Plug: Interfictions 2 Guidelines

From Delia Sherman:

GUIDELINES
for
Interfictions II: The Second Anthology of Interstitial Writing
We invite submissions for an Anthology of Interstitial Fiction, to be published by Small Beer Press under the auspices of the Interstitial Arts Foundation in Fall of 2009.

What We’re Looking For
Interstitial Fiction is all about breaking rules, ignoring boundaries, cross-pollinating the fields of literature. It’s about working between, across, through, and at the edges and borders of literary genres, including fiction and non-fiction. It falls between the cracks of other movements, terms, and definitions. If you have a story idea that’s impossible to describe in a couple of sentences, it may be interstitial.

We’re looking for previously unpublished stories that engage us and make us think about literature in new ways. Rather than defining “interstitial” for you, we’d like you to show us what genre-bending fiction looks like. Surprise us; make us see that literature holds possibilities we haven’t yet imagined.

We are also open to graphic stories of about 10 pages.

Who We’re Looking For
Writers in all genres of fiction (contemporary realism, mystery, historical, fantasy, whatever) who have an idea that challenges generic tropes and expectations.

Practical Matters
Our submission period will be from October 1, 2008 to December 2, 2008.

Edited: WE ARE ACCEPTING ONLY ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS, TO BE SENT TO US AT: interfictions@interstitialarts.org.

Please put your full name and address on the submission, though, so, should we take your story, we know where to send your contract.You will hear from us after January, 2009.

Overseas submissions are welcome. Stories previously published in other languages may be submitted in English translation for first English language publication. Please send disposable manuscripts and include email addresses.

Please follow standard manuscript formatting and submission conventions: ie, double-spaced, with 1” margins, and the name of the story on each page. No simultaneous or multiple submissions. Word count is open, but the ideal range is 4,000-10,000 words. Payment will be 5 cents a word for non-exclusive world anthology rights, on publication, along with 2 author’s copies.

Delia Sherman Christopher Barzak

Any questions? Write us at interfictions@interstitialarts.org