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Guidelines
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A NIGHTMARE'S DOZEN
HARCOURT BRACE'S Children's Books Division is now accepting submissions
for a horror and dark fantasy anthology. The volume will be called A
NIGHTMARE'S DOZEN and it will be a companion to A WIZARD'S DOZEN and a
forthcoming book called STARFARER'S DOZEN.
Address: Michael Stearns
NIGHTMARE'S DOZEN
Harcourt Brace Trade Division
525 B Street, Suite 1900
San Diego, CA 92101-4495
Phone: 619-699-6810 (Please note: These guidelines *specifically*
state "No phone calls, please")
Deadline: 30 September '95. HOWEVER, only 11 to 15 stories will be
accepted. If that number is selected BEFORE
that date, all other incoming manuscripts will
be sent back unread.
Story length: 3,000 to 5,000 words. However "shorter stories will be
happily considered." Although somewhat longer
stories are sometimes "grudgingly" considered,
space considerations mean that "the deck" is
"stacked against them."
o Rights: "first publication; no reprints"
o Pay: six cents per word; "authors retain secondary sales
rights and copyright." Authors share a 5% royalty.
o Please note: "No simultaneous submissions"
o Photocopies accepted. Keep your original.
o Include a SASE
o Presentation: Manuscripts must be typed and double-spaced
o Response Time: 4 - 6 weeks (The editor will attempt to
personally comment on every manuscript rejected. However,
in the case of "too many submissions and too little time,"
form rejections will be used.)
Neither the Guidelines Harcourt Brace is sending out, nor my reworded
guidelines should be constituted as "a solicitation of manuscripts."
Michael Stearns specifies the following: "These guidelines are for
informational purposes [only]....submission of any unsolicited
manuscripts shall be done at the submitter's own risk of loss."
The editor wants writers to recall that this is a *young adult*
anthology, and that "graphic horror has no place here." Furthermore, the
editor suggests that writer's who wish a better understanding of what
type of story is liked should read "With His Head Tucked Underneath His
Arm" by Bruce Coville, and "Lost Soul" by Vivian Vande Velde. A
WIZARD'S DOZEN contains both stories.
Terror is preferred over horror, "suggestion to grue." Preferred
stories have "well-defined characters, simple-yet-surprising plots,
polished writing, and, often wit." If the stories deal with the hopes
and fears of adolescents, so much the better, HOWEVER, "that is not
absolutely necessary. Remember, "tell a good story," because "all other
criteria come second."
--- Blue Wave/RA v2.12
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