Crimewave: submission guidelines

From their website:

We are always open to submissions of new modern crime and mystery short stories of up to about 10,000 words in length. Follow these simple guidelines:

• Send your manuscript mailed flat or folded no more than once, in standard manuscript format — typed (not handwritten!), double spaced, good margins all round, printed in black ink on one side of white paper, numbered pages, keyword from story title and author's name on each page — with a covering letter and adequate return postage (ie a stamped, self-addressed envelope).
• Please include a covering letter but don't worry too much about it, just introduce yourself and list any relevant credits, things like that. If you've never been published before tell us this too — we've published many debut stories over the years.
• Use a paper clip to hold pages together, not staples or any kind of binder. There is no need to place your manuscript inside a folder. An ordinary paper envelope is sufficient, don't use bulky padded envelopes.

There are more guidelines. To read these go here.

Things Kids Say

I have just received this press release:

Can members of your writing group help us with a book we are producing to raise money for Barnardo's? We are looking for very short stories of about 100 words. They must be on the theme of "Things Kids Say" and should be funny illustrations of amusing things that children have said.

We hope you can help because we need more material for the book and half of the £5.99 cover price goes to Barnardo's.We launched the book with the help of actress and TV celebrity Lynda Bellingham recently, and your members can see more details and an interview with Lynda at http://www.unitedpress.co.uk/itn.php.

We are also looking for people to do simple black ink illustrations of some of the funny stories, so if you can help in any way please let us know.

Many thanks, Peter Quinn, Managing Director, United Press

Write On, and on and on...

The Stoke-on-Trent Library has announced The Write On Anthology. This book will be published later in the year, and will contain a mix of prose and poetry. The submission date is 1st September 2009 -- so get your pens, typewriters and keyboards cooking...

Each contributor may submit prose up to 1200 words or verse up to 40 lines, or a combination of the two (on a pro rata basis). The anthology is only open to the participants of the various Stoke workshops held over the past 18 months. Every contributor will receive a copy of the book and will be able to purchase further copies (approx £5 each).

The Library's press release states: no salacious, libellous or offensive material; submissions may be edited; submission does not guarantee acceptance; and contributors must keep copies of all their work in case stuff goes missing.

Send submissions (preferably on disk plus a hard copy) to:

Write On Anthology (c/o Emma George)
City Centre Library
Bethesda Street
Hanley
Stoke-on-Trent
ST1 3RS

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Online short story markets

These links all head off to websites that seem to publish short stories. I can not comment on the quality of the fiction, so it's try and buy -- except you don't actually have to pay for anything. If you know of any other sites, let me know, and let me know if any of these are worth revisiting on a regular basis.

http://www.pantechnicon.net/
http://www.short-stories.co.uk/
http://www.short-fiction.co.uk/
http://www.fringemagazine.org/
http://www.hubfiction.com/
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/
http://www.indianchild.com/short_stories.htm
http://www.storiesville.com/

And this sites appears to be about short fiction:

http://www.theshortstory.org.uk/

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