Would it be faux pas to submit a short story to both magazines and a writing contest?
CVG
I've only found two places that accept simultaneous submits. I was shocked, to be honest, as I read their requirements. When I saw the first one I laughed and thought, "Well that's safe, no one else allows simultaneous submits so you can't simultaneous submit to them by default." But then I found one other. So now I have exactly one story at two places.
Which markets are those, Christine? I don't even pay attention to which places allow simultaneous subs at this point...
Okay, how 'bout this. I enter the story in the contest. I lose (pessimistic, but realistic). Then I start submitting it to various mags.
'S'okay?
CVG
Zoetrope: All Story
and
Borderlands....this is an anthology, not a magazine.
They both exist on http://engine.freeshell.org/ which is where I found them.
Of course, the author must be a Utah resident in order to be eligible. But I'm sure there must be similar competitions elsewhere.
I believe Writers of the Future uses periodical rights, even though they are publishing an anthology (so you'd think they used anthology rights). At least, they did when I had a story published in volume 9.
), I did email them with a few questions. With this particular contest, as far as waiting to submit elsewhere or not, Kathleen is on the money. WD rules state as I mentioned in my above post on this thread that entries must be unpublished "at the time of submission." (I had noticed in some of WD's other contests in previous issues that the rules were to wait till contest winners were announced.)
Their reply: "You may submit your work elsewhere but if it happens to be selected for publication by the other party and Writer's Digest you'll have to work out an agreement between all parties with respect to certain issues such as who get first rights, ect."
Interesting, while I was asking about the above question, I threw in a couple others:
Q: Does online posting of 13 lines in a writer's critique group count as previously published to disqualify an entry?
A: "Posting on a website is considered published."
Q: If a writer uses a pen name, would he be correct in assuming normal manuscript format, i.e., legal name with required information top left, pen name below story title?
A: "If you are using a pen name, put both your legal name and pen name on the manuscript and the entry form as follows": Real Name writing as Pen Name.
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quote:Every time I have a question that I need to ask some on-line "help" system, I get a sort of standard response that clearly indicates they didn't read the question. This sounds like the same thing. Notice that they don't say: "Yes, even 13 lines is enough to disqualify the entry." They just make the general claim about on-line publishing that everybody already knows.
Q: Does online posting of 13 lines in a writer's critique group count as previously published to disqualify an entry?
A: "Posting on a website is considered published."
Now, maybe they really meant it in this case. I have my doubts, but I suppose it's possible. In that case, it's also ridiculous. The solution is not to tell them. They'll never find out on their own.
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