Wednesday, June 09, 2010

EarLit Shorts Audio Anthology Series Call for Submissions

EarLit Shorts, the signature audio short fiction anthology series from Rattling Books is calling for submissions.

Submission Deadline: August 15, 2010

Rattling Books is seeking previously unpublished short fiction for EarLit Shorts, a series of audio anthologies. Stories will be available on-line, singly or collectively, as digital downloads.

EarLit Shorts was launched in the fall of 2008 with works by Jessica Grant, Steven Heighton, Joel Thomas Hynes, Kathleen Winter, Russell Wangersky and many others. There are currently four anthologies available in the EarLit Shorts series. EarLit Shorts 5 and EarLit Shorts 6 are forthcoming in 2010.

To be eligible, submissions must

· be previously unpublished between the covers of a book (i.e. stories which have appeared in periodicals are eligible);

· be between 500 and 8,000 words in length.

There are two ways to submit:

Send previously unpublished stories and a cover letter to Rattling Books, General Delivery, Tors Cove, NL, Canada A0A 4A0.

Send your story or stories and a cover letter to earlit.submissions@gmail.com.

Entries must be postmarked on or before August 15, 2010.

Submissions will not be returned.

Stories included in the EarLit Shorts series are subject to a royalty based publishing contract.