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Our 2024 edition with lead story by Kevin J. Anderson. Submissions open on June 1, 2023.
Theme: Hidden Villains: Betrayed– Bold, imaginative fantasy, horror, and sci-fi sculpted to thrill and entertain readers with the bizarre or delve into the shadows. Finish it off with a twist of betrayal!
Betrayed- double-cross, fail, deceive, cheat, sell-out, let down, stitch up, rat out, turn traitor, rat on, expose, reveal, lay bare, stab in the back.
There is no restriction as to how you incorporate the theme into your story as long as the genre falls within Speculative Fiction, including Sci-Fi or Fantasy. We encourage you to weave the theme into an engaging story with well-developed characters and deep emotion. Suspense and thrillers are encouraged over horror for this anthology, but a great horror story will rise to the top.
Stories that contain infanticide, rape, or gratuitous gore will not be accepted.
Submission Period: June 1, 2023 to August 31, 2023
Submissions: 1 per author; no reprints, no simultaneous submissions, no AI;
Submission Cost: Free
Word Limit: 2,000 to 8,000 words
Submission Guidelines: Anonymous submission with no author name in document; 12 pt Times or Arial; .Doc or .Docx; double-space; first line indent; no tabs used.
Genres: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Anticipated Pay: .02 per word + Royalty share from all Draft 2 Digital sales. A paperback author’s copy will be provided for US authors. Authors outside of the US will receive at least a digital copy; paperbacks with depend on shipping costs determined on a case by case basis.
Each story will receive a share from Draft 2 Digital’s wide network, as will the publisher.
Kickstarter’s stretch goals will include a share of the Kickstarter’s profit as well.
The Kickstarter is intended to defray the initial cost of production such as editing, author compensation, and covers.
Wholesale books will be available to the authors at approximately 2/3 of the retail price.
Timeline Projections:
- Submissions close: August 2023
- Review: September 2023
- Acceptance or Rejection: October / November 2023
- Edits: November 2023 / Feb 2024
- Production: March 2024
- Published: April 2024
Authors must provide assurance that their story submission is an original, previously unpublished work, is not currently under consideration elsewhere, and that it will not be submitted for publication elsewhere until the author receives notification that it has not been accepted for inclusion in Hidden Villains: Arise.
Authors can expect ongoing royalties from Draft 2 Digital for stories published in the anthology. An account with Draft 2 Digital will be required to provide royalty share payments. Draft 2 Digital royalties can only be paid on sales generated through their network. US authors will also receive one complimentary copy of the printed anthology, other shipping destinations will depend on shipping costs.
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