Submission Guidelines

Updated July 17, 2002

Post-crash update: We believe that all the e-mail received before the server crash has been salvaged, but mail was probably bouncing for a fair amount of the time that we were down. If you did get a bounce from a address, it should now be safe to resend.

This is the authoritative page for guidelines and addresses; information posted here supercedes market listings available in other publications or on other sites.

All submissions must be sent electronically to the appropriate editor.

Multiple submissions are allowed, but please keep it reasonable. Simultaneous submissions are also okay, but please note that fact in your e-mail. If the work has been previously published please tell us where and when. ("Previously published" applies to public dissemination in print or electronic format. Submitting work to a critique group is not considered publication provided the circulation is limited to others in the group, as with groups that meet physically or utilize password-protected sites. Posting work on your homepage is considered publication.)

Please include the following information in the e-mail and attachment (if applicable) of all submissions:

Legal name

Pseudonym (if applicable)

Snail mail address

E-mail address

Approximate word count (fiction)

Line count (poetry)

Publication history of the work (if applicable)

Bio and URLs (/spacer.gif)

Great Hall

The Great Hall re to submissions on April 1, 2002.

Fables publishes speculative fiction of all varieties: fantasy, science fiction, horror, sword and sorcery, urban fantasy, magical realism, science fantasy, time travel, alternate history, and so forth. There are no taboos as far as content or theme, and both serious and humorous stories are welcome. For a sense of the editor's tastes you can read previous issues.

Word count is Most works published on the site are shorts (under 1,000 words) or short stories (1,000-7,499 words) but we have published longer works in the past. Novelettes (7,500-17,499 words) are published in their entirety in one issue. Novellas (17,500-39,000 words) and novels (40,000 words and up) will be considered for serialization.

Attachments in .rtf are preferred. Attachments in .txt or .doc format are also acceptable, as are submissions in the body of the e-mail. Please keep formatting simple; even such apparently minor enhancements as curly quotes have a tendency to get garbled in transit.

Submissions for the Great Hall should be sent to Megan Powell at greathall

Poetry

Fables isto poems of all forms, provided they fit into the speculative genres.

Poems should be sent embedded in the e-mail.

Poetry submissions should be sent to Bryn Powell at poetry

Crown & Thistle

The Crown & Thistle re to submissions on April 1, 2002.

This section contains retellings of traditional folktales from around the world. Please include the cultural source of the folktale as well as any reference materials you may have used (we maintain a list and like to include references in the Marketplace).

Word count is though stories of this type seem to work best as shorts (under 1,000 words) or short stories (1,000-7,499 words).

Attachments in .rtf are preferred. Attachments in .txt or .doc format are also acceptable, as are submissions in the body of the e-mail. Please keep formatting simple; even such apparently simple things as curly quotes have a tendency to get garbled in transit.

Submissions for the Crown & Thistle should be sent to Megan Powell at c&t

Gallery

The Gallery will reto submissions in late 2002.

Work may be sent attached to the e-mail (.jpg or .gif format), or the artist may provide the URL for an online gallery. Images should be sent at a web-standard resolution of 72 dpi.

Art submissions should be sent to Lawrence D. P. Miller at art

Audio

If you are interested in submitting a recording, please query first.

Queries should be sent to Lawrence D. P. Miller at audio

Commentary

If you are interested in submitting work for review or joining our pool of reviewers, please see our review guidelines. Articles, interviews and other nonfiction pieces may be submitted individually. If you have an idea for a recurring column, please query.

Commentary queries and submissions should be sent to Lawrence D. P. Miller at commentary

Payment

Fables is a semi-professional market with the following pay rates. Serials, individual illustrations and other exceptions are negotiated on a case-by-case basis.

Great Hall, first rights: $10

Great Hall, reprint: $5

Poetry (short): $2

Poetry (30+ lines): $5

Crown & Thistle: $5

Gallery: $15

Audio: $5

Commentary: non-paying

Rights

For previously unpublished Great Hall stories, we ask for exclusive rights for 90 days (one issue). Fables acquires non-exclusive rights for all other works for a minimum of 90 days (one issue). After that period, works will be archived indefinitely and removed at the creator's request or the editors' discretion. Creators retain their copyright.

General Information

Fables is published on a quarterly schedule. Depending on our current backlog, it may be a year or more before accepted work is published; the section editor will have a better idea about a prospective publication date.

Contributors will have the opportunity to review their work and bio prior to publication.

Fables assumes that those who submit work have the legal right to do so. We do not accept work based on copyrighted material (no fan-fic). Contributors agree to having their work published on our website, the pages of which may be viewed online or downloaded or printed for personal use. The contents of the site may not be redistributed, resold or repackaged.

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