Number 1 might suit some of us. It made me laugh!
Number 2 is for the romance lovers and swashbucklers amongst us.
Do read the full guidelines at the websites please!
1.
Interfictions II: The Second Anthology of Interstitial Writing
Small Beer Press for the Interstitial Arts Foundation in fall of 2009
What We're Looking For: "Interstitial Fiction is all about breaking rules, ignoring boundaries, cross-pollinating the fields of literature. It's about working between, across, through, and at the edges and borders of literary genres, including fiction and nonfiction. It falls between the cracks of other movements, terms, and definitions. If you have a story idea that's impossible to describe in a couple of sentences, it may be interstitial."
"We're looking for previously unpublished stories that engage us and make us think about literature in new ways. Rather than defining ‘interstitial’ for you, we'd like you to show us what genre-bending fiction looks like."
"Surprise us; make us see that literature holds possibilities we haven't yet imagined."
Who We're Looking For: "Writers in all genres of fiction (contemporary realism, mystery, historical, fantasy, whatever) who have an idea that challenges generic tropes and expectations. If you're not sure whether a story is interstitial, send it along anyway."
Send your stories by e-mail
You will hear from us after January 2009."
Overseas submissions are welcome.
Word count open, but 4000–10,000 words preferred
Pays 5¢/word + 2 copies, on publication for non-exclusive world anthology rights, on publication."
E-mail: Questions/Submissions: [email protected]; website: http://christopherbarzak.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/a-call-for-stories/]. Opens: October 1, 2008; Deadline: December 2, 2008.
2.
Lace and Blade
2—14775 Virginia Ave., Boulder Creek CA 95006.
Editor: Deborah J. Ross.
'Lace and Blade is a new annual anthology series of elegant romantic fantasy, with each volume released on Valentine's Day, from Leda, the exciting new romantic fantasy imprint of Norilana Books, starting in 2008.'
Looking for the spirit of 'Zorro, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and d'Artagnan' romantic courtly intrigue and dangerous liaisons, with cloak and dagger and perfumed handkerchiefs, the language of the fan and stolen glances, with the manners of Jane Austen and the sparkling rapier wit of Oscar Wilde'
Emphasise on sharp verbal repartee as much as sharp pointed weapons, rapier rather than broadsword. Characters complex, dashing, and very sexy.
No maximum word limit but long sotires difficult to sell!
Pays 2¢/word, on acceptance and share of royalties.
The anthology will be published by Norilana Books in a trade paperback edition on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2009, to be followed by an electronic edition to be produced later."
E-mail: [email protected]; http://www.norilana.com/norilana-lb-guidelines.htm/ Deadline: August 1, 2008.
Number 2 is for the romance lovers and swashbucklers amongst us.
Do read the full guidelines at the websites please!
1.
Interfictions II: The Second Anthology of Interstitial Writing
Small Beer Press for the Interstitial Arts Foundation in fall of 2009
What We're Looking For: "Interstitial Fiction is all about breaking rules, ignoring boundaries, cross-pollinating the fields of literature. It's about working between, across, through, and at the edges and borders of literary genres, including fiction and nonfiction. It falls between the cracks of other movements, terms, and definitions. If you have a story idea that's impossible to describe in a couple of sentences, it may be interstitial."
"We're looking for previously unpublished stories that engage us and make us think about literature in new ways. Rather than defining ‘interstitial’ for you, we'd like you to show us what genre-bending fiction looks like."
"Surprise us; make us see that literature holds possibilities we haven't yet imagined."
Who We're Looking For: "Writers in all genres of fiction (contemporary realism, mystery, historical, fantasy, whatever) who have an idea that challenges generic tropes and expectations. If you're not sure whether a story is interstitial, send it along anyway."
Send your stories by e-mail
You will hear from us after January 2009."
Overseas submissions are welcome.
Word count open, but 4000–10,000 words preferred
Pays 5¢/word + 2 copies, on publication for non-exclusive world anthology rights, on publication."
E-mail: Questions/Submissions: [email protected]; website: http://christopherbarzak.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/a-call-for-stories/]. Opens: October 1, 2008; Deadline: December 2, 2008.
2.
Lace and Blade
2—14775 Virginia Ave., Boulder Creek CA 95006.
Editor: Deborah J. Ross.
'Lace and Blade is a new annual anthology series of elegant romantic fantasy, with each volume released on Valentine's Day, from Leda, the exciting new romantic fantasy imprint of Norilana Books, starting in 2008.'
Looking for the spirit of 'Zorro, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and d'Artagnan' romantic courtly intrigue and dangerous liaisons, with cloak and dagger and perfumed handkerchiefs, the language of the fan and stolen glances, with the manners of Jane Austen and the sparkling rapier wit of Oscar Wilde'
Emphasise on sharp verbal repartee as much as sharp pointed weapons, rapier rather than broadsword. Characters complex, dashing, and very sexy.
No maximum word limit but long sotires difficult to sell!
Pays 2¢/word, on acceptance and share of royalties.
The anthology will be published by Norilana Books in a trade paperback edition on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2009, to be followed by an electronic edition to be produced later."
E-mail: [email protected]; http://www.norilana.com/norilana-lb-guidelines.htm/ Deadline: August 1, 2008.