thelandbridge

SUBMISSIONS:

-   Send me whatever you want, as long as it's a complete science fiction or fantasy story.

-   However, stories in the following subgenres are less likely to be accepted: Sword & Sorcery (or anything with elves, dragons, wizards, etc.), Alternative History, Military SF, Post-Apocalyptic SF, and anything ending in punk. This is not to say I won't read these works with an open mind, but they'd better be singular creations in order to be accepted.

-   Stories in the following subgenres are more likely to be accepted: Space Opera, Sociological Science Fiction, Urban/Contemporary Fantasy, and Science Fantasy.

-   I tend toward the literary: To be accepted, your work must be well written and substantive.

-   While I won’t place any restrictions on the tone of your piece, most of the time I don’t like stories that exist only to illustrate what crappy crap happens to crappy people in crappy situations because of some horrible crap they did. In other words, your work has a greater chance of being accepted if it leaves the reader feeling enlightened rather than horribly depressed. 

-   Concerning Sex: I intend to publish erotica and sexually-charged pieces from the get-go. I won't publish rape scenes, scenes with underage characters, or stories filled with euphemism-laden porn language (because it's just embarrassing). I general, I'm more accepting of sexually-charged stories than violent stories.

-   Concerning Violence: In short, justify it. I'm not a big fan of super-violent stories and I won't publish sadistic stories. A violent, amoral character is fine, but don't let his or her violence become pornographic. 

-   99% of the time, I won't publish stories that promote political ideologies. I won't publish anything that seriously denigrates any race, religion, or sexual orientation.

-   Please do not send anything over 15,000 words.

-   Reprints are fine, as long as you own all the rights. Multiple and simultaneous subs are cool with me.

-   Expect to hear from me pretty quickly. Like within a day or so.

-   I want to work with authors whose stories I like to get the best possible finished product. Thus, I am really big on dialogue and the revision process.

-   Send your story to me as a .doc or .rtf document. Use a normal font (Times, Courier, Helvetica, etc.) and format it like a sane person. Include in the email some little info about yourself, because I like to read that stuff. If I take your story, I'll ask for a full bio later.

-   In the subject line of your email, put SUBMISSION: Title, Author Name.


RIGHTS AND PAY AND JUNK:

-   The Land Bridge is not a paying market, but I also don't charge a reading fee. Free for you; free for me. In the future, I hope to change this and start paying. By installment #2, I intend at least to send out a contributor copy to each author.

-   I am not buying any rights, but if you publish your story anywhere else after this I'd like you to credit us as the first publisher.

-   If you've got a problem with your work being published through Lulu.com or any other pay-on-demand publisher, don't bother sending it my way.