The stories critiqued there are not published, they are for writers’ benefit only, not available to general readers. This section is only for interested writers. When submitting a story please state you’d be interested in this, and we will occasionally choose one of these stories for the Open Mic Critique. The Critiqued Story Place for writers who’d like to see and ask questions about extended critiques from our staff on a story they submitted. For now, the Open Mic section is Paused it includes: Comments will be passed on without reader names.Ģ. Readers can opt in or out of having their feedback passed on, so there may be few or no opinions to send you. There may be repetition and contradictory opinions. Writers requesting feedback must understand that this is Unedited Feedback Not Intended as Diplomatic Critique it is the honest and considered opinions of our first readers and assistant editors, designed to help the editors in their assessment of stories. You will receive feedback only if you request it. Writers who would like feedback on their stories should request it at the end of their submissions comments. We have brought back a modified version of the feedback system which will not be time intensive for the editors: Reprints must not have been published elsewhere within the past year or be available for sale online except as part of an anthology.įor the many writers who valued our feedback on their stories:ġ. Submit only work you are proud of - if you don’t love it, neither will our readers! If in doubt, edit it down further. We have tough standards but only care about the quality of the writing, storytelling ability, characters, plot, and ideas, not whether you’re new or established. We accept new work as well as reprints, prose and poetry, anywhere from 1000 word flash fiction on up, but all else being equal, shorter pieces will be favored. It can be varied as needed to include the rights of translators, voice actors, etc. You can read a copy of our standard contract here. You can learn about The Kepler Award here. We began The Kepler Award to recognize and encourage writers of excellent science fiction and fantasy stories that creatively extrapolate on known science in constructive and exciting ways. We’ll look at longer poems but that would be a hard sell, and words over 40 lines would be paid at 8¢ per word. We pay 8 ¢ per word for n ew fiction, 2¢ per word for fiction reprints, 2 – 8¢ per word for new fact-based work, 1- 4¢ per word for reprinted fact articles.įor new poetry, we pay $1 a line, reprints would be 50¢ a line, up to 40 lines. The first and second day of every month, 12 am of the 1st to 12 am of the 3rd, E.S.T.įor reading impaired individuals, our submissions manager and ‘forget password’ have a captcha compatible with screen readers.
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