Submissions should be sent to were.traveler@gmail.com
Copy and paste your submission in the body of an email. Attachments will not be opened. No exceptions.
For the subject line, follow the directions listed for each issue on the Call for Submissions page. The basic format is: NAME OF ISSUE-TITLE OF YOUR STORY. In all caps. Easier to sort out the junk mail that way. If you have a question for the editor (me), put QUESTION in all caps in the subject line. If you have suggestions, send them to me as well, I want to know what you’d like to see here. Put SUGGESTION in the subject line.
CONTENT: No gratuitous sex or violence. If it fits the story, that’s fine, but nothing over the top. I can be scared without all that blood-and-guts imagery. As far as language goes, I’ve got no restriction there. I won’t publish anything racist, or in another other way offensive. Make sure your pieces are completely edited before sending them in, and that you catch as many typos and misspellings as possible.
PAYMENT: I’m a broke-ass college student, so payment has to be in the form publication. Sorry. At some point, I’m hoping to have contests with gift card prizes and stuff. That’s just not possible right now. But if you’ve never been published before, now’s your chance to be. You can tell the assholes at work, especially that tyrant of a boss of yours to “Screw off! I’m a published author!” Well, maybe I wouldn’t go THAT far.
REPRINTS?: Okay, but let me know where your piece was previously published, and please make sure the publishing rights have reverted back to you.
SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS?: Yes. I’ll take them. If your story gets published somewhere else before here, please drop me a follow-up email to let me know. That way we can mention it in the issue. Extra kudos for the writer.
MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS?: Yes for Drabbbles. Not for longer pieces at this time.
I will state in the Call-For-Submissions when I’m accepting multiple submissions for any other issue.
RIGHTS: Authors retain all rights to their work. Your stories would probably still be considered “reprints” if you tried to get them published somewhere else after they’ve already been published here on this puny little rag. So, if you have a Hugo-winning story you’re polishing up, send it to Fantasy & Science Fiction or Asimovs for fuck’s sake! You should always try to get your best work published with a magazine that pays real money. Recognition is great, but beer money is better.
ARCHIVES: Stories will be moved to the Issue Archive at a certain point after publication on the main page. Links will be provided to your stories there.
