SPECFICWORLD'S FEATURED NOVELLAS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Guidelines Main Page Needs: We are looking for speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, and horror) in all styles, mixes, and viewpoints. Tip: At the moment we are looking for horror, high fantasy, sword & sorcery, apocolyptic fiction, dark science fiction, zombie stories, erotic horror or science fiction, and dark fantasy tales. Please no paranormal or time-travel romances, vampire or werewolf stories, or your typical high fantasy stories with elves and dwarves, or little green men stories. And we really enjoy twisted robot stories. Length: 11,000 to 35,000 words. Payment: We will pay a token payment between $10-$25 for originals and $5-$10 for reprints, paid on publication. You will also recevie a free one year subscription to our market database for speculative fiction writers ($12.97 value). And authors that have at least one published novel/novella/anthology/collection will also receive a free one year listing in our Book and Magazine Directory ($7.97 value). How we pay: All writers that submit to us must have an active PayPal account for payment. Rights: We purchase world-wide electronic rights only. All rights return back to the author after publication. Reprints: If you're sending us a reprint make sure you own the rights to resale your work, and please include the first place your story was published, the month and year. How to submit: We accept electronic submissions only. Send submissions to . Make sure to put "REPRINT or ORIGINAL NOVELLA - 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 have 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. Reading Periods: April 20th through July 20th, 2008. 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 and double space all section breaks along with marking them with three asterisks ***. Multiple Submissions: You can submit up to two novellas at a time. Simultaneous Submissions: It's okay with us as long as you let us know that you've also submitted it elsewhere. And if your story is accepted by another publication please inform us immediately. Response time: 2-6 months. If you haven't heard back from us within six months feel free to query with the date of your submission or assume it has been rejected. Our responses will come in the form of a simple form letter via e-mail. Publication date: 2-6 months from the date of contract acceptance.
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