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Wanted: unsolicited horror fiction, essays, and visual art for our first ever anthology, YOU TOOK THE WRONG TURN (guest edited by Lex Briscuso). Our submissions are open to everyone, everywhere. We especially look to publish marginalized creatives. Interpret the theme as you’d like. Upon release, 100% of anthology sales profits will go to the BLAC, in response to the continuing police brutality in Toronto and beyond. Nobody should be killed for turning a wrong corner. |
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WHAT TO SEND
As a publisher of the gothic and grotesque, no subject matter is off-limits. That is, unless the point-of-view is harmful; we don’t want your gratuitously violent or exploitative fantasies.
We also do require content warnings upon submission in order to protect our editors. If this fact is an issue for you, then please do not submit.
Finally, while we understand that writers under 18 have their own punk to contribute, minors may not submit sexually explicit material (everyone else, have at it if you like).
Simultaneous submissions? Yes!
Multiple submissions? Yes!
AI-generated content? Fuck no.
We also do require content warnings upon submission in order to protect our editors. If this fact is an issue for you, then please do not submit.
Finally, while we understand that writers under 18 have their own punk to contribute, minors may not submit sexually explicit material (everyone else, have at it if you like).
Simultaneous submissions? Yes!
Multiple submissions? Yes!
AI-generated content? Fuck no.
HOW TO SEND IT
Submissions must be sent in via the appropriate Google Form (both under their specific categories below). If these forms give you trouble, please let us know so we can accommodate.
Don’t stress about the formatting—please keep it simple, and with a readable font.
Cover letters are optional. If you like, tell us a little bit about yourself, but official bios will be requested upon acceptance; we don’t care so much about your ‘credentials’ as much as we’d like to know about the creative behind the pages.
Regular submissions are free and we’ll get back to you in about a month (please do not query until that time has passed).
Don’t stress about the formatting—please keep it simple, and with a readable font.
Cover letters are optional. If you like, tell us a little bit about yourself, but official bios will be requested upon acceptance; we don’t care so much about your ‘credentials’ as much as we’d like to know about the creative behind the pages.
Regular submissions are free and we’ll get back to you in about a month (please do not query until that time has passed).
expedited submissions
As previously mentioned, standard submissions are free, with an optional tip jar to help us as a tiny press only losing money on this project.
Submitters may also buy one of our latest releases in exchange for an expedited 24-hour response to their work. This needs to be a new purchase of one of the following:
- In the Name of the Body: lyric essays by Alton Melvar M Dapanas (print preorder)
- Traveler’s Tales by Briar Ripley Page (print or digital)
Thank you for supporting our authors.
Submitters may also buy one of our latest releases in exchange for an expedited 24-hour response to their work. This needs to be a new purchase of one of the following:
- In the Name of the Body: lyric essays by Alton Melvar M Dapanas (print preorder)
- Traveler’s Tales by Briar Ripley Page (print or digital)
Thank you for supporting our authors.
revision process
Please do not send revisions before receiving an acceptance, unless they're substantial and you really believe they'll affect our judgment. If that is the case, then please do not fill out an additional sub form; email us instead.
Revision requests will be honored upon acceptance if desired. We will also inform you of any minor edits we might wish to make to your piece.
Revision requests will be honored upon acceptance if desired. We will also inform you of any minor edits we might wish to make to your piece.
publication rights
By submitting to Wrong Publishing, you are confirming that all of the enclosed work is original and belonging to you; again, work created by AI is not considered original.
Submissions must have also never appeared in another publication. Work published on a personal site is okay, but we’d prefer it to be taken down upon acceptance (art and photography are an exception to this and are okay to stay up).
Please do notify us if your submission has been accepted for publication elsewhere.
We are acquiring First Serial Rights for this anthology. Upon acceptance, your piece may not appear anywhere else until we publish it—at which point the rights revert back to you, the contributor.
We may reach out for permission to nominate your work for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best Small Fictions.
We reserve the right to terminate the contracts of authors whom we find, upon fair investigation, to have committed hateful, abusive, or plagiarizing behaviour.
Please always credit Wrong Publishing when you republish work that originated with us.
Submissions must have also never appeared in another publication. Work published on a personal site is okay, but we’d prefer it to be taken down upon acceptance (art and photography are an exception to this and are okay to stay up).
Please do notify us if your submission has been accepted for publication elsewhere.
We are acquiring First Serial Rights for this anthology. Upon acceptance, your piece may not appear anywhere else until we publish it—at which point the rights revert back to you, the contributor.
We may reach out for permission to nominate your work for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best Small Fictions.
We reserve the right to terminate the contracts of authors whom we find, upon fair investigation, to have committed hateful, abusive, or plagiarizing behaviour.
Please always credit Wrong Publishing when you republish work that originated with us.
PAYMENT
The pay rate for this anthology is C$0.01/word for the first 2k words, and C$0.005/word afterwards.
The cover artist will receive an honorarium of C$50.
Inner/B&W artists will receive an honorarium of C$20.
Payments will be made via PayPal, unless PayPal is inaccessible to the contributor, in which case alternatives may be arranged.
The cover artist will receive an honorarium of C$50.
Inner/B&W artists will receive an honorarium of C$20.
Payments will be made via PayPal, unless PayPal is inaccessible to the contributor, in which case alternatives may be arranged.
Questions unanswered above? Email us at publishingwrong (at) gmail (dot) com or reach out on social media.
Please do not send submissions through any other means than the portals below. If they cause you trouble, just let us know and we can then accommodate.
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