WRITERS' GUIDELINES

VALENTINE STORIES

What kind of stories celebrate Valentine's Day? Romance stories, perhaps -- with our usual science fiction, fantasy and/or horror twist.

Length -- maximum 4000 words.

Our usual PG standards apply.

Deadline: December 1

Proposed date of issue: January 1

Compensation: $10 per story.

Send submissions to whortleberrypress@yahoo.com.


FREE RANGE FAIRY TALES

These are old fairy tales given a modern twist, possibly reminiscent of Rocky and Bullwinkle's "Fractured Fairy Tales." Or, you can create a whole new tale, just so it is set in the "fairy tale world."

Length -- 2000 to 4000 words.

Our usual PG standards apply, of course.

Deadline: June 15.

Proposed date of issue: August 1, 2010.

Compensation: $10 per story.

Send submissions to whortleberrypress@yahoo.com


HALLOWEEN DANCES WITH THE DEAD

Our annual collection of ghosts, goblins, witches, etc. -- go easy on the vampires; they've been done to death (if that's the right term) other places.

Length -- 2000 to 4000 words.

The usual PG standards apply.

Deadline: August 1, 2010.

Proposed date of issue: September 15, 2010.

Compensation: $10 per story.

Send submissions to whortleberrypress@yahoo.com


Christmas anthology: theme, PEACE ON EARTH.

Yes, we're looking for our usual sf/f/h Christmas stories, but keep in mind the "Peace on Earth" theme. (As one correspondent put it, "That will make it fantasy, for sure.!")

Length -- 2000 to 4000 words.

PG standards, of course.

Deadline: Sept. 15, 2010.

Proposed date of issue: September 30, 2010.

Compensation: $10 per story.

Send submissions to whortleberrypress@yahoo.com.


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