Current anthologies taking submissions
Authors retain all rights to submitted stories. If your story is accepted, you will be e-mailed a contract.
Fae World
This one will either be one large anthology or four smaller ones. The four themes are Autumn Court, Winter Court, Spring Court and Summer Court and may include both dark and light Fae (Seelie and Unseelie).
The word count should be between 300 and 3,000 words.
Not all submissions will be accepted.
These are adult stories, but gratuitous sex, gratuitous foul language and gratuitous violence will earn a rejection. Depending on the quality of the stories sent in, there will either be a one volume, 50+-story anthology or four volumes with 25 to 35 stories in each (depending on average length of stories).
At this moment, I cannot afford to pay for stories that are accepted, but there will be a $10 Amazon gift certificate awarded to the best story in each category ("court") and a $25 gift certificate for the best story overall (once the required number of stories has been submitted and accepted).
At the moment, the closing date remains open. Submissions will remain open until the correct number of acceptable stories is reached. Each book needs to be a minimum of 50,000 words (if broken into four separate books) or 125,000 words (if published as one book). Each book will be published soon after enough stories for it are acquired.
Once all stories have been chosen for the anthology, winners will be chosen. All those with stories accepted in the anthology will get badges for their blogs or websites. Winners in each category and the over-all winner will get separate "winner" badges.
I am hoping to be able to begin work on the anthology during 2017, so the earlier submissions come in, the better.
Please include a one-paragraph, third-person author bio with your submission. Website links to your sites may are allowed within reason.
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SuperHERo Tales (Volume 3):
You need to create a character. She is female and a superhero, but what she looks like, what her powers are, what she wears and what kind of personality she has is all up to you. Start by outlining these specific things:
Name of female superhero:
Name of human alter ego, if different:
Superhero appearance (hair, eyes, body type, etc.):
Human alter ego appearance (if she has an alter ego):
Costume:
Personality:
Brief description of how the superheroine gets her powers (i.e. born with them, radioactive accident, mad scientist experiments on her, etc.):
Powers:
Anything else important:
Once you have filled these details in, write a flash fiction or short story, no less than 300 words long and no longer than 1,000 words, that is a complete scene. Feedback from the previous two anthologies is that readers would like the stories to be longer and fuller, so for volume three, we are going to request that stories be anywhere from 2,000 to 5,000 words long. This story can be one that shows how your character develops her powers, how she becomes a superhero. It can be a fight scene, showing how she uses her powers. It can be a romance scene (PG, please) showing how she interacts with her love interest (if she has one). It can be anything you want it to be that shows some aspect of your character, something important to her life. It doesn't have to be a complete story, but it must be a complete scene. Think of it as if you have your own TV series dedicated to your superhero, and this short story is one episode of the series. (That suggests it should at least have an end to the scene, even though everyone watching/reading knows that the story continues.)
At the beginning of the page, before starting the list, type your name and the word count. Then type the word "anthology:" and add "yes."
E-mail your story to me using the "contact me" button in the top right corner or by e-mailing Rebecca (at) Fyfe (dot) net.
Because this is for charity, there will be no payment, but your name will be listed as a contributing author and you will have an author bio (which you will have to send in) near the end of the book. (You will need to send in your author bio along with your story submission. It should be one paragraph, written in third person, and it can include links to your websites.
A contract will be sent out to authors whose stories have been accepted for the anthology.
There will be a trophy for the best submitted story.
Deadline: December 31st, 2016
Art submissions: This anthology is for a charity that benefits girls, and as we are creating female superheroes in the comic tradition, we are looking for some superhero drawings to represent the superheroes. E-mail me for a list of the descriptions of the superheroes that have been added to the anthology so far if you plan on submitting a drawing or more than one drawing. Because this is for charity, there will be no payment, but your name will be listed as the artist and you will have an artist bio (which you will have to send in) near the end of the book. We reserve the right not to use any illustrations in the anthology. We are looking for superheroines drawn in the comic book style only. We are only looking for art that looks professional, so we won't be able to accept all art.
Note: If you contributed a story/superhero to a previous SuperHERo Tales, you may write about the same superhero, but must have a different piece of fiction about her - readers must learn something new about your superheroine that they did not learn in the first anthology.
Please include a one-paragraph, third-person author bio with your submission. Website links to your sites may are allowed within reason.
