OPEN SUBMISSION CALLS FOR RACONTEUR PRESS
(Questions about our publishing schedules can be addressed to racpressproduction[at]gmail.com)
YOUR HONOR, I CAN EXPLAIN (SPURGLE CHRONICLES VOL. I)
Guidelines:
5,000 to 8,000 words.
Genre: entertaining.
Due by 31 MAY 23
Submit to: racpresssubmissions[at}gmail.com
Short story must involve some kind of legal court, whether it be military tribunal, King’s Court, Justice of the Peace, Administrative Hearing, or full-on felony court; and can be in any time period or genre where there is some kind of legal system.
Must also have a character of your own creation named “Andrew Spurgle” who is a complete buffoon, incompetent, and all-around clown-shoe. This character may be the protagonist, a supporting party, or just a walk-on, at author’s discretion.
Length and genre are negotiable, as long as the story is entertaining. Any submission must be in Times New Roman, 12PT, double spaced, with your name, title of the story, and your email on it. Please see the submission guideline graphic on the Raconteur Press Facebook page.
Raconteur Press will hold the rights for one year after publication, after one year the rights will revert to the author.
Raconteur Press uses Pubshare (pubshare.com) to distribute payments and handle tax forms for anthology authors, so authors who contribute must have a free pubshare account.
IMPORTANT: when you set up your Pubshare account you MUST choose the method by which you want to receive your royalties. There are currently two choices: PayPal at the beginning of each month, or paper cheque each quarter. BE SURE that you have chosen a method of payment and input the required information. If you don’t Pubshare will hang on to your royalties until you choose and method of payment and input the required information.
MOGGIES IN SPACE
Guidelines:
5,000 to 8,000 words.
Genre: entertaining.
Due by 30 JUNE 23
Submit to: racpresssubmissions[at}gmail.com
Short story must involve moggies (AKA cats. Kitties. Purring little terrorists. House panthers. But there must be a cat, in space, and it needs to be the focus of the story.)
Length and genre are negotiable, as long as the story is entertaining. Any submission must be in Times New Roman, 12PT, double spaced, with your name, title of the story, and your email on it. Please see the submission guideline graphic on the Raconteur Press Facebook page.
Raconteur Press will hold the rights for one year after publication, after one year the rights will revert to the author.
Raconteur Press uses Pubshare (pubshare.com) to distribute payments and handle tax forms for anthology authors, so authors who contribute must have a free pubshare account.
IMPORTANT: when you set up your Pubshare account you MUST choose the method by which you want to receive your royalties. There are currently two choices: PayPal at the beginning of each month, or paper cheque each quarter. BE SURE that you have chosen a method of payment and input the required information. If you don’t Pubshare will hang on to your royalties until you choose and method of payment and input the required information.
SPACE COWBOYS 3: RETURN OF THE BOOKAROO
Guidelines:
5,000 to 8,000 words.
Genre: entertaining.
Due by 31 JULY 23.
Submit to: racpresssubmissions[at}gmail.com
Short story involving space and cowboys. Length and genre are negotiable, as long as the story is entertaining. Any submission must be in Times New Roman, 12PT, double spaced, with your name, title of the story, and your email on it. Please see the submission guideline graphic on the Raconteur Press Facebook page.
Raconteur Press will hold the rights for one year after publication, after one year the rights will revert to the author.
Raconteur Press uses Pubshare (pubshare.com) to distribute payments and handle tax forms for anthology authors, so authors who contribute must have a free pubshare account.
IMPORTANT: when you set up your Pubshare account you MUST choose the method by which you want to receive your royalties. There are currently two choices: PayPal at the beginning of each month, or paper cheque each quarter. BE SURE that you have chosen a method of payment and input the required information. If you don’t Pubshare will hang on to your royalties until you choose and method of payment and input the required information.
YOU SEE, WHAT HAPPENED WAS….(SPURGLE CHRONICLES VOL. II)
Guidelines:
5,000 to 8,000 words.
Genre: entertaining.
Due: TBD
Submit to: racpresssubmissions[at}gmail.com
Short story must involve some kind of crazy circumstance, impossible situation, where the main or supporting character (Spurgle) done screwed up, in the most epic way possible.
“Andrew Spurgle” is a complete buffoon, incompetent, and all-around clown-shoe. This character may be the protagonist, a supporting party, or just a walk-on, at author’s discretion, if you can make him the reason for the disaster.
Length and genre are negotiable, as long as the story is entertaining. Any submission must be in Times New Roman, 12PT, double spaced, with your name, title of the story, and your email on it. Please see the submission guideline graphic on the Raconteur Press Facebook page.
Raconteur Press will hold the rights for one year after publication, after one year the rights will revert to the author.
Raconteur Press uses Pubshare (pubshare.com) to distribute payments and handle tax forms for anthology authors, so authors who contribute must have a free pubshare account.
IMPORTANT: when you set up your Pubshare account you MUST choose the method by which you want to receive your royalties. There are currently two choices: PayPal at the beginning of each month, or paper cheque each quarter. BE SURE that you have chosen a method of payment and input the required information. If you don’t Pubshare will hang on to your royalties until you choose and method of payment and input the required information.
THE MAN WAS DEAD WHEN I GOT THERE! (SPURGLE CHRONICLES VOL. III)
Guidelines:
5,000 to 8,000 words.
Genre: entertaining.
Due: TBD
Submit to: racpresssubmissions[at}gmail.com
Short story must involve Andrew Spurgle in some way, and has to be centered around a MOTEL or HOTEL, 5.5 or Hotel 7. Funny is even better. Include the free breakfast, and a reference to the #raconteurroadtrip for extra fun.
“Andrew Spurgle” is a complete buffoon, incompetent, and all-around clown-shoe. This character may be the protagonist, a supporting party, or just a walk-on, at author’s discretion, if you can make him the reason for the disaster.
Length and genre are negotiable, as long as the story is entertaining. Any submission must be in Times New Roman, 12PT, double spaced, with your name, title of the story, and your email on it. Please see the submission guideline graphic on the Raconteur Press Facebook page.
Raconteur Press will hold the rights for one year after publication, after one year the rights will revert to the author.
Raconteur Press uses Pubshare (pubshare.com) to distribute payments and handle tax forms for anthology authors, so authors who contribute must have a free pubshare account.
IMPORTANT: when you set up your Pubshare account you MUST choose the method by which you want to receive your royalties. There are currently two choices: PayPal at the beginning of each month, or paper cheque each quarter. BE SURE that you have chosen a method of payment and input the required information. If you don’t Pubshare will hang on to your royalties until you choose and method of payment and input the required information.