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Response time is going to be slow, so please be patient during the manuscript review process.

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AUTOMOBILIA  (All genres. Any story or poem that features an automobile, of any variant on a road-hugging moving vehicle that carries living passengers, dead bodies, or supplies goods and services such as trucks, tractors, earth movers, and the like.)

TRAIN STORIES (All genres. Let's see those stories and poems featuring one of the word's most beloved inventions. The trains can be real or toy trains.)

MACHINE MAYHEM (All genres -- stories or poems for or against machines of all types, both mechanically or biologically based, including the tools used to make machines. The featured machine(s) can be either human-made or made ONLY by other machines with little or no human intervention. This is not intended to be an anthology of the done-to-death theme of machine and/or technology paranoia, but in favor of machines also. We are looking for BOTH pro and con machine stories.)

DEADLY DOLLS (All genres welcome -- but the featured doll or dolls (any kind of doll or puppet or the like) must be a threat to humans. The deadly nature or influence of the doll can be physical death, psychological death, or emotional death, or a combination of all three.)

WRITER'S GUIDELINES

In each book, the theme topic (e.g. Automobiles, Trains, Man-made Machines, or Dolls) is such an integral part of the plot that if removed, the story would collapse.

75 lines max per poem.

10,000 words max per short story.

All genres accepted, all styles.

Published and Unpublished Writers invited to submit for consideration.

Simultaneous submissions are welcome.

Multiple submissions are welcome.

A Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope (SASE) is only required if you want your manuscript returned to you. If you do not send a large enough SASE with adequate postage for the return of your manuscript, the manuscript will be considered disposable. In this case we will contact you with a printed acceptance or rejection letter that we will mail to you at our expense. (We suggest you save on postage and tell us the manuscript is disposable, or submit electronically.)

If you submit via postal mail and want to know your manuscript was received by us please include an e-mail, or a self-addressed stamped postcard or envelope for a receipt-of-entry confirmation.

Please include a cover letter (or cover e-mail if submitting electronically) containing a short author biography. If you are previously published please include a short list of the best places your works have appeared.

No hand-written manuscripts please (except for short poems). We have no other hard and fast rules regarding manuscript format when submitting. We ask only that you send your best work. If you don't think it's ready yet, don't send it.

SUBMISSION ACCEPTED DURING 2006.

EACH ANTHOLOGY IS OPEN UNTIL ENOUGH QUALITY MANUSCRIPTS ARE CHOSEN. 

PAY RATES

Pays on publication.

We are purchasing 2nd and Reprint Rights for accepted stories and poems that are previously published, and World Distribution Rights in the English Language for previously unpublished stories and poems.

The following One-Time Flat Fees are paid for Previously Published Short Stories & Poems

$100 per short story for reprints.

$10 per poem for reprints.

The following One-Time Flat Fees are paid for Original (Unpublished) Short Stories & Poems

$250 per original short story.

$40 per original poem.

CONTACT INFORMATION

 No SASE required.

Mail your manuscripts (or tear sheets, or copies of tear sheets) to:

Jason J. Marchi, Editor

Anthologies

32 Alfred Street, New Haven CT 06512-3927

Electronically submit your manuscript(s) as Word or RTF attachments to:

newcenturywriter@yahoo.com

Please write "Anthology Submissions" into the e-mail subject line

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