I'm in the process of booking guest speakers for 2009.  If you know of anyone who would be interested in speaking to the group, please let me know.  We cannot pay a speaker fee but we do take them to lunch and they are welcome to bring their books or other merchandise to sell to the members.
 

HOWDY PARDNERS!

Submissions open November 1, 2008 an' close on February 28, 2009. Acceptances and declines will be ongoing through the submission period. No early or late submissions will be accepted. Put "SUBMISSION: [TITLE]" in the subject line, and address all correspondence to The Editors (there's two of us) and email them to: sillywestern@gmail.com - ¿Comprende? Now saddle up and write.

Time must figure prominently in each story. For example, the story could be about time travel. Or it might concern a wizard who uses spells that affect time in some way. It might be about people or things that have been displaced to a time other than their own. The story could even be about someone who’s time is running out, perhaps from a deadly disease or poison.

Stories that explore parallel events in time, the nature of time or in some other way are centered around time will all fit in this anthology.

Along with TIME as the central focus of the story, it must also fit in one of the following genres:

Hard Science Fiction
Soft Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Western

The above genres can be mixed with each other if desired but stories that fall outside of these will not be considered. For example, a story that is Space Western/Fantasy would be perfectly fine but a story that was Horror would not. The only exception would be minor elements. A fantasy could have some horror elements as long as they weren’t so heavy as to turn the story into a Horror or Horror/Fantasy mix.

If you have questions whether your story idea qualifies, feel free to email and ask.

Stories may be set in any time period from prehistory to the far future.

Word count must be between 3000 and 6500. Stories that are too short or too long will be sent back to the author to revise and resubmit.

Submissions open on Nov. 1, 2008 and close on May 1, 2009.  Submissions received before Nov. 1, or after May 1, will not be considered.

Send submissions as an attached .doc or .rtf file to:
timeantho@gmail.com

Submissions in other formats, or pasted into the body of the email, will be returned to the author with a request to resubmit in the correct format.

Those authors whose work is accepted will be offered the standard CWP anthology contract. Those terms are:

10 dollar flat fee to acquire the right to publish, and 1 free copy of the book. 5 year, non-exclusive contract for print format, paperback.

In addition, all contributors will have the right to buy as many copies as they would like for the base cost of printing and shipping, then keep the profit from any copies they personally sell.

North Texas Speculative Fiction Workshop's
THE 28TH DIMENSION: Tales From the Texas Zone
ANTHOLOGY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

NTSFW is proud to announce Speculative Fiction Short Story Contest for

THE 28TH DIMENSION: Tales From the Texas Zone. The contest is open to the public. The theme is "Texas" -- The story must be placed in Texas, have a "Texas-like" atmosphere, or simply use the word "Texas". Deadline: Dec 31, 2008.

Because this contest is to promote our 2009 anthology, entering the contest is an automatic agreement that your story may be selected to be printed once in our anthology. Please read the guidelines carefully. See http://www.ntsfw.com for more information.
 

Good luck!
Alley Hauldren
Contest Coordinator
NTSFW.Workshop@gmail.com
http://www.ntsfw.com
http://www.myspace.com/ntsfw

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