Taking Submissions: Starship Librarians
November 15
Deadline: November 15th, 2024
Payment: $50 CDN and a Contributors Copy
Theme: Tell us about the librarians of the future and their key role in humanity
Fortune Favours the Bold
And that means seeking out diverse voices and visions. We value the opportunity to work with authors and artists of different races, gender, ages, religions, and identities. Fiction gives us the unique ability to experience new cultures and perspectives. Come explore with us.
edited by Shannon Allen and JR Campbell
Badgered and beleaguered, the front line of the culture wars, enduring book bans, budget cuts, and ruthless political theatre, it’s a tough time to be a Librarian. Yet if there is to be a better tomorrow, it will be built on the art and wisdom of today. Building community, preserving knowledge, sharing art: simple principles demanding resolute determination and sincere empathy from those staffing the desks and stocking the shelves.
And the Librarians of tomorrow?
Does anyone still believe that an algorithm can fill this vital, sensitive role? Librarians function above the digital revolution’s reach. Have we realized databases, search engines, and other tech tools can never replace human librarians? In the hands of a master, such tools might increase their abilities, but the great cathedrals of knowledge and monuments of literature will never be ruled by the soulless. You can’t code empathy, program taste, or script inspiration. It’s time we recognize society should never replace empowered Librarians.
We are looking for stories about the librarians of tomorrow. Whether essential crew in the grand exploration of the space, defenders of knowledge in bleak radioactive tomorrows, or idealists in the halls of Neo-Alexandria, we want to check out your stories.
A bold Commander, brilliant science officers, resourceful engineers, but no starship crew is complete without a librarian!
Rights and compensation:
A.I. submissions: should be noted as such and will not be accepted
For Fiction: $50 CDN flat fee and a paperback contributor copy of the anthology
We are seeking first world rights in English and exclusive right to publish in print and electronic format for six months after publication date, after which publisher retains nonexclusive right to continue to publish for the life of the anthology.
Open submission period: September 1 – November 15, 2024
No simultaneous or multiple submissions.
No reprints.
Canadian spelling.
Submissions can be sent via email to: [email protected]
Via: Tyche Books.
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