Mar 04 2008
Submit a Story for a Good Cause
Kim over at A Few Thoughts blogged about P&E’s lawsuit. Instead of rewriting what she wrote, I asked permission to copy and paste her post. She has agreed. Here’s Kim’s post:
Now, this website is an asset to writers. Especially those just starting out, because they not only list publishers, but they warn new writers which of these publishers are vanity presses, which are commercials publishers, and any complaints that might be made about any of these publishers. P&E offers up warnings on which publishers to avoid, and for what reason. These lists are complied from writers who have dealt with them - both favorably and unfavorably - and each complaint is investigated and tracked, and left there for any new (and even seasoned) writers to check out.I won’t go into detail about who is suing them and why because I respect what Dave Kuzminski does with P&E and I don’t want to write anything that might jeopardize his chances. I know Dave from Absolute Write and know why P&E exists and why it should continue to exist.Please, click HERE to check out P&E. If you can donate to the legal defense fund for this site, please don’t be shy. P&E is always there to help out writers - now it’s our turn to help out P&E.
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Kim did a nice job explaining P&E’s goodwill towards the writing community. You can choose to donate monetarily, but if you are strapped for cash there is another way you can help.
You can submit a story to an anthology will be put together and will be available for purchase in May 2008. The cover is being illustrated by renown artist, Danielle Serra. Every cent will go to Predators and Editors for the legal case.
Submission Guidelines
* The word length is pretty open. Though everyone is encouraged not to write more than10,000 words.
* Font should be Times New Roman font, 12 pt.
* Please double-space your submission.
* Genres include Science Fiction, Horror, Romance, and fantasy. No Non-fiction unless it’s about something really captivating. (It will be a hard acceptance) Hi, it’s Auria here. If you have a creative nonfiction piece you’d like to submit, then do so. It is not your job as the writer to reject your story. That’s the editor’s job. Yours is simply to submit.
* Email submissions to screwpa@hotmail.com
* Deadline is April 5th 2008
Good luck to everyone who submits and story
Thanks so much for posting this, P&E offers a valuable service to authors. I hope everything works out in their favor.
Me too, Rain. One lawsuit I’m not too worried about. The other, well, let’s just say that it will be harder to win.