Grand Science Fiction : 1000-Word Science Fiction Stories Manuscript Preparation Written by Vonda N. McIntyre “Manuscript Preparation,” a PDF, requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader. The software comes installed on many systems, and is available as a free download at the Adobe website. Lightspeed Magazine | Submissions Submissions Status: CLOSED. When we determine when our next reading period will be, we will post an announcement here. Instructions for submitting to Lightspeed follow. Please read everything on this page and read the magazine before submitting. Submission Procedures for Short Fiction Instructions: All fiction must be submitted through our Moksha online submission system, located at lightspeedmagazine.com/submissions. Guidelines: Lightspeed is seeking original science fiction and fantasy stories. Format: Submissions should generally follow standard manuscript format, though we prefer single-spaced instead of double-spaced. Word Count: We are open to stories of 1500-10,000 words. Pay Rate: Lightspeed pays 8 cents per word for original fiction, or 2 cents per word for reprints. Rights: To see which rights we’re seeking, please view our contract template for original fiction or our contract template for reprinted fiction. Other Submission Procedures Additional Notes
Daily Science Fiction back to main submissions page Story Submission Guidelines Daily Science Fiction (DSF) is a market accepting speculative fiction stories from 100 to 10,000 words in length. We do not accept reprints. Please don't submit the same story to us and any other venue at the same time. We pay 8 cents per word for first worldwide rights and for nonexclusive reprint rights. First publication sounds simple, but in today's fractured fiction market it is anything but. We love long fiction. Submission Guidelines Fiction Guidelines ATTENTION: We are now closed for fiction submissions. Please check back here to find out when we will reopen. We are looking for creative blends of science fiction, fantasy, and/or horror, but are really open to looking at anything, so long as it is speculative. Stories should be in standard manuscript format and a maximum of 10K words. Gratuitous sex and gore will not win you any brownie points, so only include if they are integral to the plot. All submissions are to be sent electronically as a Word or .rtf attachment. Payment of a penny-per-word is made upon publication. Poetry Guidelines Poetry is now closed to new submissions. Artist Guidelines Queries regarding cover art, interior illustrations, and comic-formatted stories are being considered year-round. We do not require you to look at our magazine before submitting material, but we very strongly suggest that you do, to avoid wasting your time — and ours.
Andrea Chalupa: Orwell's Advice on How to Write in Revolutionary Times "You can't be neutral on a moving train." Howard Zinn said it, and George Orwell would have agreed. In 1946, Orwell wrote in the essay, "Why I Write": "In a peaceful age I might have written ornate or merely descriptive books, and might have remained almost unaware of my political loyalties. America is at a crossroads. But we have a president stuck in the swamp of Washington who, among many other grave mistakes, failed us when it came to much needed leadership to aggressively confront climate change. In his essay, Orwell described the age in which he lived as "tumultuous, revolutionary" -- just like ours. For most of his career, Orwell was considered a fringe writer, a political "pamphleteer" of the Left, and also very much critical of the liberal establishment. "Animal Farm was the first book in which I tried, with full consciousness of what I was doing, to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole," he explained in Why I Write. That book was 1984.
Analog -- Submission Guidelines Analog now uses an online submissions system that has been designed to streamline our process and improve communication with authors. We do not accept email submissions. Please see Manuscript Guidelines for information about paper submissions. Our online submissions form for fiction asks for your name, email address, cover letter, story title, and story. Your cover letter should contain the length of your story, your publishing history and any other relevant information (e.g., if you send us a story about a medical disaster and you happen to be an emergency room nurse, mention that.). We ask for the same information for poetry. All stories and poems should be in standard manuscript format and can be submitted in .DOC format. Your tracking number will allow you to monitor the status of your submission through our website, so please don’t lose it. Reply Process Our average response time runs about two to three months. Please go here to submit your story.
American Book Review :: Home 1. Call me Ishmael. —Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (1851) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 124 was spiteful. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100.
Tor Fiction Submissions Guidelines The following guidelines outline how to submit fiction or non-fiction articles/blog posts to Tor.com. If you're interested in writing for Tor.com or submitting your fiction for consideration, please read the following. Prose Fiction Submissions Guidelines Non-Fiction Submissions Guidelines Last updated January 30, 2014 Tor.com Prose Fiction Submissions Guidelines What we are: Tor.com is a short fiction market edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Liz Gorinsky, Ann VanderMeer, and Ellen Datlow, with support and reading from Carl Engle-Laird, Cory Skerry, and Bridget Smith (and occasional others). What we’re looking for: Tor.com welcomes original speculative fiction short stories and poetry. We’re particularly interested in stories under 12,000 words. But, my novel! What we pay: We pay 25 cents a word for the first 5,000 words, 15 cents a word for the next 5,000, and 10 cents a word after that. What rights does that give you? How to submit: Don’t query us, just send your story. You guys are slow.
Puff, the Magic Dragon "Puff, the Magic Dragon" is a song written by Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow, and made popular by Yarrow's group Peter, Paul and Mary in a 1963 recording. The song achieved great popularity. Lyrics[edit] The lyrics for "Puff, the Magic Dragon" were based on a 1959 poem by Leonard Lipton, a 19-year-old Cornell University student.[1] Lipton was inspired by an Ogden Nash poem titled "Custard the Dragon", about a "realio, trulio little pet dragon The lyrics tell a story of the ageless dragon Puff and his playmate Jackie Paper, a little boy who grows up and loses interest in the imaginary adventures of childhood and leaves Puff alone and depressed. Lipton was friends with Peter Yarrow's housemate when they were all students at Cornell. In an effort to be gender-neutral, Yarrow now sings the line "A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys" as "A dragon lives forever, but not so girls and boys." Speculation about drug references[edit] Adaptations[edit] Vietnam War[edit] Other versions[edit]
Encounters Magazine Guidelines Encounters Magazine Writer/Artist Guidelines We prefer manuscripts between 3,500 and 10,000 words, but those numbers are not carved in stone. We will consider pretty much any length, but we do not accept poetry. Please attach documents to your email in Microsoft Office Word 97 or later format, or in RTF or OpenOffice format and send to encountersmag@blackmatrixpub.com. Artwork must be color, have a sci-fi, fantasy or horror theme and be no more than 600 pixels wide by 800 pixels in length. Please send in .jpg, .tiff or .png format to encountersmag@blackmatrixpub.com and include the words "Encounters Art" in the subject line. Payment for fiction is 1/4 cent per word on acceptence. All writers and artists please include a short bio and links to a Web page or online gallery if you have one so we can publish the info and help promote your work. Mail all queries to encountersmag@blackmatrixpub.com.