And so Matt recently announced that they are accepting submissions for the Winter anthology. Allow me to shamelessly lift some text off the EBP site:
The rest of the details are at EBP's blog, but I'll add a couple of things here: word count is limited to 5,500; they're open to any genre except erotica, and the deadline is a rather tight one: October 15th. Oh, and let me add that, based on personal experience, Matt and his editorial team do a great job, are easy to work with, and release a quality product.Regrets, I’ve had a few…To be human is to have regrets, to question decisions, even to doubt our own abilities and capacities. Whether it’s because of a path not taken or a decision made for selfish or – perhaps worse – unselfish reasons, we all have had moments we regret. We might regret not recognizing an opportunity. Or we regret being too quick to clutch a seemingly easy victory that left us unable to grab the better opportunity behind it. I’ve known folks who have later regretted making the right decision. Of course, like most things in life, the difference between a right decision and a wrong one can be a matter of perspective.That’s where you writers come in. The theme for the winter anthology is “regret.” We’re looking for stories that, in some sense, convey regret. As always, we’re looking for quality short stories, but this time the theme is a little different. As in the past, stories can be in almost any genre: no erotica.
So, what say you? Are you up for the challenge? I'm trying to polish something up now for this, how about you?
Thanks for the heads up! I may bookmark their page and give it a go. I've been thinking I should start writing more short stories.
ReplyDeleteAny time. And give it a whirl, you never know what you may come up with!
DeleteNeat. I'm not sure if I can make the deadline myself, but I'll sure spread the word. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Melissa. I'm not sure if I can make the deadline, either, and I had something already half-done!
DeleteRight now my challenge is to finish the novel I started. So, you get your short story polished and I'll finish my first draft. How about that?
ReplyDeleteSure! And I need to do revisions on a novel, too. Not taking too much on, am I?
DeleteI might submit something. But like Stacy I'm doing novel writing as well so..it's tight. Best of luck with your own short story.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sheena, you too!
DeleteSounds like a pretty cool opportunity! :) Though I have a sinking feeling that I'll look at the guidelines and see that only submissions for the U.S are accepted... Fingers crossed that I'm wrong? Time to investigate! Thanks for letting us in on this one JeffO ;)
ReplyDeleteI don't remember there being any 'US/North America only' requirements on it. Good luck!
DeleteI can't write short fiction to save my life. It's such an art form and I don't think I will ever master it. But I hope you'll end up in there!
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