Call for Submissions
Do you have an idea for a holiday short story that needs to be written? Are you looking for an extra publishing credit on your resume? The Chesapeake Bay Writers announces its upcoming holiday-themed anthology of fiction short stories to be published through traditional publisher, Blue Fortune Enterprises LLC. Release date for the anthology is October 2024. Guidelines for submission are below.
Please adhere to the guidelines listed. This is a competitive process and not all stories submitted will be accepted.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW GUIDELINES COULD RESULT IN AUTOMATIC
REJECTION.
Guidelines:
- Must be a current member of Chesapeake Bay Writers
- Stories must be no longer than 5k words and must be holiday themed (Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Solistice)
- Stories must have a local setting
- Submissions must be in Microsoft Word, 12 point, Times New Roman font
- Deadline for submission is June 12, 2024
- Stories that have previously appeared online (temporarily or permanently, on your own or a third-party site) should not be submitted, nor should work that has already been
- published electronically or in print
- Simultaneous submissions are welcome with timely notification of acceptance elsewhere
- All submissions are to be sent to: narielle@blue-fortune.com
This is a collaboration between Blue Fortune Enterprises and CBW, therefore neither party will charge a fee for submitting nor provide payment for publication. If your story is accepted for
publication, a contract will be issued by Blue Fortune.
If you have any questions, you can email Narielle Living at narielle@blue-fortune.com.