OPEN CALL
AURELIA LEO presents PRIDE, an original genre fiction anthology from QTBIPOC authors edited by BSFA award-winning editor Zelda Knight.
GUIDELINES
Submit? pridebookcafe.com/submit or heypublisher.com/publishers/aurelia-leo
Payment? $0.08/word for the first 1,000 words and $0.01/word after for original fiction. $0.01/word for reprints.
Reprints? No
Poetry? No
Length? Flash (1,000 words) up to novelette length (17,499 words) for original fiction (NOT FLEXIBLE).
Format? Shunn Modern Manuscript Format
Track submissions using Duotrope and The Submission Grinder.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Conservation of Cold © Arasibo Campeche: A Ph.D. Candidate in Biochemistry dies from an overdose and is reborn as something strange haunting her Abuela’s house.
I Want to Dream of a Brief Future © Andrea Kriz: A Magus teen loops through the day he met a girl on an airship platform in a desperate attempt to save her life.
One Night Witch © Koji A. Dae: Mixed up in fairy tales, a girl learns the darkness may hold more promises than her mother will admit.
Nothing Less Than Bones © Naseem Jamnia: When Assistant Healer Firuz, a refugee fleeing a genocide, discovers a mysterious disease affecting their patients, they must find the source or risk the lives of all in the city, including those they love most.
Terraforming Planets © Matias Travieso-Diaz: Two young men strive to fulfill their love in a dystopian Earth that forces non-conforming members of its population to migrate to colonies in terraformed worlds.
A Widening Gyre © Eileen Gunnell Lee: A barren woman and her lover travel to a small island in the Pacific, hoping to have a child.
Pride Festival © Matias Travieso-Diaz: A gay man reacts, and recovers from, a failed relationship with a vampire.
Equinox © Suna Dasi: Ayitha awaits the birth of the Koshastki.
“Dark Sky” © Aggie Novak (1,800): TBA
“”TBA” © Xan van Rooyen: TBA
“Shim Hyeon and the Ocean God” © Seoung Min Kim (4,014): TBA
“How To Be A Magician” © Sherry Yuan (5,281): TBA
“”TBA” © Malda Marlys: TBA
“TBA” © Arasibo Campeche: TBA
“Aquarius” © Julie Sondra Decker (7,500): TBA
“Autumn and Ash” © Blue Neustifter (11,000): TBA
RULES
- Translations are accepted
- Simultaneous submissions to other markets are accepted
- Up to three submissions in one month
RIGHTS
- Copyright remains with the author/poet 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.
