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flashquakeSubmission Notes |
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General Submission Information: Proof your work thoroughly! Typographical and grammatical errors distract the reader. Such errors may disqualify your submission, and will certainly make a less than favorable impression on our editors. We do accept simultaneous submissions. Please be sure to tell us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. We do not accept multiple submissions. Submissions are restricted to one piece of work per author/artist in any single category per reading period. For fiction: Keep in mind our limit of 1000 words, but tell us a complete story with interesting situations and compelling characters. Excite us! Surprise us! Make us laugh! Make us think! For nonfiction: The only limit here is length: 1000 words. Tell us your true story, and include the same elements as those of good flash fiction: interesting situations, compelling characters, fresh insights, memorable themes. For poetry: Enclose your submission of up to 3 poems of 35 lines each formatted single-spaced. If you have special formatting requirements, please make note of them in the "Comments" section of the submission form. For plays: Please see The Passion Peddler for an example of the format we prefer. We're looking for plays that would not exceed ten minutes in duration when performed on the stage or radio. That means no more than ten pages in the standard format. If in doubt, allow for approximately 150 words per minute. Better still, read your play aloud with appropriate-length pauses for stage directions to determine its length. We're looking for pieces that are profound, funny, dramatic and original. Remember — these aren't short stories, they're PLAYS, and that means ACTION, whether physical or psychological. There is no limit to the number of props and characters allowed. However, the more you can do with less, the more impressed we'll be! Submission Guidelines for Photographs and Artwork: We welcome submissions from photographers and artists. We ask for one time publication rights and permission to archive the image on the site. We will consider previously published art as long as the artist has retained the rights. The artist/photographer will receive a CD copy of the issue in which the work appears. Artwork will be removed from the archive upon request of the artist. Artwork/photographs should not be sexually explicit or violent. A $50 prize will be paid to the artist whose work is selected for the cover page of each issue Send artwork in JPEG or GIF file format as an attachment to an e-mail message. Put Art/Photo Submission in the subject line, and provide the title of the work. Include your name, address, and e-mail address in the message portion of the e-mail together with a very brief biography (no more than 50 words), and information about the medium and size of the original work. Send the e-mail to artwork@flashquake.org. Those artists selected for publication will be notified two weeks prior to publication date.
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