Submissions are to be made via
email to:
Submit@AlienSkinMag.com.
We DO NOT
accept Simultaneous Submission,
Reprints, Novel Excerpts, Serialized Stories, Snail Mail
Submissions. We are not interested in stories that contain excessive blood, gore,
vulgarity, erotic elements or child abuse.
Nor
are we interested in
inflammatory hate pieces. Do not send us stories under 500 words or
over 1,00 words. Our word limits are firm.
Limit your submission to only
2 submissions per author per month. This does not include
submissions to our contests or to our micro fiction section.
All submissions
MUST include
the following
information:
Response time on submissions is about 2 months. Payments for accepted stories are sent
out about 6-8 weeks after publication. We No longer publish poetry
or fiction over 1,000 words.
AlienSkin
seeks First Electronic/Web Rights on
all accepted stories for the 2 month period in which the story
appears online.
Payments
for accepted stories are made in US$ via mailed Check or to a
valid Paypal account.
PLEASE NOTE:
AlienSkin
offers a few sentences of critique on rejected
stories, if you are a writer who can not accept honest criticism of your
work (as to what we felt didn't work for us in regards to your
story), then please note so in your cover letter that you prefer a form
rejection.
AlienSkin is not a market that attempts to
thwart anyone's desire to write, we are working writers who attempt to offer
honest comments on the stories you send us. Such comments are meant
to be informative, offering insight into areas within your story
that caused us to reject your submission.
If you are
over protective of your work and can't bear to hear that your
characterization within a tale needs work, or that you plotline
was weak, then we prefer you tell us so upfront. By doing so
you will save us the time of writing a critique and spare us from
receiving a nasty email from you if you don't like or agree with
what we say.
Our critique
comments are just the opinions of our staff members. There
is a whole world of people beyond us who may have a different
opinion about your story. Other markets may be willing to
publish your story even if we did not.
To Avoid Receiving An Auto-Rejection
& Avoid Having Your Name Appear on Our
Hall of Shame
Page
Follow Our Submission Guidelines. Please Use A Normal 12pt
font, such as, Times New Roman or Wow us & use Verdana 10pt.
We Accept Submissions
For The Following Categories:
Featured Fiction ~
CLOSED to Submissions.
Flash
Fiction
~
Submissions are
OPEN
We pay $5.00US/story of 500 - 1,000
words.
Our word counts are firm.
We publish 11 - 15 Flash Fiction pieces per issue.
Micro-Fiction
~
Submissions are OPEN
We are seeking
stories of exactly 150
words (NOT including title).
Payment is in exposure only.
Our word counts are firm.
You may submit up to 3
micro tales at a time.
We will be publishing 10
Micro-Fiction pieces per issue.
*NOTE:
Micro Fiction submissions are not eligible for the
Zap Room.
Contest
~ Horror Themed:
Submissions are OPEN
Winning tale will
receive
$50.00US
+
AlienSkin T-Shirt
Entries to be 900 - 1,000
words.
Our word counts are firm.
Theme is:
Terrifying Toys
Deadline: Midnight, July 30th, 2008
See our
CONTEST PAGE Full
Details!
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