Deadline: December 31st, 2016
A portion of the proceeds from the anthology will go to Because I Am a Girl. From the website:
"Because I am a Girl is a global initiative to end gender inequality, promote girls’ rights and lift millions of girls – and everyone around them – out of poverty.
Girls in the poorest regions of the world are among the most disadvantaged people on the planet. They are more likely to live in poverty, more likely to be denied access to education, more likely to be denied medical care, and more likely to be malnourished, simply because they’re girls. And yet, studies show that if you give a girl enough to eat, an education and a safe environment, she’ll work to raise the standard of living for herself, her family and her community.
We operate a wide range of programs worldwide to improve the status of girls and give them equal access to health care, education, protection, independence, and an opportunity to participate in society.
Our State of the Worlds Girls report series is an ongoing investigation to shine the light on specific barriers to young girls’ development and their access to basic human rights."
Paw Prints: Cat Stories to Warm the Heart
This is an anthology of cat stories. Each story must have a GOOD photo of the cat written about to go with it or, if the story is fiction, we will provide a photo, and the author, if providing a photo, must have permission to use the photo.
This anthology is a great way to remember those cats who have left paw prints on your heart. Stories can be fiction or non-fiction.
Stories must be either moving, funny or cute. Supernatural elements to the stories are allowed. The word count should be between 300 words and 1,500 words.
This is a new anthology series.
Please follow the formatting guidelines as stated on Melusine Muse Press's page. Go here to read the formatting guidelines.
Proceeds from this anthology will be going to the Cat's Protection League in Swindon, Wiltshire, UK.
Please include a one-paragraph, third-person author bio with your submission. Website links to your sites may are allowed within reason.
Deadline: OPEN UNTIL IT REACHES 20 QUALIFYING SUBMISSIONS
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Walking with Daddy
SuperHERo Tales (Volume 3):
You need to create a character. She is female and a superhero, but what she looks like, what her powers are, what she wears and what kind of personality she has is all up to you. Start by outlining these specific things:
Name of female superhero:
Name of human alter ego, if different:
Superhero appearance (hair, eyes, body type, etc.):
Human alter ego appearance (if she has an alter ego):
Costume:
Personality:
Brief description of how the superheroine gets her powers (i.e. born with them, radioactive accident, mad scientist experiments on her, etc.):
Powers:
Anything else important:
At the beginning of the page, before starting the list, type your name and the word count. Then type the word "anthology:" and add "yes."
E-mail your story to me using the "contact me" button in the top right corner or by e-mailing Rebecca (at) Fyfe (dot) net.
Because this is for charity, there will be no payment, but your name will be listed as a contributing author and you will have an author bio (which you will have to send in) near the end of the book. (You will need to send in your author bio along with your story submission. It should be one paragraph, written in third person, and it can include links to your websites.
A contract will be sent out to authors whose stories have been accepted for the anthology.
There will be a trophy for the best submitted story.
A contract will be sent out to authors whose stories have been accepted for the anthology.
There will be a trophy for the best submitted story.
Deadline: December 31st, 2016
Art submissions: This anthology is for a charity that benefits girls, and as we are creating female superheroes in the comic tradition, we are looking for some superhero drawings to represent the superheroes. E-mail me for a list of the descriptions of the superheroes that have been added to the anthology so far if you plan on submitting a drawing or more than one drawing. Because this is for charity, there will be no payment, but your name will be listed as the artist and you will have an artist bio (which you will have to send in) near the end of the book. We reserve the right not to use any illustrations in the anthology. We are looking for superheroines drawn in the comic book style only. We are only looking for art that looks professional, so we won't be able to accept all art.
Note: If you contributed a story/superhero to a previous SuperHERo Tales, you may write about the same superhero, but must have a different piece of fiction about her - readers must learn something new about your superheroine that they did not learn in the first anthology.
Please include a one-paragraph, third-person author bio with your submission. Website links to your sites may are allowed within reason.
Deadline: December 31st, 2016
A portion of the proceeds from the anthology will go to Because I Am a Girl. From the website:
"Because I am a Girl is a global initiative to end gender inequality, promote girls’ rights and lift millions of girls – and everyone around them – out of poverty.Girls in the poorest regions of the world are among the most disadvantaged people on the planet. They are more likely to live in poverty, more likely to be denied access to education, more likely to be denied medical care, and more likely to be malnourished, simply because they’re girls. And yet, studies show that if you give a girl enough to eat, an education and a safe environment, she’ll work to raise the standard of living for herself, her family and her community.We operate a wide range of programs worldwide to improve the status of girls and give them equal access to health care, education, protection, independence, and an opportunity to participate in society.Our State of the Worlds Girls report series is an ongoing investigation to shine the light on specific barriers to young girls’ development and their access to basic human rights."
