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Publishing and Marketing
#41

Holdfast magazine: print anthology

http://www.holdfastmagazine.com/submission-guidelines/4582814806

Deadline 15th June 2014

We are looking for fiction and non-fiction on all four themes:
Speculating on Speculative Women
Animals, Beasts and Creatures
Objects, Artefacts and Talismans
Diverse Reflections: Seeing Yourself in Speculative Fiction

Pay is by ‘future-based earnings cooperative’, so nothing guaranteed.

#42

Just seen this on Furplanet’s website:

FANG Volume 6: Victorian Romance Submission Status: Open Submission Deadline: August 31, 2014 (Tentative release date: January 2015 at Further Confusion) Editor: Ashe Valisca, send all submissions and queries to ashe.anthologies@gmail.com Rate of Pay: 1/2 cent per word, Submissions Guidelines: Genre: Erotica We are pleased to announce the opening of submissions for FANG Volume 6: Victorian Romance. This time around we are taking a look back in history and style to the Victorian era and exploring the “seedy underbelly” of sexuality. Perhaps the letters between two lovers as they hide their relations from the world fearing rejection from polite society. The Victorian era is a delightfully complex and rich period that offers a spectrum of opportunities to write tales that will entice the senses and stir the loins of readers.

http://furplanet.com/shop/custom.aspx?recid=10

#43

I feel the need to point out the small print further in the document, story and formatting guidelines:

FANG has traditionally been M/M erotica and will continue to be so; however, please make sure that your adult content is relevant to the story you are telling.
#44

I talked to Sparf and he said that the original Fang introduction said otherwise, so this is something it has evolved into, which is a shame really…

#45

It’s that gay agenda for you, Voice.

#46

Just a reminder that the Megaplex conbook deadline is June 15 – theme is “The Candy Factory.” G or PG, 5-7 pages. Full info here:

https://my.megaplexcon.org/conbook

#47

I can’t find a mention of this, though it rings a bell:

Corvidae
Stories with crows, ravens etc.
http://worldweaverpress.com/submissions/calls-for-anthologies/

#48

Link seems to be broken, but found it here: http://www.worldweaverpress.com/submit-anthologies.html
They also have a forthcoming anthology on dragons, which I’m writing a submission for.

#49

Two more conbooks with fast-approaching deadlines:

Maltese FurCon
Theme: Mystery and intrigue
Length: About 650 words
Deadline: June 15, 2014
Conbook info: http://www.maltesefurcon.com/book.html

Rocky Mountain Fur Con
Theme: The 14ers
Length: About 650 words
Deadline: June 30, 2014
Conbook info: http://www.rockymountainfurcon.org/conbook-submissions/submission-guidelines.html

#50

Another option, with a June 30 Deadline.

The magazine is for Middle Grade, with a tight word limit, but their current theme is Magical Cats so I thought I’d mention it, and they pay professional rate. Or maybe it’s semi pro? Anyway, a really neat e-zine:

http://spellboundzine.com/guidelines-spellbound-middle-grade-fantasy-magazine/

#51

Charity anthology seeking wolf-themed short stories, flash fiction, poetry, and more – deadline July 31:

http://thurstonhowl.blogspot.com/2014/06/submission-guidelines-for-national.html

#52

I’m waiting to hear back on a wolf story I submitted to another anthology back in April…I’ll be really peeved if they reject it after the deadline for this one passes! (OK, OK, I’ll be peeved if they reject it full stop.)

#53

There is a Canadian magazine, On-spec looking for submissions for a 'punk-themed anthology (cyberpunk, steampunk, nature, magic, whatever) It’s non-furry, basically taking the same concept as Roland’s Punk’d anthology that finished taking submissions last year.

One little detail, just FYI; On Spec is a Federally and provincially sponsored magazine which requires that 80% of their content come from Canadian writers, which is annoying but a caveat they follow to keep that funding.

http://suzenyms.blogspot.ca/2014/07/call-for-submissions-on-specs-punk.html?m=1

#54

In her blog she says to check out the website for the official submission details but provides no link :frowning: do you happen to know the site?

#55

Their listing at The Submission Grinder:
http://thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/Market.aspx?mid=14

#56

Sofawolf have announced a deadline of September 30th for both Heat and Hot Dish:

https://www.sofawolf.com/news/blog/heat-12-and-hot-dish-2-submissions-open-now-through-september-

#57

I’ll get that updated later today, then…

#58

A reminder that the Wolfwatcher anthology’s deadline is coming up soon (July 31). The editor has told me they’re actively seeking furry submissions. :slight_smile:

Charity anthology, 15K max, no reprints.

Full info:

http://thurstonhowl.blogspot.com/2014/06/submission-guidelines-for-national.html

#59

And a conbook deadline coming up fast (August 4) - Fur Reality, “One With the Machine.” (2K max)

http://www.furreality.org/uncategorized/conbook-submissions-open/

#60

Just got this in my inbox. You guys who’ve wanted sf and/or general-audience, here’s an opportunity. :slight_smile:

FurPlanet Publications has just opened The Furry Future, edited by Fred Patten, its forthcoming original-short story anthology for Further Confusion 2015. This will go on sale on January 15, 2015, so our deadline to accept proposed submissions is November 1, 2014, with the deadline for finished stories of December 1.

Our goal is a book of 120,000 to 150,000 words, with from ten to fourteen stories by different authors.

We would like to invite all FWG members to submit a story to this anthology. Since both our What Happens Next and Five Fortunes have featured sequels to their authors’ previous stories, we would like this book to present original scenarios. No sequels. Show us what ideas you have for something new, with a strong furry theme.

The theme is the future, with furries. Utopias, dystopias, dramas, comedies, on Earth or in interstellar space, all furry or how the first furrys are bioengineered, why humans bioengineer furrys, how the human public reacts to furrys, furry scientists inventing the future, marketing for furrys (what products will a furry population want to buy), and so on. We would prefer stories set in a strong furry or mixed human-furry civilization, rather than strong s-f in which the characters are only incidentally furry, or “funny animal” stories where the characters are obvious humans just superficially anthro animals.

Length: 5,000 to 20,000 words preferred. Shorter is okay if you have a good idea. Longer than 20,000 words – let’s discuss it.

Payment: FurPlanet’s usual ½¢ per word, upon publication, plus a copy of the book. Authors may buy additional copies at a 30% discount.

Rating: G and PG preferred; R acceptable but discouraged.

My preference for real names or plausible pseudonyms is well-known, but furry pseudonyms are perfectly acceptable if an author has a well-known furry name that he or she would rather keep using.

This is an open submission anthology, so we expect many authors who have not been in one of my anthologies before. If you have any friends who would like to submit a furry short story, tell them about this. If you would like to recommend a writer, tell us about him or her.

My address is fredpatten@earthlink.net. I look forward to hearing from you.