Magic & Mayhem: a GRNW Charity Anthology call for submissions.
MAGIC AND MAYHEM: A GRNW Charity Anthology
Now Accepting Submissions!
For the past three years, Old Growth Northwest’s Gay Romance Northwest initiative has brought LGBTQ romance authors and readers to the Pacific Northwest to celebrate the genre. Panels, discussions, and books abound—as well as Character Type Love Match. Character Type Love Match is an interactive crowd favorite where attendees vote to advance their favorite character type, and the two left standing form a happily-ever-after pairing. In 2014, the winners were Tattoo Artist and Soldier. At 2015’s conference, the winners were Mage and Cyborg. Magic and Mayhem: A GRNW Anthology is taking those pairings out of GRNW attendees’ fertile imaginations and letting them run wild on the page.
GRNW enthusiasts and authors of queer romance in general are invited to submit their stories about mage/cyborg or tattoo artist/soldier in love for publication in Magic and Mayhem. Proceeds from the anthology will benefit the nonprofit and volunteer-run Gay Romance Northwest initiative so that they can continue to put on excellent programming, facilitate hundreds of book donations to the Seattle area, and keep being awesome without a profit margin. Contributors will not retain any money from the sale of Magic and Mayhem. Potential authors should keep this in mind when submitting.
Story guidelines:
Stories should be 2,500 to 20,000 words in length.
Stories must be LGBTQIA. We encourage authors to submit stories from all over the QUILTBAG spectrum: trans (including genderqueer), asexual, bi romance, and beyond.
Any sub-genre is accepted, but it must suit the pairing of either mage/cyborg OR tattoo artist/soldier.
As this is a romance genre anthology, a happy ending for the couple, whether it’s HEA or HFN, is strongly preferred.
Any heat level is accepted, but as this is a charity anthology for a nonprofit organization, please avoid instances of rape and non-consent for these stories.
Submission guidelines:
Deadline is March 31, 2016.
The anthology publisher will retain the rights to the stories for two [2] years.
Send your submissions to [email protected] with MAGIC AND MAYHEM – SUBMISSION in the subject line.
The file must be attached in .doc, .docx, or .rtf format.
Include a short (no longer than 200 words) summary of the story in the body of the email, as well as the pairing.
Stories should be formatted as follows: Times New Roman size 12, double-spaced, paragraphs indented (.25″). Include a cover page with the title, author name, and word count.
Anthology Organizers – Who we are:
Nicole Kimberling, Amanda Jean, and Samantha M. Derr are editors brought together in support of GRNW. We’re the organizers and editors of this anthology. Please contact us at [email protected] if you have questions (or contact Amanda on twitter: @amandahjean and Samantha: @rykaine).
To read more about Old Growth Northwest, please visit http://oldgrowthnw.org.
