Anthology Submissions: Vixen
Queen, Princess, Lady, peasant, mercenary, whore, pirate, knight, cop, clerk, soldier, and everything in between—and always a mother, daughter, sister, lover, and friend. The power and appeal of women is great, and there’s nothing better than watching a woman do what she loves best.
But what happens when what she loves best is another woman? What does a Queen do when she wants no man to be her consort? What of a princess who will never be a damsel to any prince? What tale can you spin of women loving women? A modern tale of a working mother? A romantic tale of a stoic lady knight? A femme fatale? A lady dragon? A prostitute looking to change her fate? Bring us your finest tales of what can happen when the only thing that will make a woman happy is the embrace of another woman…
Submission Guidelines
* DEADLINE is JULY 31, 2011
* Stories should be 15,000—25,000 words, though we’re pretty forgiving if you fall a little short or long.
* There must be femslash. Any setting/genre/etc beyond that is acceptable—modern, fantasy, sci-fi, historical, western, etc are all welcome. We like variety!
* Be creative, be original. We aren’t looking for smutfests or manifestos on the rights of women and how men are the great evil. We’re looking for romantic stories about women loving women.
About Submitting to LT3 Press
To submit a story to Less Than Three Press, send an email to submissions@lessthanthreepress.com. Include the following in your email:
* Put SUBMISSIONS in the subject line! Emails without this subject line or sent to another email address (for example, the administrator email address) run the risk of not being seen or read, so please, do not forget this!
* Your contact name and preferred email address.
* The approximate total length of the completed story.
* Whether or not your story is complete.
* If your story is not complete, how much longer it will take to complete the story.
* A brief summary of the story, not to exceed approximately 200 words in length.
* Attach the first three chapters or the first 15,000 words of the story in .doc or .docx format.
Please note the following:
* Stories should be a minimum of 10,000 words and should not exceed 200,000 words. At present, we are looking primarily for stories in the 35,000—60,000 range, but we will not discount longer works out of hand. Stories that are 10,000—35,000 will be considered for publishing as ebooks only.
* Your manuscript does not need to be complete at the time of submission to be considered, but if accepted, the story will not be published until Less Than Three Press has a completed manuscript.
* Please do not send queries, outlines, or proposals for stories that you have not yet written.
* Less Than Three Press will not consider anonymous writings or manuscripts currently under submission to another publisher.
If you have any questions or concerns, please send them to editor@lessthanthreepress.com.
If Your Story is Accepted
You must additionally complete the following requirements:
* Editing. Your completed manuscript should include editing and revisions. Editing includes grammatical and contextual corrections.
* Chapters. Your completed manuscript needs to be broken down into sections ranging from 5,000—6,500 words (10-15 pages). However, if the story absolutely requires something else, Less Than Three Press is willing to work with the author to determine the proper way to proceed.
Rates
General Serial Fiction
* Subscription time
* 10% of gross earnings from subscription sales while in serial
General Ebook
* 30% of cover price for all sales through LT3′s Ebook Market
* 35% of gross earnings for sales through 3rd party distributors
* Author copies
General Print
* 10% of cover price for all sales of print books
* Author copies
Anthology Fiction
* Subscription time
* One-time payment of $75 – $100 (varies according to anthology)
* Author copies of ebook and print
Fairy Tales Serial Fiction
* Subscription time
* 5% of gross earnings from subscription sales while the fairy tale is in serial
* One-time payment of $100
* Author copies of ebook and print anthologies in which they are compiled
More information here.