Paw Prints: Cat Stories to Warm the Heart
This is an anthology of cat stories. Each story must have a GOOD photo of the cat written about to go with it or, if the story is fiction, we will provide a photo, and the author, if providing a photo, must have permission to use the photo.
This anthology is a great way to remember those cats who have left paw prints on your heart. Stories can be fiction or non-fiction.
Stories must be either moving, funny or cute. Supernatural elements to the stories are allowed. The word count should be between 300 words and 1,500 words.
This is a new anthology series.
Please follow the formatting guidelines as stated on Melusine Muse Press's page. Go here to read the formatting guidelines.
Proceeds from this anthology will be going to the Cat's Protection League in Swindon, Wiltshire, UK.
Please include a one-paragraph, third-person author bio with your submission. Website links to your sites may are allowed within reason.
Deadline: OPEN UNTIL IT REACHES 20 QUALIFYING SUBMISSIONS
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Walking with Daddy
If you were ripped from this Earth tomorrow, what would you want your daughter to know? What message would you want to leave behind for her? If you knew that you could write her a letter and she would take every word of the letter to heart, what would you write?
Melusine Muse Press is now taking submissions for the "Walking with Daddy" anthology. This anthology is a collection of letters from fathers to their daughters, written in letter format. The title and cover shown above are just a "working title" and a "working cover" and may not be the title and cover used on the finished anthology.
1. Your submissions must be written in a letter format addressed as "To my daughter," "To my daughters," or "Dear Daughter." Tell your daughter what is in your heart. What do you want her to know? What are the things you love about her? What hopes do you have for her?
Alternatively, we will accept some short stories about daughters.
2. In an anthology like this, I shouldn't have to even say it, but please keep it PG.
3. Letters cannot be less than 500 words and should not go over 2,000 words.
4. Please follow the formatting guidelines as stated on Melusine Muse Press's page. Go here to read the formatting guidelines.
5. There will be a prize for the BEST letter, as determined by me, of three free print copies of the anthology. Second place will get two print copies of the anthology and third place will get one print copy of the anthology.
6. Author bios must be sent in - around a paragraph each, links may be included, and must be written in 3rd person. These will be included in the book.
7. Short, one- or two-lines long, dedications may be included with your submission, and will make this book even more special to have on hand for your daughter as she grows.
8. The deadline for submissions is open until we have enough "letters" to create the anthology, but I would prefer to get submissions in as early as possible.
9. E-mail submissions as a file attachment to Rebecca (at) Fyfe (dot) net.
10. You may submit individual letters up to the number of daughters you have. You may write one letter that is inclusive for all of your daughters, or, if you have more than one daughter, you may write separate letters for each one and submit them.
11. Your daughter doesn't have to be a little girl still. Even if she is all grown up, you can still write her a letter for the anthology.
Anthologies will be made available in both kindle and print formats.
The goal is to have the book out on World Daughter Day in 2017, which is on January 12th, but it might come out earlier to make Christmas purchases possible.
Only a limited number of letters and stories will be included, so there is no guarantee that your letter will be selected if you send it in, but you will be notified of whether or not you letter has been accepted once enough submissions have arrived for the anthology to go forward.
Please include a one-paragraph, third-person author bio with your submission. Website links to your sites may are allowed within reason.
Deadline: OPEN UNTIL THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF ACCEPTABLE SUBMISSIONS IS REACHED
1. Your submissions must be written in a letter format addressed as "To my daughter," "To my daughters," or "Dear Daughter." Tell your daughter what is in your heart. What do you want her to know? What are the things you love about her? What hopes do you have for her?
Alternatively, we will accept some short stories about daughters.
2. In an anthology like this, I shouldn't have to even say it, but please keep it PG.
3. Letters cannot be less than 500 words and should not go over 2,000 words.
4. Please follow the formatting guidelines as stated on Melusine Muse Press's page. Go here to read the formatting guidelines.
