Taking Submissions: Tales of Winter Shadows
Speculation PublicationsSubmission Window: July 4 - September 6th, 2024 Payment: $20.00 for original fiction, $10.00 for poems , $5.00 for reprints Theme: As cold and silence envelopes the earth, and all things lie dormant, we all move inward and lean toward hibernation, shadow work and self-reflection. Note: Reprints Welcome Opens for Submissions July 4 The next edition to our popular YULE anthology will be opening this summer for submissions. Submissions open July 4 - September 6 Send manuscripts to [email protected] Subject EVERGREEN SUBMISSION Word Count: 2,000 to 7,000 for stories Up to 4 pages for poetry $20.00 for original fiction $10.00 for poems $5.00 for reprints Format your story in Shunn Manuscript Format The more submissions we get, the less exceptions we are able to make. Title your file - Author Name - Evergreen - Story Title EX: Spears-Evergreen-Toxic **Make sure your name and email are at the top of your document **Your cover letter and bio NEED to be in the body of the email. As cold and silence envelopes the earth, and all things lie dormant, we all move inward and lean toward hibernation, shadow work and self-reflection. From all over the world, within the darker days live many celebrations of good triumphing over evil, light's victory over darkness and of seeds planted deep, waiting to slowly reach for the sun and burst into life. What we want: Your unique, fictional stories of the dark and stillness and what light brings out of the shadows. Stories of transformation. Stories of cold forests, elves and magickal places. Stories of witch magick, the occult and ghosts. We want modern retellings of Yaldā, Soyal, Roman Saturnalia or the Dongzhi Festival. Stories of the winter solstice, Bodhi Day, Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, Omisoka, and Kwanzaa. Look into your ancestral roots and tell us about...