Call For Submissions

Gulf Coast Writers Association (GCWA) seeks submissions for a new print anthology of short fiction.  We will accept most genres, except pornography, erotica, graphic violence/horror, or anything racial or biased toward any religious or moral preference.

Manuscripts MUST adhere to the following guidelines, or they will be deleted unread:

• Please send no more than TWO stories.

• Double-space the entire manuscript.

• Submit work in Times New Roman 12 pt. script. 

• Put Word Count on first page.

• Submit stories of no more than 5,000 words, otherwise they will be deleted.

• Submissions must be accompanied by a VERY brief cover letter. 

• Do not include a bio note in the cover letter.  We will request this information later from selected authors.

• Authors must clearly state in their cover letter if, where, and when a story entry has been previously published. 

Writers whose work is selected will be notified by e-mail on or before March 20, 2008. 

All selected contributors will receive an honorarium of $25.00 for publication rights, which includes both print and electronic rights.  All rights revert to authors upon publication of the anthology – which we plan to publish in late Spring.

Print submissions sent to GCWA will not be read or returned.  

Manuscripts must be submitted electronically to:

Dixon Hearne at:  anthology@socal.rr.com

(Cut and Paste submission into your e-mail.  NO attachments accepted.)

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