5. There will be a prize for the BEST letter, as determined by me, of three free print copies of the anthology. Second place will get two print copies of the anthology and third place will get one print copy of the anthology.
6. Author bios must be sent in - around a paragraph each, links may be included, and must be written in 3rd person. These will be included in the book.
7. Short, one- or two-lines long, dedications may be included with your submission, and will make this book even more special to have on hand for your daughter as she grows.
8. The deadline for submissions is open until we have enough "letters" to create the anthology, but I would prefer to get submissions in as early as possible.
9. E-mail submissions as a file attachment to Rebecca (at) Fyfe (dot) net.
10. You may submit individual letters up to the number of daughters you have. You may write one letter that is inclusive for all of your daughters, or, if you have more than one daughter, you may write separate letters for each one and submit them.
11. Your daughter doesn't have to be a little girl still. Even if she is all grown up, you can still write her a letter for the anthology.
Anthologies will be made available in both kindle and print formats.
The goal is to have the book out on World Daughter Day in 2017, which is on January 12th, but it might come out earlier to make Christmas purchases possible.
Only a limited number of letters and stories will be included, so there is no guarantee that your letter will be selected if you send it in, but you will be notified of whether or not you letter has been accepted once enough submissions have arrived for the anthology to go forward.
Please include a one-paragraph, third-person author bio with your submission. Website links to your sites may are allowed within reason.
Deadline: OPEN UNTIL THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF ACCEPTABLE SUBMISSIONS IS REACHED
Special note: If you have a touching "daddy and daughter" photo which you would like included with your dedication, send it in jpeg or png format to the same e-mail address as the letter submissions. Decisions on which photos to include or solely up to Melusine Muse Press. Photos will be printed in black and white.
Special note: If you have a touching "daddy and daughter" photo which you would like included with your dedication, send it in jpeg or png format to the same e-mail address as the letter submissions. Decisions on which photos to include or solely up to Melusine Muse Press. Photos will be printed in black and white.
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Anthologies for children to submit to: Please see Your Kids' Creations' anthology submissions page.
Former Melusine Muse Press anthologies - now closed for submissions
SuperHERo Tales (Volume 2):
You need to create a character. She is female and a superhero, but what she looks like, what her powers are, what she wears and what kind of personality she has is all up to you. Start by outlining these specific things:
Name of female superhero:
Name of human alter ego, if different:
Superhero appearance (hair, eyes, body type, etc.):
Human alter ego appearance (if she has an alter ego):
Costume:
Personality:
Brief description of how the superheroine gets her powers (i.e. born with them, radioactive accident, mad scientist experiments on her, etc.):
Powers:
Anything else important:
Once you have filled these details in, write a flash fiction or short story, no less than 300 words long and no longer than 1,000 words, that is a complete scene. This scene can be one that shows how your character develops her powers, how she becomes a superhero. It can be a fight scene, showing how she uses her powers. It can be a romance scene (PG, please) showing how she interacts with her love interest (if she has one). It can be anything you want it to be that shows some aspect of your character, something important to her life. It doesn't have to be a complete story, but it must be a complete scene. Think of it as if you have your own TV series dedicated to your superhero, and this short story is one episode of the series. (That suggests it should at least have an end to the scene, even though everyone watching/reading knows that the story continues.)
At the beginning of the page, before starting the list, type your name and the word count. Then type the word "anthology:" and add "yes."
E-mail your story to me using the "contact me" button in the top right corner.
Because this is for charity, there will be no payment, but your name will be listed as a contributing author and you will have an author bio (which you will have to send in) near the end of the book.
Deadline:
Art submissions: This anthology is for a charity that benefits girls, and as we are creating female superheroes in the comic tradition, we are looking for some superhero drawings to represent the superheroes. E-mail me for a list of the descriptions of the superheroes that have been added to the anthology so far if you plan on submitting a drawing or more than one drawing. Because this is for charity, there will be no payment, but your name will be listed as the artist and you will have an artist bio (which you will have to send in) near the end of the book. We reserve the right not to use any illustrations in the anthology. We are looking for superheroines drawn in the comic book style only.
Note: If you contributed a story/superhero to the first SuperHERo Tales, you may write about the same superhero, but must have a different piece of flash fiction about her - readers must learn something new about your superheroine that they did not learn in the first anthology.
