January 15, 2009

  • Contests, Anthologies, Magazines...

    Whether it was Xanga or my connection yesterday, I could just not get on to post a blog. At this point, it could be either one. Sunspots maybe? I must have lost connection about five times yesterday (yes, I have dialup), and when I was on without interruption, the weblog editor would just not ever finish loading. I finally gave up around 9pm.

    So for my mini-vacation imposed by carlessness, I read Let the Right One In on Monday, read comics I picked up last week on Tuesday, and cleaned most of yesterday before running out of steam and "trying" to come online. Sometime today I'll pick up my car, and tomorrow I go back to work. I am not enthusiastic. lol I could stand to take another week off. I could stand to have regular meals, or eat whenever I feel hungry, instead of being told when to eat because it's convenient for business. Bleh. To me, that is the worst thing about working in a customer service industry. Not that I'm a gourmand, but I do get low blood sugar... and also eating a meal when you're not hungry just because you won't get the chance to later is a good way to become overweight. It's bad for the metabolism and creates bad eating habits.

    It's now just over two weeks into the new year. I've been collecting notices of anthologies, (free) writing contests, etc through my gmail alerts. I don't know how many, if any, I will get to participate in, but I figured I'd post them here for people who may have more free time than me. These are all paying markets or free contests, with links if available (which you should click on for more details).




    Anthologies

    Horror Bound Online Magazine publications is announcing a call for submissions for a future anthology called Return of the Raven. (temporary title). This is a tribute to the master of Horror, Edgar Allan Poe. If you are inspired by the work of the master and his themes, tone, characterization and style then read on:

    LIMITS ON SEXUAL/EROTIC CONTENT, PROFANITY, VIOLENCE AND GORE. No sexual/erotic content or profanity. The editors of this anthology are not big fans of either violence or gore. If there is going to be violence and gore, it better be a very compelling read!

    LENGTH: 3,000-7,000 words (for short stories); multiple submissions ok

    DEADLINE: March 31st, 2009 or until the anthology is filled. Within one (1) week of submission, you'll receive an e-mail confirming receipt. (If not, feel free to email and ask.) After that, you will NOT hear back unless your story will appear in the anthology.

    PAYMENT: 0.01 cents (CAN) per word. Payment made upon publication. You must have a paypal account. Money will be deposited into that account.

    PRINT RIGHTS: First print rights, exclusive print rights for three years from time of publication. Author retains copyright. No reprints please.

    SUBMISSION & QUESTIONS: Send to admin@horrorbound.com. File must be in .doc format or .rtf. NO PDFS.

    Triangulation is an annual 125-150+ page short fiction anthology that publishes science fiction, fantasy, horror, and any other speculative fiction that caught the editors' fancy. 2009's theme is "Dark Glass." They pay semi-pro rates. They accept short fiction up to about 5,000 words. This is a soft word limit, but the more space a story would take, the more it will need to impress. There is no minimum word count. No fanfic, even if it's fanfic of a fictional universe that has passed into public domain (Lovecraft is a no-no). 

    Submission deadline is March 31, 2009. All electronic submits must be sent by that time, all snail mail submits must be postmarked by that date.

    Compensation: Two cents per word (USA funds, rounded to the nearest 100 words, $10 minimum payment) on publication and a single contributor's copy. The anthology will be published in late July of 2009.


  • Wow, the typeface just got really large.  I like it.

    I've been trying to work all week.  Mostly unsuccessfully.  lol  It's just so difficult to concentrate sometimes... :P   I hope your car didn't cost too much to fix.

  • Dammit, I just lost a decent comment.  It was about the strength of your work and the budding focus of my own.  I will not rewrite it now because I'm cold and distracted. Have a good weekend!

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