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Submissions
The New Bedlam Project is now CLOSED to submissions. We open again April 1st following some exciting changes!
Submission Guidelines
We open again April 1st following some exciting changes!
Updated October 1, 2010
General Information:
The New Bedlam Project is published bi-annually: June 15th, November 15th.
Stories and poetry not meeting the following guidelines will be deleted unread, and receive only the auto-response.
Our reading periods are now:
June issue - 1 Oct-30 Nov
November issue - 1 Apr-30 May
We expect to publish 2-3 poems, up to 5 flash, up to 5 shorts and 2 long stories per issue, as well as guest spots from various residents of New Bedlam.
** We will not be accepting submissions during our regular reading period due to these changes, but will open again for the regular reading period in April. **What we want:
All submissions must take place in the fictional town of New Bedlam, which has no specific geographical location other than north of Missouri, east of Utah, south of Nunavut and west of Kentucky. All writers are expected to refrain from giving any specific location.
Two maps of New Bedlam are provided on the About New Bedlam page. When describing New Bedlam (if necessary) in your story, please refer to the map that fits your timeframe.
Stories and poetry can take place in any timeframe, although be forewarned, we'll expect steampunk to be Victorian, and sci-fi to be somewhat futuristic (current science to future sci-fi).
No multiple or simultaneous submissions in fiction. No more than two poems per submission.
Reprints are not considered for obvious reasons. At this point, non-fiction and artwork are not required. Please do not query.
Stories and poetry not meeting the guidelines will be deleted unread, and receive only the auto-response.
Genres:
Acceptable in fiction:
horror, dark & urban fantasy, steampunk, science-fiction, dark romance (not HEA, maybe not even HFN)
Not acceptable in fiction: erotica, abusive, non-fiction, children's.
Acceptable in poetry:
horror, dark & urban fantasy, steampunk, science-fiction, dark romance (not HEA, maybe not even HFN)
Not acceptable in poetry: erotica, abusive, children's or angsty.
All stories and poetry must be rated PG-13 to R.
Word Count and Payment Info:
Flash: 75-1000 - $10
Short Fiction: 1000-4000 - $20
Long Fiction: 4000-6000 - $30
Poetry: 250 words or 40 lines - $5
Our word and line counts are strict, we no longer consider unsolicited serials or longer fiction.
The New Bedlam Project pays a token stipend within 30-days following publication, either by a US Funds check or Paypal.com.
Contracts are sent via email and acceptance must be returned by email within a week, or the acceptance will voided.
Rights:
We purchase exclusive first North American print and electronic rights which revert to the author after 6 months, and non-exclusive archival rights for as long as the material remains available. Authors retain all other rights.
All contributors receive a contributor copy of the issue their work appears in.
Format:
We expect a very brief cover letter and 100 (maximum) word bio in the body of the submission email, submission itself attached in an .rtf file, formatted as below.
We now accept Rich Text Files (.rtf) files only. Absolutely no .docx files; these and any other format will be deleted unread and without response.
- 1 inch margins all around.
- Double space, first line indent at .3 using paragraph format only: do not use tabs, or space bar.
- 12 pt. Courier New, Times New Roman or other non-fancy serif font acceptable, Times preferred.
- First page header should contain name, address, email and alternate email to the left, title and word count to the right. Following headers should be right aligned and contain your last name - title - page number. You can create separate headers by choosing the 'different first page' in page format options.
- Subject of email must state Fiction Submission - the title - your name or Poetry Submission - the title - your name. If your submission email subject line is not presented as such we can not guarantee we've got it, and we will not go hunting through spam filters to find it.
Contact:
Please use the form on the Contact Us page for queries.
Submissions can be sent to: submissions at newbedlam.com
