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Taking Submissions: Penumbra: Family Traditions
September 30, 2013
Deadline: September 30th 2013
Payment: 5 cents per word
December 2013: Family Traditions
“Ah Christmas…warm and rosy time. The hot wine steams, the Yule log roars, and we’re the fat that’s in the fire.” Geoffrey, The Lion in Winter—Act I
Obviously, Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine probably aren’t the best example for family traditions—particularly when the biggest tradition they shared was warring with each other, but we couldn’t resist giving our Christmas issue a bit of spice. While we realize that we’ll be getting a plethora of stories about murdering in-laws over the holiday turkey—BUT we are still holding out hope that we won’t get Norman Rockwell in space. Family traditions can happen anywhere—or anywhen—so take the turkey and run with it.
CALL BEGINS ON JULY 1, 2013
CALL ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
Penumbra is looking for original, unpublished stories of 3500 words or less. We prefer that writers use Standard Manuscript Format for submissions. (You can read this article by Chuck Rothman on the SFWA site on preparing a manuscript for submission if you are unfamiliar with SMF.)
Please send your stories as file attachments in .rtf or .doc formats only. Please include a cover letter in the body of your email, with the manuscript title, you pen name if applicable, the exact word count of the story not including title and byline, and a publication history if applicable.
Penumbra is a professional rates paying publisher, paying 5 cents per word.
We will evaluate poetry submissions for each issue. We will also consider previously published stories with rights reverted to the author.
Penumbra has multiple issue calls open at the same time, therefore it is imperative that you include the issue theme in the subject line of your email. Submissions that do not include this information risk getting lost in our queue and not read before the deadline.
Penumbra uses Musa Publishing’s house style guide, which relies upon the Chicago Manual of Style. All accepted stories will be edited to reflect Musa house style.
If you have never been published before, please tell us. Penumbra likes publishing new authors as much as we like publishing experienced authors. Every month, we select one of the best stories from an author with little or no publishing experience and feature that story and author as our Rising Talent recipient for the month. The Rising Talent author’s story, biography, and a non-fiction essay will be featured on our website for a full year, as well as spotlighted in the Penumbra issue for that month.
We absolutely do not accept fan fiction.
Penumbra accepts both agented and unagented submissions. If you have any questions or need further information, please contact us at [email protected]..
[via: Penumbra Magazine.]
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