Ongoing Submissions: Lore

Payment: Fiction: US$.05/word, payable upon publication. Plus, one copy of the edition in which the work appears, as applicable.

Reprints: US$.02/word, payable upon publication. Plus, one copy of the edition in which the work appears, as applicable.

NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS!

WHAT DO WE LIKE?

FICTION: We will consider short stories that can be classified broadly as belonging to the Horror, Science Fiction or Fantasy genres. Expand our horizons, challenge or fine-tune convention. We love well-done genre blending and bending, too, like John W. Campbell, Jr.’s “Who Goes There?,” H.P. Lovecraft’s “At The Mountains of Madness,” Philip K. Dick’s “The King of the Elves,” and C.S. Lewis’s “Space” trilogy. Other authors whose work we enjoy include Jorge Luis Borges, Harlan Ellison, R.E. Howard, Shirley Jackson, M.R. James, Brian McNaughton, Clifford D. Simak, Clark Ashton Smith, and J.R.R. Tolkien.

Submissions should be between 2,000 and 6,000 words. Send query to info@lore-online.com if shorter or longer than this. Also, if you’re asking that we take a look at a work outside these word count parameters, tell us why we will want to make an exception for your work.

REPRINTS: We will not consider unsolicited reprints. Query first. We will want to know such information as when/where did the work first appear? This includes electronic publication (blog, your fb page, excerpts, etc.). Send query to info@lore-online.com. While asking that we consider your reprint, too, tell us why we will want make an exception for your work. Please note, we will only very rarely be interested in considering a reprint. It would need to be something entirely extraordinary to pique our interest.

NON-FICTION: We will not consider unsolicited works of non-fiction. Send query to info@lore-online.com.

SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS: No. Too often, we have had someone withdraw a story from consideration because it was accepted elsewhere. If your story is under consideration somewhere else, please do not submit it to us until you have heard back from the first market.

MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS: No.

WHAT DON’T WE LIKE? Genre clichés with nothing new to offer. YA-oriented fads. Superfluous and gratuitous gore or sexual content.

We like poetry, but are not currently considering it for LORE.

GENERAL INFORMATION: Not responsible for unsolicited material.

FORMAT: Points will be adjusted for proper grammar, spelling, punctuation and formatting, one way or the other. It behooves you to present your work in the best possible light.

Standard manuscript format: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript_format

Submissions should be sent electronically to submissions@lore-online.com as an attachment in .doc, .rtf, or .pdf format. In the subject line of the email, include your name, and the name of the work you are submitting. In the body of the email, include your contact information, the word count of the work you are submitting, and some brief biographical material. We only accept electronic submissions at this time.

Snail mail inquiries may be sent to:

The LORE Firm, LLC
PO Box 10051
Lancaster, CA 93584

If querying by snail mail, please be sure to include an SASE in order to accommodate a reply.

All queries may be sent to info@lore-online.com.

RESPONSE TIME: Update effective 6/1/12: Beginning on 6/1/12, our response time will officially go up to 90 days for submissions received on or after that date.

PAY SCALE: Made by check or by Paypal, as requested.

Fiction: US$.05/word, payable upon publication. Plus, one copy of the edition in which the work appears, as applicable.

Reprints: US$.02/word, payable upon publication. Plus, one copy of the edition in which the work appears, as applicable.

RIGHTS: Exclusive First World English Rights for print and First Electronic Rights for one year from date of print publication. Rights are then no longer exclusive and revert back to the author.

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