Call for Submissions: Sense and Sensuality
Circlet Press is going to be launching a new romantic imprint, called Clasp. As one of the first titles under this new label, we’d like to publish our own collection of paranormal Jane-Austen-inspired stories. Stories should include characters or settings from the Jane Austen canon, but with paranormal elements, which can be subtle or overt. Circlet Press welcomes sex-positive stories of all sexualities and preferences.
Submission Details
Deadline for submission is November 1st, 2010. Our preferred length is approximately 3500 to 7500 words, but we will consider the range from 2000 to 10,000 words. All submissions must be made via email to the following address: msjblackmore@gmail.com. Submission sent to other addresses/other editors at Circlet Press will not be considered.
Email submissions only. Stories are best submitted as a word processor document (.doc, .rtf, .txt, etc.) attached to the email, but do not forget to include your complete contact information on the attached document! (If it’s only in the body of the email, it’s quite easy to have a brilliant story come out of the printer and then have no way to trace back where the heck it came from.) Manuscripts should be correctly/professionally formatted for submission. (If you’re not sure what we mean by that, Google it.) No simultaneous submissions (that is, don’t also send your story elsewhere at the same time, and don’t send it to multiple Circlet editors, either), and no multiple submissions to the same book. One story per author per anthology, thanks.
All stories must have strong romantic content, with scenes of sexuality. Please keep in mind that this is romance, and so there should be a “happily ever after,” or at least “happy for now.” Whether first person or third person, a strong, singular narrative voice is our preference (no “head hopping” or swapping points of view within scene).
For more details on our editorial preferences, see the general submission guidelines. We highly recommend reading the guidelines, especially the “do not send” list, to increase your chances of sending us something we’ll love. Try to avoid clichés. Fresh and direct language is preferred to overly euphemistic. Sex-positive, please, no rape/non-consensual/necrophilia or other purposefully gross topics. We do not publish horror.
Originals only, no reprints. We purchase first rights for inclusion in the ebook anthology for $25, with the additional rights to a print edition later which would also be paid $25 if a print edition happens. Authors retain the rights to the individual stories; Circlet exercises rights to the anthology as a whole.
More information here.
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