CYBER/BIO/DIESEL/STEAM—PUNK
ONE THEME, FOUR CALLS
CYBER/BIO/DIESEL/STEAM—PUNK
DRABBLE CALL OPEN NOW, OTHERWISE
SUBMISSION WINDOW: OPENS 1st NOVEMBER 2021, CLOSES 30th NOVEMBER 2021
TIME UNTIL WINDOW OPENS:
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BLACK HARE PRESS is—and has always been—an inclusive publisher. LGBTQ+ characters always acceptable.
Punk—steampunk, cyberpunk, biopunk, dieselpunk—stories where technology is the main focus. Your stories should be dark and gritty with an element of rebellion.
Some reading examples;
- Necromancer by William Gibson
- The Difference Engine by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson
- Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
- Synners by Pat Cadigan
- Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan
- Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
- The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells
- Blood Music by Greg Bear
- Tin Can Tommies by Mark C. Jones
- The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett
Your characters might be human or speculative fiction—vampires, werewolves, androids, aliens—but they must live in a world (past, present, parallel, or future) with a futuristic twist. Can include romance elements and comedy, but, as always, must err on the very dark side.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
These will be read blind. Do not include personal information IN your manuscript (no name, no pen name, no email, no address).
Do not include personal information in your document name. Your document name must be PUNK – [PART] – [TITLE]
In your email subject, include PUNK – [PART] – [TITLE] – [PEN NAME]
Where [PART] is either NOVELLA, SHORT, FIVE or DRABBLE.
In your email body, please include; the part, your story title, your pen name, word count, bio
100 WORDS
DRABBLE CALL IS OPEN NOW UNTIL THE OVERARCHING CALL CLOSES
Drabbles—100 words exactly, excluding title and author name.
Maximum of 5 acceptances per pen name. Our usual $10 USD Amazon gift voucher for the first author to five.
Author compensation will be a digital copy of the finished anthology.
No co-authored submissions, please.
This will form part of our “Dark Drabbles” series.
Include your bio in the email body: 50 words and one link maximum
Email subject: PUNK – DRABBLE – [TITLE] – [PEN NAME]
Email your submission to fourpartsubs@blackharepress.com
500 WORDS
500 words exactly, excluding title and author name.
Author compensation will be a digital copy of the finished anthology.
No co-authored submissions, please.
This will form part of our “Five Hundred Fiction” series.
Include your bio in the email body: 100 words maximum, plus two links
Email subject: PUNK – FIVE – [TITLE] – [PEN NAME]
Email your submission to fourpartsubs@blackharepress.com
SHORT STORIES
Short stories: up to 3,000 words (10% leeway).
Author compensation will be a digital copy of the finished anthology, plus $10 USD for all stories published over 2k (after edits).
Co-authored submissions welcome.
Include your bio in the email body: 100 words maximum, plus two links
Email subject: PUNK – SHORT– [TITLE] – [PEN NAME]
Email your submission to fourpartsubs@blackharepress.com
NOVELLA
Novellas – 20,000 to 40,000 wordcount
Novella series are always a possibility, though we’re not looking for them in this call.
Author compensation will be in the form of;
- $100 USD advance
- 60% share of royalties
- 80% share of merchandise royalties.
Co-authored submissions welcome.
Stage 1 – First chapter only due within the submission window, along with a synopsis and rough plot outline and your short bio (for our use only, not for publication). Make it good, make us hungry to see more.
Stage 2 – Those successful in stage 1 will be invited to submit their completed manuscript which will go to our read team, and their full (no limit on word count) bio. Successful authors from stage 2 will be invited to sign contracts with us.
Email subject: PUNK – NOVELLA – [TITLE] – [PEN NAME]
Email your submission to fourpartsubs@blackharepress.com