Submission Guidelines

 

What we're looking for:  Creative original prose and poetry by and for a gay, lesbian, bi, transgender, and queer audience.  Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry will be considered.  Some previously published material will be considered including stories, articles, and book excerpts.  Author must hold reprint rights to previously published material.

 

What we're not looking for:  Pornography or graphic erotica.

 

Submission Deadline:  December 31, 2008

 

Prose Word Count:  up to 3000 words

 

Poetry Word Count:  up to 40 lines

 

Authors may submit a combination of up to 5 pieces of prose or poetry for consideration.

 

Selection Process:  Each submission will be reviewed and considered based on creativity, originality, concept, and style.  Reading will be continuous and submissions will be considered as they arrive.  Not all works will be accepted.  There is NO Entry Fee or Reading Fee.

 

MANUSCRIPTS WILL NOT BE RETURNED.

 

Selected Submissions:  Authors will be notified in January 2009 by mail if their submission is selected for publication.  At that time, a contract will be issued along with further instructions for providing an electronic copy of your work and biography for publication.

 

Publication Date:  The Queer Collection: Prose and Poetry 2009 will have a publication date of June 2009. 

 

Rights:  Authors retain all rights to their work.

 

Contract:  A contract will be issued upon acceptance of an authors work.  Books may be ordered at that time at a discount, but it is NOT required that authors purchase books.

 

Payment:  Authors whose submissions are selected for publication will receive US$25 as payment for publication.

 

Author Purchased Books Pre-Publication:  Authors are not required to purchase books, but may purchase books below cover price.  These books may be resold at any price the author wishes with the author retaining all profits from those personal sales.  Additional ordering instructions will arrive with the author contract. Books ordered before March 31, 2009 receive the following pre-publication discounts:

 

$8 each

 

Author Purchased Books Post-Publication:  Authors are not required to purchase books, but may purchase books below cover price after publication as long as supplies last.  These books may be resold at any price the author wishes with the author retaining all profits from those personal sales.  Books ordered after April 1, 2009, receive the following post-publication discount:

 

$10 each

 

Pre- and Post-Publication prices include shipping charges (to US addresses only).

 

 

Submission Guidelines:

 

HARD COPIES ON WHITE PAPER ONLY (NO EMAIL SUBMISSIONS).

 

Cover Page for each work submitted:

 

TITLE

BYLINE

WORD COUNT

FULL NAME

ADDRESS

PHONE

EMAIL ADDRESS

 

NOTE IF PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED INCLUDING DATE AND SOURCE.

 

Body Format:

 

Header with Last Name, Title, Page Number

1" margins

12 point Times New Roman or Currier New font

Prose Double Spaced

Poetry spaced as intended for publication

 

Include your bio (up to 150 words) as the last page of your submission.

 

Mail Submissions to:

 

Gregory A. Kompes, editor

Queer Collection

Fabulist Flash Publishing

PO Box 570368

Las Vegas, NV 89157

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