East Beach Anthology
Call for Submissions
We are currently accepting submissions of short stories set in and around
the East Beach neighborhood. Start writing! The deadline is January 31, 2015.
Anticipated publication is summer 2015.
ANTHOLOGY GUIDELINES
ELIGIBILITY
- Members of the East Beach Writer’s
Guild or residents of East Beach are eligible to submit.
- Submissions will be accepted between October
1, 2014, and January 31, 2015.
- Each eligible person may submit up to
two manuscripts. However, only one manuscript will be accepted in the
initial round of review. Caveat: If we do not receive enough
acceptable submissions, additional stories by the same author may be
selected.
- Each member who submits a manuscript
agrees to promote and attend local book signings and events for the
anthology.
- 100% of proceeds will be donated to
local charitable causes which support literacy. Charities will be
determined by the East Beach Writer’s Guild
- Submissions may be fiction or
nonfiction, and must mention East Beach.
- Stories must be between 1,500–5,000
words and must be an original story that has not been previously
published.
- Each author whose work is accepted
for publication will be required to sign a contract. A sample contract
will be provided upon request.
- All submissions must portray the
neighborhood of East Beach in a favorable light.
- Manuscript(s), Cover Sheet and
Biography will be submitted electronically using standard formatting
(double-spaced, 12 pt. Times New Roman, one-inch margins). The manuscript
may not contain the author’s name.
o Each page will include the story title
(e.g., EB, Where the Living Is Easy) and
page number at the top left. It should not contain the author’s name.
o Please ensure your word processing program
does not embed the author’s name in the identifying information about the file.
(In Word, go to File/Properties/Summary to remove author’s name).
o Place ### after each scene change.
o Place THE END or ### after the last line
of your story.
- Cover Sheet
- Please include a cover sheet with
the story title, word count, name, email address, street address, and
phone number.
- Author Bio
- Please include up to a 100-word bio.
Website and email address may be included if desired. Accepted authors
can modify bio before book is published.
- Submission
- Send separate emails for each
submission, each with 3 attachments: (1) Manuscript, (2) Cover Sheet, and
(3) Biography to EBWGAnthology@verizon.net between October 1, 2014, and January
31, 2015. The subject line should read EBWG Anthology Submission.
- Authors will receive email confirmation
of submission.
- Submissions that do not conform to
these guidelines will be disqualified. The coordinating panel reserves the
right to disqualify any manuscript for reasons that will be communicated
to the author.
- Editorial panel will recommend
revisions to the author to make the manuscript more suitable for
publication. Editorial panel may submit to the anthology.
If you have any questions regarding the anthology process, please contact Randi
Klein, EBWGAnthology@verizon.net.
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