Taking Submissions: Noncorporeal III: Nightfall
Deadline: January 31st, 2025
Payment: Royalties and if in the US a contributors copy
Theme: Spooky stories that aren’t horror which contain at least one paranormal entity and ideally will include a scene at night or take place at night
Submission Period: November 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025
Incorporeal – At least one paranormal entity must be not composed of matter; having no material existence.
Nightfall – Some stories selected will have a component of night to them, it is not required for submission
Express yourself as the theme moves you.
Stories that contain infanticide, rape, or gratuitous gore will not be accepted.
Submission Period: November 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025
Submissions: No AI, 1 per author; no reprints, no simultaneous submissions;
Submission Cost: Free
Word Limit: 2,000 to 6,000 words
Submission Guidelines: Anonymous submission with no author name in document; 12 pt Times or Arial; .Doc or .Docx; double-space; first line indent; no tabs used.
Genres: Spooky
Anticipated Pay: Royalty share of D2D sales
Each story will receive a share, as will the editor, contributors, and publisher, from the sales on the D2D platform. This does not include: Kickstarter funds unless detailed in the Stretch goals; wholesale to authors; or non-D2D retail outlets. Links will be available to direct your customers to D2D outlets.
Timeline Projections:
Submissions close: January 31, 2025
Review: February 2025
Acceptance / Rejection: March 2025
Edits: February – March 2025
Production: April 2025
Published: May 2025
Upon acceptance, the author is expected to work with the editor on at least one round of revisions in MSWord. Our publication goal will be the spring of 2025; however, the extensive time needed to review and edit submissions may vary depending upon the submitted works and author’s response times. Inkd Publishing LLC will hold first publication rights for four months after publication and the continuing non-exclusive right to reproduce the work in Noncorporeal III: Nightfall.
Authors must provide assurance that their story submission is an original, previously unpublished work, was not generated by AI, is not currently under consideration elsewhere, and that it will not be submitted for publication elsewhere prior to receiving notification that it has not been accepted for inclusion in Noncorporeal III: Nightfall.
D2D royalty sharing: contributors can expect ongoing financial compensation from Draft 2 Digital for stories published in the anthology. An account with Draft 2 Digital will be required to provide royalty share payments.
One complimentary copy of the printed anthology shipped to the US only.
Via: Inkd Publishing.
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