Call for Submissions
Submissions for the next CSFG Publishing anthology, Masques, are welcome between 20 April-31 October 2008.
Masques will be edited by Gillian Polack (who writes for Food Past here on the 451 network) and Scott Hopkins. Stories may be any length up to 5,000 words. All approaches to the theme are welcome, as long as they are by nature speculative.
Payment will be contributors’ copies plus $10 for stories under 1,500 words and $25 for all other based on published word count.
Submissions are encouraged from Australian writers of all levels of experience, with special encouragement given to CSFG members. Submissions should be sent (as plain email with stories as .rtf only) to masquessubmissions@gmail.com. Please make sure that the following information is in the email proper:
Name
Address
Email Address
Name of story
Other contact information
If you wish to contribute to the interior artwork, please contact masquescsfg@gmail.com
Dates for submissions: April 20th to October 31st 2008
Contact Information: masquescsfg@gmail.com
Speculative: “Speculative fiction is a term which has been used in multiple related but distinct ways. Speculative fiction is a type of fiction that asks the classic “What if?” question and attempts to answer it.
In more recent times, the term has come into wider use again, and gained the neutral inclusive sense as a convenient collective term for a set of genres. Its modern meaning depends on the speaker and the context.
A variation on this term is “speculative literature.” “Speculative fiction” is sometimes abbreviated “spec-fic,” “S-F,” “SF,” or “sf.” Care with context is needed in the use of such shorthand, as those last three abbreviations are more commonly used to mean just “science fiction.” - Wikipedia
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May 6th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
I see this opportunity is for Australian writers only. Sigh. Oh, it’s fair enough, and I understand why, but you’d posted this once before and I didn’t notice that. I was turning ideas for a story over in my head. I may just write it anyway, just for myself.
May 7th, 2008 at 5:24 am
The trouble with living overseas (for me) is that so many submissions are for US only, so I do like to spotlight Aussie submissions. No worries, though. I’ll throw in plenty more US and international submissions.
Plus, it’s always good to exercise your writing muscles.
May 7th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Thank you for letting us know about this one. I love that you share these, because I like to look for the ones that I think I might be able to put something together for or having something for. Even though I can’t submit to this, it is worth trying to write the style.
Now, to play with this speculative fiction concept.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:47 am
Penelope - It’s always my pleasure to spread the word when and where I can when it comes to submissions.
Speculative fiction is fun. I hope you enjoy it!