Deadline:
A portion of the proceeds from the anthology will go to Because I Am a Girl. From the website:
"Because I am a Girl is a global initiative to end gender inequality, promote girls’ rights and lift millions of girls – and everyone around them – out of poverty.Girls in the poorest regions of the world are among the most disadvantaged people on the planet. They are more likely to live in poverty, more likely to be denied access to education, more likely to be denied medical care, and more likely to be malnourished, simply because they’re girls. And yet, studies show that if you give a girl enough to eat, an education and a safe environment, she’ll work to raise the standard of living for herself, her family and her community.We operate a wide range of programs worldwide to improve the status of girls and give them equal access to health care, education, protection, independence, and an opportunity to participate in society.Our State of the Worlds Girls report series is an ongoing investigation to shine the light on specific barriers to young girls’ development and their access to basic human rights."
This is an idea decided upon by members of the Chapter Book Challenge.
The idea was to create an anthology of Halloween stories.
There is a 1,200 word limit (with a 300-word minimum).
Stories should be kid-friendly, but do not necessarily have to be written FOR children. Your best bet is to aim for stories that would be okay for 10 to 14 year old children to read.
These stories need to be spooky. Ghosts, goblins, demons, ghouls and anything else that can be thought of to frighten is welcome.
Stories are preferred, but we will accept some poems.
Artwork will be accepted (black and white/line drawings).
And we will need a cover. (If no one can create a suitable cover, Melusine Muse Press' artists will provide one.)
As with Teapot Tales and Jingle Bells, proceeds will go towards the Chapter Book Challenge. The book will be made available in Kindle and print format. For print format, we are going to need to have the edited stories in and ready no later than July 31st, 2014. Otherwise, we cannot guarantee that the print version will be available by Halloween.
If you are American, your story will keep its US spellings and colloquialisms. If you are Australian or English, your story will also retain the spellings and colloquialisms for your area.
The Kindle version will maintain the clickable linking format that it had in Teapot Tales, and unless your are new at writing for Melusine Muse Press and the Chapter Book Challenge, your bio from Teapot Tales or Jingle Bells will be used, unless you request a new one. If you are new, an author (or artist) bio will be needed.
We will need to reach a minimum of 25 stories for this to be published in print form though.
It is not limited to only ChaBooCha members! Anyone who can write an enjoyable story can submit a story.
Teapot Tales: Pirates, Mermaids and Monsters of the Sea (Volume Two)
The theme for the 2014 Teapot Tales anthology will be " Pirates, Mermaids and Monsters of the Sea." In fact, the full title of the next Teapot Tales anthology will be: "Teapot Tales: Pirates, Mermaids and Monsters of the Sea," or something very similar.
1. Your stories must be about pirates, mermaids or other monsters of the sea. But "monsters of the sea" can be loosely interpreted and basically, your story should have the sea or the ocean somewhere in it.
2. Stories do not have to be FOR children, but they do need to be child-friendly in that there should be no bad language, no sex and, although kids love gore and violence, please keep it PG.
3. Stories can not be less than 300 words and cannot be over 800 words. Last time, the limit was 700 words, but several went over. This time, I am hoping everyone can keep it concise enough to stay within the allotted word count. The point of the title "Teapot Tales" is that each story is a short piece of flash fiction - a story short enough that a person can sit and enjoy a cup of tea while enjoying a story or two. People should be confident that they can sit and read a story in a short span of time, easily fitting story-reading into those briefly-snatched, relaxing moments throughout the day.
4. You MUST be an officially signed-up member of the Chapter Book Challenge in order to submit a story to the Teapot Tales anthology. You can sign up here. (You can read more about the Chapter Book Challenge by browsing this site or clicking on the "about" section at the top of the blog.)
5. Please follow the formatting guidelines as stated on Melusine Muse Press's page. Go here to read the formatting guidelines.
6. Proceeds from sales of the anthology go towards supporting the Chapter Book Challenge. Right now, the proceeds help pay for the prizes (we do a lot of prizes during the challenge) and the posting of those prizes. In the future, if proceeds increase, they will also help towards advertising ChaBooCha to bring in more members, advertising of the Teapot Tales anthologies (and other ChaBooCha anthologies) to help get them to a wider audience, donating our anthologies to libraries, setting up a more professional website and more. The goal is to grow membership of the Chapter Book Challenge, so we can better help each other towards our publishing goals. The Chapter Book Challenge is FREE to join and will remain so.
