SUBMISSION GUIDELINES--FICTION, NON-FICTION, ESSAYS
We accept all genres, but please remember this is a family magazine and submit accordingly in fiction, non-fiction, essays and poetry.
We DO NOT accept pornography, erotica, horror, graphic language, graphic violence, or anything deemed racial or biased toward any religion, race or moral preference.
We acquire first North American rights only. Once the story has appeared in print in The Storyteller, all rights revert to author.
Send complete manuscript with cover letter. Please include your name, address, phone number and email (if you have one) on the first page of the manuscript, along with accurate word count.
At this time, we are only accepting stories by snail mail, but once you've been accepted for publication, we do ask that you send us an electronic copy in the body of the email. (If you do not have access to a computer, we will use the hard copy.)
Writers of short stories, both fiction and non-fiction, as well as essays, should send a 4 to 5 line bio either with the original hard copy or with the electronic copy.
All stories should be double-spaced. We will not read single-spaced manuscripts (unless its poetry) nor will be read anything hand-written.
Always include a SASE. ALWAYS
All short stories 2,500 words MAX
Do not send more than two stories at a time.
We welcome new writers, but please learn to submit in proper format.
Read the guidelines carefully. We return so many because they didn't bother to read them, which not only waste our time, but the writer's time as well. Not to mention the postage.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES--POETRY
We accept all forms of poetry up to 40 lines. The same restrictions apply here as to the short stories for content in your poetry. No graphic anything.
Submit only three poems at a time.
REPRINTS
We do accept reprints, but author must indicate where and when the piece was first published. If we get in trouble with the other publications--so will you.
SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS
We do accept simultaneous submissions, but PLEASE make sure you tell us that in your cover letter.
PAYMENT
We pay 1/4 cent per word for short stories, fiction, non-fiction, and essays and $1.00 per poem.
We DO NOT provide contributors copies at this time, but with your support, that could change. Please consider a subscription or even a single copy order from our online store at http://www.freewebs.com/fossilcreek or you can order directly from us.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Check out our no-entry fee photo contest. Your photo could end up on the front cover of The Storyteller.
It is our intention and goal that everyone will find at least one story or poem they enjoy in the magazine. We rely on the generosity of our subscribers in our quest to bring a quality magazine to the public. Give us a chance; we think you'll be pleased.
