Anthology 2019: Other People, Other Places, Other Times

Written By: Eva Wise

Anthology Guidelines

  • Only manuscripts from SSWC members will be considered.
  • Submissions are accepted now through February 11, 2019.
  • All work must be original, unpublished, and your own personal work.
  • No excessive violence or sex.
  • All submitted material must be “clean” — error free, “polished” via critique group(s), and “submission ready” as if sending it to a publisher … because you are sending it to a publisher. Too many errors and the submission(s) will be returned.
  • If time permits, submission(s) may be re-entered after corrections, edits, and another critique group review are completed.
  • All submissions must be within the specified theme: Other People, Other Places, Other Times (any one of the three — all submissions do not have to be the same theme)
  • The anthology committee will not provide editing of your submissions.

Stories:

  1. Fiction or non-fiction
  2. Limit of three (3) story submissions
  3. Complete story (not an excerpt)
  4. Only one can be up to 5,000 words
  5. Other two are limited to 2,000 words each

Poems:

  1. Limit of five (5) poems
  2. Maximum of 50 lines each
  3. Rhymed, metered, or free verse

Art:

  1. Any medium
  2. Limited to five (5) submissions electronically submitted in high resolution (photo of art)
  3. Will be included in anthology as a black and white photo

Include with your submission(s):

  1. High resolution headshot (in jpeg format, at least 2″ x 3″ 300 dpi)
  2. Bio – minimum of 150 and up to 200 words
  3. Payment of $12 (per author – total) to cover the cost of publication

Requirements for stories and poems:

  1. Submissions:     electronic only (send to: anthology@sactowriters.org)
  2. Spacing:            1½ or double. Do not double space between paragraphs.
  3. Margins:           1 inch
  4. Indent:              Auto (not done by tab key or space bar)
  5. Font:                 Size 12 Times New Roman
  6. On the first page of EACH submission, include:
    1. Your name (and pen name, if applicable)
    2. Contact info
    3. Category/Theme (Indicate which you are using: Other People, Other Places, Other Times)
    4. Word count / line count