Singular Irregularity
Time Travel Gone Terribly Wrong
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It's only time travel; what could go wrong?
You tell me.
No, seriously, you
tell me. When things don't go as planned, what's plan B? What's the
contingency? Who cleans up the mess? We're looking for any creative take on the
concept of time-travel-gone-wrong. Anything from hiccups in the time-space to
full-blown Armageddon. We are not going to curb the creative process with
further direction or limits, just entertain and wow us.
Send us your original Science Fiction/Fantasy stories of
up to 10,000 words weaving a story of temporal distress. Previously published
stories will be tentatively considered. Pay will be .01/word to .06/word,
please see below for more details. Deadline for submissions is April 17.
What We're Looking
For:
Hard Sci-fi
Soft Sci-fi
Fantasy
Urban
Steampunk
SpaceOpera
Horror
Nearly any Fiction sub-genre that suits the theme
What We Like To
See:
Character Development
Well-Researched Concepts
Eloquent Prose
Non-Conforming Ideas and Styles
What We Don't
Want To See:
Unnecessary Violence or Gore
Sexual Assault of Any Kind
Sexually Explicit Scenes (Romance is okay, but keep it
PG-13)
How It Works
Upon completion of the submission period, authors who are
extended an invitation to be a part of the Anthology will have a week to
respond to inquiries. Authors will need to provide a photo, short bio, and a short
blurb or teaser about the story by April 29. A signed contract must be received
no later than this deadline for inclusion in the campaign. Sample contract can
be found here.
Once the cast of authors is assembled, a Kickstarter will
launch to fund the project. Authors are encouraged, but not required, to help
spread exposure of the campaign.
Authors will be expected to complete all requested edits during
the campaign period (30 days) and maintain an open dialogue with the editor(s).
If the Kickstarter meets its minimum funding goal, all
authors will be paid .01/word via PayPal upon debut of the finished anthology
in August 2016. For each benchmark above minimum funding (see below),
compensation to the authors will be increased. The purpose of the campaign is
to offer compensation for creative talent. Thus, in the event that the
Kickstarter is unsuccessful, the anthology will not be published, and all
rights will revert back to the authors with no obligation to any party.
Pay
Pay Is Commensurate With Seven Kickstarter Benchmarks:
(1) Minimum funding goal: .01/word and a PDF copy of the
finished anthology
(2) $500 above goal: All contributing authors also
receive a paper-back contributor copy of the anthology
(3-7) For every $2,000 above that for the next five
iterations, pay per word will be increased by .01/word for original stories, and
.005/word for re-prints. Final pay if all seven benchmarks are reached will be
.06/word for original fiction and .035/word for re-prints.
Authors are encouraged to spread exposure of the campaign
to enable us to increase their compensation.
How To Submit
Send submissions to:
submissions (at) GrayWhisper (dot) com
Please Include:
- Your story attached as an RTF file
- Inline: A few sentences about your story, a few
sentences about yourself, and previous publication information if your story is
a re-print.
- If you are willing to offer an incentive for a backing
bid, (example: allow a Kickstarter backer to name one of your victims/heroes/villains/objects/locations/etc...)
what would you like to offer?
Special Note:
It has been brought to our attention that our e-mail server has been sending false errors. Do not be discouraged if you received a failure to deliver notice. It appears we are still receiving submissions without issue.
Please expect a response for your submission by April 22nd. If you have not received a response to your submission, please feel free to contact the editor, Kimber Grey: kim (at) GrayWhisper (dot) com
Please expect a response for your submission by April 22nd. If you have not received a response to your submission, please feel free to contact the editor, Kimber Grey: kim (at) GrayWhisper (dot) com
8 comments:
can I attach in Word document? I have no idea of RTF.
Thanks.
Euince Barbara - RTF is a Rich Text Format Document, and it is one of the file formats Microsoft Word is capable of creating. Simply open your document, select "Save As" from your file menu, and select Rich Text Format. :) Knowing how to create this file format can be important for a writer since many markets and publishers prefer it. I hope this was helpful.
~Kimber
How many stories do you expect to include? Have you ever done a Kickstarter before? And, most importantly, what is the minimum goal?
Dear Donald,
Thank you for your interest.
(amended statement below)
There will be between 100K and 140K words in the anthology. That equates to a minimum of 14 stories at around 10K each. Since Flash Fiction is also being considered, the number of stories could vary. (I must have been very tired when I responded. Please forgive my atrocious math in the first statement)
I have successfully funded another Kickstarter project before this one. It was for a fiction novel, and all incentives were received.
The minimum goal for the kickstarter is based upon paying the authors 1cent/word, Portal and Kickstarter fees, 25% drop-off from pledges not honored, a print-run of 30 books (I originally said 50, but the estimates I have only permitted 30 at the minimum goal), and fulfillment printing if every single pledge miraculously turns out to be the lowest level that receives a printed novel.
The first goal is $3500, and that includes the minium pay to the contributors. The first stretch goal of $4000 would allow me to print and mail physical copies to the contributing authors and artists.
~Kimber
Hello,
Your guidelines state that all authors will be paid the minimum of $0.01 per word, but later it says that reprint stories will be paid at ".035/word for re-prints" if the Kickstarter campaign reaches all of its stretch goals. Could you please confirm whether the accepted reprint stories will receive the minimum of $0.01 per word, assuming the anthology funds at any level and is produced?
Thanks!
Alex
Hello, Alex. Thank you for your interest. The fully funded pay for reprints is 3.5 cents per word.
Thanks for the clarification! Clearly, math was not a subject required in the science fiction writing school I attended! :)
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