Taking Submissions: Tales from the Grave An Anthology of True Ghost Stories
Tales from the Grave An Anthology of True Ghost Stories Deadline: January 16th 2012 Payment: Contributor's Copy Edited by: Rodney Nojek Deadline: 1/16/2012 Release Date: 2/27/2012 Payment: One Contributor copy upon publication Tales from the Grave An Anthology of True Ghost Stories is an anthology of personal ghost stories. Think about what made a chill run down your spine when the lights were off and you were home alone in the dark. What We Want We are looking for first hand ghost accounts between 4,000 and 7,000 words pertaining to a personal experience or a story told to you, a family member, or a friend. Any plot that is ghost themed is acceptable except for sexual content including, but not limited to rape, and sexual torture of any kind. Remember that everyone likes a true ghost story. How Your Stories Should Be SentWe are looking for first hand ghost accounts between 4,000 and 7,000 words pertaining to a personal experience or a story told to you, a family member, or a friend. Any plot that is ghost themed is acceptable except for sexual content including, but not limited to rape, and sexual torture of any kind. Remember that everyone likes a true ghost story. How Your Stories Should Be Sent All entries MUST be a .doc file. The text must be 12pt Garamond single-spaced please indent paragraphs with one hit on the tab key. Emails with submissions sent in any other format will be replied with a request to convert the file into a .doc format. Title, Author's Name, Word Count, and Author's Email MUST be on the first page of the document. The stories should be edited to the best of your ability, but they will be looked over for any missed grammatical errors. The story should be single-spaced...
Taking Submissions: Evil Jester Digest Volume 1
Deadline: January 16th 2012 Payment: 4% of the book’s profit with no cap + 1 contributor copy. Evil Jester Press is proud announce, a new biannual collection of the very best in horror fiction. EVIL JESTER DIGEST—Volume One Edited by Peter Giglio Now open for submissions! Submission window: December 4, 2011 – January 16, 2012 Reading period: January 16, 2012 – January 31, 2012 Final selections: February 1, 2012 Scheduled release Date: March 26, 2012—the book will debut at World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City! Payment: 4% of the book’s profit with no cap + 1 contributor copy. The story selected as “Best in Volume” will receive placement as the anthology’s first story, and the book’s custom cover art will be based on that author’s tale! All author’s names will be included on the front cover! "Best in Volume" will also receive a certificate commemorating the honor! Number of accepted stories: Ten stories will be accepted for volume 1. Story length: 3,000 – 10,000 words Theme: This is a non-themed horror anthology, part of a biannual series. Send us your best! Submission format: Double spaced, 12 point Times New Roman, italics for italics (do not underline), scene breaks divided by ***, ¼” indents for new paragraphs, 1” margins, contact information and word count at top of submission, 1 space after punctuation. Send submissions to: spiderbond325(at)hotmail.com—Questions should be sent to the same email address. Please include a short third person bio with each submission—this is the bio that will appear with your story if it is selected for publication. Reprints: No—Evil Jester Digest will be comprised of all original stories. We will contract selected authors for exclusive worldwide print rights for a period of one year. We look forward to reading your stories!
