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Vol.2 Iss.2 Now Live!
The staff of The New Bedlam Project would like to welcome new visitors KV Taylor, Richard Sampson, Gregory L. Hall, and Janett Grady. A hearty hi-dee-ho to returning guests Zoe E. Whitten, Nancy Gray and John Irvine. We're happy to have you with us!
Courting Morpheus is LIVE!
The long-awaited anthology that started it all is now available through Belfire Press and Amazon.com.
Submissions
The New Bedlam Project is now OPEN to submissions. We close again July 30th, so get 'em in quick!
Submission Guidelines
between July 1st-30th, 2010.
Updated July 1st, 2010
General Information:
The New Bedlam Project is to be published quarterly: April 1, July 1, October 1, and January 1.
Our reading periods are now:
April issue - October 1-30
July issue - February 1-28
October issue - April 1-30
January issue - July 1-30
We expect to publish one poem, up to two flash, up to two shorts and one longer short story per issue, as well as guest spots from various residents of New Bedlam.
At the end of each volume year, all issues will be removed from the website, bundled into a portable document file to download for a small fee.
What we want:
All submissions must take place in the fictional town of New Bedlam. There is no specific geographical location for New Bedlam, 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. Seriously - anything else and we'll delete your submission unread and without response.
Authors considering serial material are requested to query the editor.
Reprints are not considered for obvious reasons. At this point, non-fiction and artwork are not required. Please do not query.
Genres:
Acceptable: horror, dark & urban fantasy, steampunk, science-fiction, and yes, even dark romance (not HEA, maybe not even HFN) stories and dark poetry.
Not acceptable in fiction: erotica, abusive, non-fiction, children's.
Not acceptable in poetry: erotica, abusive, children's or angsty.
All stories and poetry must be rated R to PG-13.
Word Count:
Flash - 75-750
Short Fiction - 751-2500
Long Fiction - 2501-4000
Longer Fiction - query (we may consider longer works for serials)
Poetry - up to 250 words and no more than 40 lines
Payment/Rights:
We pay $0.01/word to a $20 cap for fiction, and a $5.00 flat fee for poetry.
The New Bedlam Project pays a token stipend within the 30-days following publication, by US Funds Check only, although other arrangements can be made with the management. International contributors will be paid via Paypal.com. Contracts are sent via email and must be returned by email within a week, or the acceptance will voided.
We purchase First Electronic Serial: Web, CD-ROM and .pdf/download, and non-exclusive Print/Electronic Archival Rights. Authors retain all other rights.
All contributors will be given a free copy of both versions of the year end archive collection, should they choose to have their work included. Those who opt out will not be included and therefore will not receive the copies.
Format:
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. If you have not received a response to your submission within 30 days of the closing of the reading period, query.
- 1 inch margins all around.
- Double space.
- First line indent at .5 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.
- Double return (hard break) between paragraphs.
- 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.
In the body of your email, please include the story information, a very brief bio (100 words maximum) and all of your contact information. Again - if the subject is not listed as above, your submission may be missed as our mail filters have strict settings.
Contact:
Please use the form on the Contact Us page for everything except submissions. Submissions can be sent to: submissions at newbedlam.com
Notice - Other Projects:
The New Bedlam Project may also request a hold for first print rights to some stories, further payment and contract pending, for the Courting Morpheus series of anthologies.
