SFW's FEATURED FICTION
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SHORT STORY
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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Guidelines
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Updated:
April 15, 2009 |
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Update
May 14th 2009
Note: We had a computer crash
and lost all submissions to SpecFicWorld's Featured Fiction, including submissions to the Weird Westerns, Weirducopia, and Paradise
lost anthologies - we are asking all
writers and artists to please submit again
Deadline extended to Aug 15th, 2009 |
- What we want:
Looking for science fiction, fantasy, and horror in all styles, sub-genres, and
viewpoints.
- What we don't want: Stories
with excessive profanity, child abuse, bestiality, incest, or hate fiction. We pander
to an adult audience so please no fiction aimed at children.
- Length:
1,500 - 20,000
words.
- How we pay: All writers that
submit to us must have a PayPal account for
payment.
- Payment: $5,
paid on publication, plus a free one year subscription
to our market database ($12.97 value).
- How we pay: All writers that
submit to us must have an active PayPal account
for payment.
- Rights: All rights revert
back to the Author after one year or more depending on the contract. We purchase exlusive
P.O.D and world-wide electronic rights (CD, disk, audio, email, online,
etc). We also retain
the right to archive your poem/story up to five years and reprint your poem/story for a possible
"Best of the Year Anthology."
- Reprints: We are no longer
accepting reprints.
- How to submit: We accept electronic
submissions only. Submissions and queries should be sent to
. Make sure to put "FEATURED FICTION: Title of your story"
in the subject line. We use the same e-mail address for all submissions and without
the proper subject line we won't know where your story fits in our publications.
- Note: Your browser also needs
to be Javascript enabled to see the above e-mail address. We do this to hide our
e-mail address from e-mail harvesters
- Format: No need for a cover
letter; but make sure to include a short bio (written in third-person) embedded
in the body of the e-mail. Please include previous publishing credits and a short
150 word or less blurb (written in third-person) describing your story. The
blurb will be used for marketing purposes.
- Submission Format: RTF (.rtf)
or MS WORD (.doc) file sent as an attachment.
Underline all italicized text. Please include all contact information
with your manuscript. Use Times New Roman 12pt font and single space all paragraphs.
- Reading Period: April 15-Aug
15, 2009
- Multiple Submissions: You can
submit up to two stories at A time.
- Simultaneous Submissions: It's
okay as long as you let us know that you've also submitted it elsewhere. And if
it's accepted by another publication please inform us.
- Response time: 1 month after
deadline. If you
haven't heard back from us on June 30th, 2009, please feel free to query with the date of
your submission.
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