7. Illustrations (line art - black on white) will also be accepted.
8. Author bios must be sent in - around a paragraph each, links may be included, and must be written in 3rd person. These will be included in the book.
9. The deadline for the Teapot Tales submissions is July 31st, 2014, but I would prefer to get submissions in earlier.
10. E-mail submissions as a file attachment to Rebecca (at) Fyfe (dot) net.
Anthologies will be made available in both kindle and print formats.
SuperHERo Tales (Volume One):
You need to create a character. She is female and a superhero, but what she looks like, what her powers are, what she wears and what kind of personality she has is all up to you. Start by outlining these specific things:
Name of female superhero:
Name of human alter ego, if different:
Superhero Appearance (hair, eyes, body type, etc.):
Human alter ego appearance (if she has an alter ego):
Costume:
Personality:
Brief description of how the superheroine gets her powers (i.e. born with them, radioactive accident, mad scientist experiments on her, etc.):
Powers:
Anything else important:
Once you have filled these details in, write a flash fiction or short story, no less than 300 words long and no longer than 1,000 words, that is a complete scene. This scene can be one that shows how your character develops her powers, how she becomes a superhero. It can be a fight scene, showing how she uses her powers. It can be a romance scene (PG, please) showing how she interacts with her love interest (if she has one). It can be anything you want it to be that shows some aspect of your character, something important to her life. It doesn't have to be a complete story, but it must be a complete scene. Think of it as if you have your own TV series dedicated to your superhero, and this short story is one episode of the series. (That suggests it should at least have an end to the scene, even though everyone watching/reading knows that the story continues.)
At the beginning of the page, before starting the list, type your name and the word count. Then type the word "anthology:" and add "yes."
E-mail your story to me using the "contact me" button in the top right corner.
Because this is for charity, there will be no payment, but your name will be listed as a contributing author and you will have an author bio (which you will have to send in) near the end of the book.
Art submissions: This anthology is for a charity that benefits girls, and as we are creating female superheroes in the comic tradition, we are looking for some superhero drawings to represent the superheroes. e-mail me for a list of the descriptions of the superheroes that have been added to the anthology so far if you plan on submitting a drawing or more than one drawing. Because this is for charity, there will be no payment, but your name will be listed as the artist and you will have an artist bio (which you will have to send in) near the end of the book.
Proceeds from the anthology will go to Because I Am a Girl. From the website:
"Because I am a Girl is a global initiative to end gender inequality, promote girls’ rights and lift millions of girls – and everyone around them – out of poverty.Girls in the poorest regions of the world are among the most disadvantaged people on the planet. They are more likely to live in poverty, more likely to be denied access to education, more likely to be denied medical care, and more likely to be malnourished, simply because they’re girls. And yet, studies show that if you give a girl enough to eat, an education and a safe environment, she’ll work to raise the standard of living for herself, her family and her community.We operate a wide range of programs worldwide to improve the status of girls and give them equal access to health care, education, protection, independence, and an opportunity to participate in society.Our State of the Worlds Girls report series is an ongoing investigation to shine the light on specific barriers to young girls’ development and their access to basic human rights."
Jingle Bells Anthology Project #JBAP
This is an idea brought up by members of the Chapter Book Challenge and I like the idea, so I'm making it official.
The idea was to create an anthology of Christmas stories. Now, not everyone celebrates Christmas, calling call it Winter Tales doesn't work because Christmas doesn't fall in Winter in other parts of the world. So the anthology will be called "Jingle Bells."
There is a 1,200 word limit (with a 300-word minimum).
Stories should be kid-friendly, but do not necessarily have to be written FOR children. Your best bet is to aim for stories that would be okay for 8 to 13 year old children to read.
These stories can be magical, heart-warming and anything in-between. We want people who read these tales to feel that warm, tingly, heart-touching effect from our words. You know, show them your holiday spirit! Make sure they FEEL it!
Stories are preferred, but we will accept some poems.
Artwork will be accepted (black and white/line drawings), but remember, there may be stories that are for Hanukkuh, the Winter Solstice, Yule and Kwanzaa too.
And we will need a cover. (If no one can create a suitable cover, Melusine Muse Press' artists will provide one.
