It’s today! Today is the day that Earth: Giants, Golems and Gargoyles opens to submissions! This will be the second volume in my elemental anthologies series and I’m really looking to build on the awesome that was Fire: Demons, Dragons and Djinns.
Call for Submissions: Earth: Giants, Golems and Gargoyles
Keep your feet on the ground. Sink in roots. Stay grounded. Mother Earth. We come from dust, and to dust we return…
Earth is steady. Solid. Reliable. It is the source of life and the thing which sustains it. But it’s not always serene and peaceful. It takes a lot to stir the earth but when it does, things get dramatic. Quakes swallow cities. Oceans rise. Mountains crumble. Earth is not weak, and it knows no pity.
In this, the second installment of the Elemental Anthology series, I want to explore the many facets of this often under-estimated element and the creatures associated with it so Earth: Giants, Golems and Gargoyles will be filled with stories about every kind of earthy creature you can imagine, not only those listed in the subtitle. I’m looking for trolls, dwarves, earth dragons, goblins, ogres, orcs, grotesques and earthen beasts no one has ever heard of before. And of course this anthology will not be complete without at least one giant, golem and gargoyle!
Rights and compensation: Payment: $50 CAD flat fee and a paperback copy of the anthology. In exchange we are seeking first world rights in English and exclusive right to publish in print and electronic format for six months after publication date, after which publisher retains nonexclusive right to continue to publish for the life of the anthology.
Open submission period: January 1, 2019 – February 28, 2019
Length: Under 7,500 words
Submit here: https://niteblade.submittable.com/submit/131075/earth-giants-golems-and-gargoyles
No simultaneous or multiple submissions.
No reprints.
Canadian spelling, please.
Do you want adult content in the Earth: Giants, Golems and Gargoyles submissions?
I mean, I guess that depends on how you define ‘adult content’. Non-gratuitous violence and sexual situations are fine, but I don’t want explicit sex scenes. Probably the best way to know what I want for Earth would be to check out what I included in Fire: Demons, Dragons and Djinns but if that’s not an option I’d say, as a general rule ‘R-rated is fine. X-rated is not’ 🙂