OPEN CALL
AURELIA LEO presents a burn community charity anthology of elemental magic. Pre-Order Now!
GUIDELINES
Submit? pridebookcafe.com/submit or or heypublisher.com/publishers/aurelia-leo
(Flexible) Deadline: July 16, 2022 (CLOSED EARLY)
Publication Date: February 7, 2023 (During National Burn Awareness Week)
Payment:
- Original Fiction: $0.08/word for the first 1,000 words, and $0.01/word after
- Reprints: $0.01/word
Length? Flash (1,000 words) up to novella length (39,999 words) (NOT FLEXIBLE)
Format? Shunn Modern Manuscript Format
Track submissions using Duotrope and The Submission Grinder.
THEME
Must contain fire-based elemental magic in an urban fantasy setting. Your main character can control it. Maybe the villain has it. It’s flexible. Bonus points if your MC is a burn survivor. A romantic subplot is okay but not required.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
“The Weapon Weeps for the Hand that Wields It” © Sandy Parsons (1,000 words): An augmented peacekeeper worries what his blind girlfriend will see after her eyesight is surgically restored.
“The Glass Owl” © Christi Nogle (1,760 words): Disaster is coming, they’ve fled their home, but now Grandpa is missing, and Virginia must save him before it’s too late.
“Be My Dragon“ © Alexandra Haverská (3,200 words) (TRANSLATION): The goddess Cailléach searches for yet another embodiment of the Dragon of Winter, but things don’t go as smoothly in the contemporary world as they did in the past.
“Flammable“ © Melissa Embry (4,000 words): Can love give her the strength to keep the flames from taking control of her life?
“Flight Plans” © Adele Gardner (4,900 words): When a Phoenix’s love for a witch blazes too brightly, only a visit from beyond the grave can hope to rekindle life from the ashes.
“In The Shade Of The World” © Kevin M. Casin (5,000 words): Brian is tired of living in the light, the shadows have always been more welcoming, but sometimes, good things aren’t all they’re cracked up to be, and Brian has to face the light he’s always tried to run away from to save everyone he loves, especially Jamie.
“Dragonsbreath” © Warren Benedetto (7,000 words) (REPRINT): Ashton Gale has a power he can’t control and a past he can’t remember, both leading him to a connection he didn’t expect.
“Those Who Favor Fire” © Patricia S. Bowne (7,300 words) (REPRINT): Winston Chiliming will do whatever it takes to avoid destiny, even if it means avoiding a god.
“Enchantments & Embers: An Arcane Grimoire Novelette” © Zelda Knight, USA Today Bestselling Author (7,500 words): Gwendolyn Opal, an immortal fire mage, takes on a cosmic threat to break her endless chain of reincarnation.
RULES
- Translations are accepted
- Simultaneous submissions to other markets are accepted
- Only two submissions allowed in total (one original and one reprinted story)
RIGHTS
- Copyright remains with the author at all times
- Non-exclusive archival rights as long as the website(s) hosting the work are online
- First world electronic and print rights in English with exclusivity for 12 months from the date of publication
- If selected to be republished in another anthology in the future, payment in royalties is $0.01USD per word
- If selected for a podcast or audiobook, payment is $0.01USD per word for non-exclusive electronic audio rights
HARD SALES
- Excerpts out of a novel
- Poorly formatted and edited work
- Overtly racist, sexist, or violent work
ABSOLUTE NO
- Fanfiction of any kind
- Works above the word count
- Taboo elements (rape in all forms, incest, pedophilia, etc.) in almost all cases
OF INTEREST
- Protagonists that are Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, or/and People of Color (QTBIPOC)
- Settings outside of the United States of America, or the United States of America as we know it
- Intersectionality in regards to gender, class, ability status, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, and so on
We take 2-3 weeks to respond to submissions. If you haven’t received a response by then, please query. If you have any questions, please contact us.
