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09/09/95       (<<(*=--  DREAM FORGE  --=*)>>)
                          MAGAZINE
(<<((*=--  The electronic          for your mind!   --=*))>>)
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  Publisher: Dave Bealer          Managing Editor: Rick Arnold
  [e-mail]          [e-mail]

Forge, v.t.; from L. fabricari, to make, construct; from _faber_,
  a workman, artisan; to make by or as by this method; to form;
  to shape; to produce. syn. make; hammer; invent.
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Monthly e-MagaZine for a thinking and literate readership, 95%
freelance written. Works with inveterate and new writers. Ms
published 1-2 months of acceptance. Takes First Serial electronic
Rights, will accept One-Time Rights on reprints. Pays apx 60 days
after publication. Submit seasonal material 2 months in advance.
"Looking for stories with a positive message, even if the message
is hidden deep within the fabric of the work."

Preferred lengths 1,000 to 2,000 words, for Humor/Op-Ed; Fiction
2,000 to 4,500+. Guidelines for #10 SASE or download WRITERS.TXT.
Sample e-copy and guidelines on dos disk for $2.00 w/SAS(M)ailer.

METHOD OF SUBMISSION: Send your ALL ASCII TEXT ms by Internet
Email to: [e-mail]; or, via modem to: The Virtual
Word: (1:261/1129) [phone]; WRITERS BIZ BBS (1:2601/522)
[phone]; or, via Fido file attach with a netmail message
addressed to Sysop. NOTE: ALL ASCII TEXT -- this means NOT A
Word Processor .DOC; so, convert it to ALL ASCII TEXT, please.
Include a brief Bio along with your work, and if you want paid
(see below) include your mailing address, email address, phone,
and SSN. As a last resort, place your work on a DOS disk, and
place two copies on the disk, do not compress it with Zip or
whatever, if it fills a 1.44 disk -- it's too big anyhow. Mail
to the Postal address below. If you're uploading your work to
a BBS, use Zip (if ya got it), rename the zipped file (unique
name, and rename the file to use your initials as the file
extension, e.g. RAVEN.POE, vice RAVEN.ZIP.

FORMAT: Flush Left, 65 columns Right margin, single space between
paragraphs, ASCII Text. We DISCOURAGE submissions on paper, but
grudgingly accept if your work is EXCELLENT! All manuscripts are
considered disposable, even if you provide RETURN mailer. We are
into electronic communications, if you didn't notice, <g>.
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NOTE: After saving your manuscript to ASCII TEXT, please check to
ensure there are no control codes! Printer and other codes will
trash your file as it gets passed via various gateway systems! A
DOS Editor (Qedit, or others) will show print codes if still in
your manuscript, take a Look at it before sending -- text only.
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NONFICTION: Humor, Satire, Essays, Reviews, Op-Ed, and Commentary
from 1,000-4,000+ words. Pays $10-$100, w/profit sharing.

FICTION: Short stories most any genre from 1,000-6,500+ words,
longer works will be serialized; Pays $10-$100, w/profit sharing.

POETRY: Any style and length will pay: $2-$20, w/profit sharing.
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DREAM FORGE shares profits with authors (if we ever achieve that
lofty goal) where 10% of profits, from specific revenues, paid on
a pro-rated basis, annually, as a bonus to the authors from the
issue in which the authors' work appears. Details of the profit
sharing are contained on file at DF BBS. This writers' guideline
is your offer to contract.
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If you're an OVERLY SUCCESSFUL Author, you may decline payment!
Specific funds will be donated to targeted non-profit agencies
which DREAM FORGE, Inc. supports: Reading Is Fundamental, Laubach
Literacy International, and Literacy Volunteers of America. ***
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