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Taking Submissions: Saros #1
July 10 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Submission Window: August 5th – 18th, 2024
Payment: $40 CAD per story and $40 CAD for cover art
Theme: Original science fiction or SF-tinged literary stories between 2,000 and 15,000 words.
Fiction
IMPORTANT NOTE: THE GUIDELINES FOR FICTION BELOW ARE FOR SAROS #1 ONLY! EACH ISSUE’S GUEST EDITOR WILL HAVE THEIR OWN SET OF GUIDELINES, SO BE SURE TO READ THIS SECTION CLOSELY EVEN IF YOU’VE SUBMITTED IN THE PAST!
- Original science fiction or SF-tinged literary stories between 2,000 and 15,000 words. (We will not be accepting reprints for this issue.)
- We are happy to see science fiction from all subgenres, though we do appreciate a touch of the bizarre. Our preference is for personal stories that are weird, dark, thoughtful, mythic, or wondrous. Blended genres and bleak stories are welcome and encouraged!
- We love well-realized settings, strong narrative voices, and a focus on character.
- Stories that feature time travel, high action, zombies, children, or narration by inanimate objects will be harder to place. That said, we’re looking for quality above all else. Please send us your stories and do not self-reject!
- We’re always interested in publishing work by marginalized voices. If that’s you, and you feel comfortable doing so, please call this out in your cover letter.
- Absolutely no AI written stories. All work must be created by humans.
Art
- Original cover art should include science fiction elements. We would love to see pieces that are strange or wonderful, but are open to anything as long as it fits the genre.
- As with fiction, we absolutely do not accept artwork created by AI.
- Any art should be able to be comfortably formatted as cover art for a 5″x8″ paperback.
Payment and Rights
- Payment is $40 CAD per story and $40 CAD for cover art
- Our preferred method of payment is PayPal. If you live in a region where PayPal is not available, we’ll do our best to work with you to find an alternate method of payment.
- For fiction, we purchase first world electronic and print rights in English, with an exclusivity period of 30 days from the date of publication
- For art, we purchase non-exclusive electronic and print licensing, to be used as cover art
How To Submit
- Stories can be sent in RTF, DOC, DOCX or ODT file formats. Standard manuscript formatting is nice but not necessary. No one’s going to get accepted or rejected based on manuscript formatting, so don’t stress about it.
- If you’d like to include a cover letter, feel free to do so. If you’d rather leave it blank, that’s fine, too. (Note that the submission system requires you to enter something in the cover letter field–if you don’t want to include one, just write “Blank” or something like that.)
- Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please be sure to withdraw your submission from us if accepted elsewhere.
- You may submit only one story at a time. However, if your story is rejected during the reading period, you are welcome to submit again.
- You’re welcome to submit any pieces that have been considered and rejected for previous issues of Saros, or by Fusion Fragment.
- Art can be sent in JPG/JPEG, PNG, or SVG file formats. Ideally, send a low-res screenshot instead of any print-ready files. If you have multiple pieces you’d like to submit, choose the artwork you think best represents your style and provide a link to your portfolio in the cover letter field, along with any further details about which pieces are available for licensing.
- You will receive an automated email confirming receipt of your submission that will include a link where you can check your position in the queue. If you do not receive this email, you should query at [email protected] to make sure that your story has been received. (In some cases, you may need to whitelist moksha.io in your email settings.)
- Send your work to us through the Moksha submission system, which you can access by clicking here or on the image below. (Please do NOT submit stories directly via the email above.)
Via: Saros Speculative Fiction.
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Stuart Conover is a father, husband, published author, blogger, geek, entrepreneur, horror fanatic, and runs a few websites including Horror Tree!