitangi Day
Presidents, Inauguration, or Election Day (USA)
Rosh Hashanah
St. Patrick's Day
Thanksgiving (can include Black Friday)
Valentimes Day
Veterans, Remembrance, Armistice, ANZAC Day
Victoria Day

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