All contracts for the anthology are in, and I am ready to announce the lineup. First, however, I want to talk about the process of assembling this collection.

Slush has been, for the lack of a better word, epic. When I was Kickstarting, I expected to receive 200-300 stories for the project, plus a few solicited ones. The final count for the ( Read more... )

Reminder: Stone Telling is OPEN to submissions for our Hope issue. We will also be reading for our Joke issue beginning Dec. 1st. You can send 3 poems for the Hope issue and, once we reopen, 3 poems for the Joke issue (yes, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to have six pieces under consideration at ST!)

For Hope issue, we’re hoping for ( Read more... )

I have finished responding to all submissions received during the open reading period. I responded to a total of 884 submissions. If you have not heard from me with either a rejection or an acceptance, please query immediately either to the editorial address (stonebirdpress@gmail.com) or in comments to this entry. Please do not wait or hesitate.

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by Shweta Narayan and Rose Lemberg

Recently, an editor outed a pseudonymous writer using the writer’s private information available to him as an editor/publisher. The editor in question later claimed that he received permission from the author in question. The author in question has not, to our knowledge, made a public statement either confirming ( Read more... )

We’re about 2 weeks away from the end of the reading period for An Alphabet of Embers. We are reading until Sep 30th (inclusive of that day).

We’ve received many wonderful stories, and are hoping to receive many more before closing to submissions. Please do not be discouraged from submitting! You’ll never know whether something will fit unless you ( Read more... )

We are happy to announce the cover and lineup for the 11th issue of Stone Telling magazine, featuring all new-to-us voices. The issue is scheduled to go live in the next 2 weeks.


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WE ARE FULLY FUNDED THANKS TO OUR AMAZING WONDERFUL BACKERS AND SUPPORTERS!!!!

And we are now officially OPEN to submissions. Submissions guidelines have been updated and are available here!

But wait! We’re not done! Still 9 days to go!

CONSIDERING INCREASING YOUR PLEDGE?

Available now: one postcard with a random Letter of Embers drawn by Bogi ( Read more... )

WE ARE FULLY FUNDED THANKS TO OUR AMAZING WONDERFUL BACKERS AND SUPPORTERS!!!!

And we are now officially OPEN to submissions. Submissions guidelines have been updated and are available here!

But wait! We’re not done! Still 9 days to go!

CONSIDERING INCREASING YOUR PLEDGE?

Available now: one postcard with a random Letter of Embers drawn by Bogi ( Read more... )

WE ARE FULLY FUNDED THANKS TO OUR AMAZING WONDERFUL BACKERS AND SUPPORTERS!!!!

And we are now officially OPEN to submissions. Submissions guidelines have been updated and are available here!

But wait! We’re not done! Still 9 days to go!

CONSIDERING INCREASING YOUR PLEDGE?

Available now: one postcard with a random Letter of Embers drawn by Bogi ( Read more... )

AN ALPHABET OF EMBERS submissions guidelines for writers.

UPDATE! UPDATE! if you have submitted a story to AoE and have not heard back, please query immediately - to the editorial address or as a comment to this entry.

I am seeking submissions for An Alphabet of Embers, an anthology of unclassifiables - lyrical, surreal, magical, experimental ( Read more... )