As with Teapot Tales, proceeds will go towards the Chapter Book Challenge, however,profit will be set low, as this is mostly a Christmas treat for everyone. The book will be made available in Kindle and print format. for print format, we are going to need to have the edited stories in and ready no later than September 30th. Otherwise, we cannot guarantee that the print version will be available by Christmas, and we know many of us will want copies to give as gifts.
If you are American, your story will keep its US spellings and colloquialisms. If you are Australian or English, your story will also retain the spellings and colloquialisms for your area. This way, there will be only one version to publish, rather than one for each form.
The Kindle version will maintain the clickable linking format that it had in Teapot Tales, and unless your are new at writing for Melusine Muse Press and the Chapter Book Challenge, your bio from Teapot Tales will be used. If you are new, an author (or artist) bio will be needed.
We will need to reach a minimum of 25 stories for this to be a viable idea though.
And there is one big change to this one:
It is not limited to only ChaBooCha members! Anyone who can write an enjoyable story can submit a story.
Teapot Tales: A Collection of Unusual Fairy Tales (Teapot Tales: Volume 3)
Do you like to write fairy tales?Every year we bring out a new volume of our Teapot Tales anthologies with proceeds to benefit the Chapter Book Challenge. This will be the third volume and the theme is returning to fairy tales.
The stories are flash fiction (minimum word count 300 words/maximum word count 1,000 words) and are to either be a new take on an old fairy tale (sometimes called twisted fairy tales or fractured fairy tales) or completely new fairy tales.
Submissions are only open to Chapter Book Challenge members (it's free to join and the sign-up sheet is on the ChaBooCha blog). Previous Teapot Tales anthologies are "Teapot Tales: A Collection of Unique Fairy Tales" (Teapot Tales: Volume 1) and "Teapot Tales: Pirates, Mermaids and Monsters of the Sea" (Teapot Tales: Volume 2). The anthologies are sold through Amazon, but will be expanding to other retail outlets. All authors retain the copyrights to their stories to publish in their own collections or on their own websites. Up to three stories may be submitted. Artwork (line drawings) is also accepted.We also run a competition each year for the book cover creation. If you'd like to create a cover for consideration in the competition, the title needs to say "Teapot Tales" in large print and "A Collection of Extraordinary Fairy Tales" in smaller print. Keep in mind that the title needs to be able to be read even when the book cover is seen in thumbnail size. ChaBooCha members vote on the cover. Covers need to be in by August 31st, to be voted on within a week of that date. The winner of the competition will have their cover used for the anthology and, within the anthology, will get credit for creating the cover.
All work must be your own.
Deadline for story submissions (and artwork):
Teapot Tales: A Collection of Extraordinary Fairy Tales (Teapot Tales: Volume 4)
Do you like to write fairy tales?
Every year we bring out a new volume of our Teapot Tales anthologies with proceeds to benefit the Chapter Book Challenge. This will be the third volume and the theme is returning to fairy tales.
The stories are flash fiction (minimum word count 300 words/maximum word count 1,000 words) and are to either be a new take on an old fairy tale (sometimes called twisted fairy tales or fractured fairy tales) or completely new fairy tales.
Submissions are only open to Chapter Book Challenge members (it's free to join and the sign-up sheet is on the ChaBooCha blog). Previous Teapot Tales anthologies are "Teapot Tales: A Collection of Unique Fairy Tales" (Teapot Tales: Volume 1) and "Teapot Tales: Pirates, Mermaids and Monsters of the Sea" (Teapot Tales: Volume 2). The anthologies are sold through Amazon, but will be expanding to other retail outlets. All authors retain the copyrights to their stories to publish in their own collections or on their own websites. Up to three stories may be submitted. Artwork (line drawings) is also accepted.
We also run a competition each year for the book cover creation. If you'd like to create a cover for consideration in the competition, the title needs to say "Teapot Tales" in large print and "A Collection of Extraordinary Fairy Tales" in smaller print. Keep in mind that the title needs to be able to be read even when the book cover is seen in thumbnail size. ChaBooCha members vote on the cover. Covers need to be in by August 31st, to be voted on within a week of that date. The winner of the competition will have their cover used for the anthology and, within the anthology, will get credit for creating the cover.
All work must be your own.
Please include a one-paragraph, third-person author bio with your submission. Website links to your sites may are allowed within reason.
Please include a one-paragraph, third-person author bio with your submission. Website links to your sites may are allowed within reason.
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