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Submissions for the current issue are due on February 28, 2007 and final decisions will be made by the editors on March 7th. The 'zine will be published on March 31st. Please post in the HQ community (for fiction: here and for art: here) to let us know if you plan to submit.

 

Guidelines for Submitting Fiction
Contact Person: eponin10@livejournal.com
 

1. All entries must adhere to the basic rules of standard written English. Proper punctuation and sentence structure are unchallengeable necessities. Also, we will not accept a submission unless it has been beta’d at least once.
2. There is a minimum word limit of 1,000 words, and a maximum of 10,000 words. These limits are in place because of formatting and are not negotiable. However, there will be a ‘drabble’ page in each edition, and fiction submitted for that specifically must be 100 words.
3. In order to allow for easy and fast formatting, all submissions must be either word documents or rich text documents ( .doc or .rtf ) and must contain the author’s name and email address.
4. All stories must be new and unpublished. The ‘zine will have exclusive rights to the showing of each story for three months after the issue published. After that, however, the author may post the story wherever he or she would like.
5. We will accept both slash and non-pairing stories. However, we will not be taking real person fiction.
6. If at all possible send us two copies of your story.  One formatted for reading and one formatted in the following way.  Please single space with no blank lines between paragraphs and single space following punctuation like periods and question marks.  Not submitting the second copy will not disqualify your submission, but it will make it easier for your editors to format it to fit in the available space.  If these instructions are confusing please email one of the moderators for clarification.

Art Submission Guidelines
Contact Person: scarlett_o@livejournal.com
 

1. All art to be submitted must have a resolution of 300ppi*. If you aren’t sure what this means, please contact one of the moderators and we will be able to help you.
2. Each piece should not be larger an 8”x10”. We reserve the right to resize accordingly to fit the format.
3. We will not be accepting any adult photo manipulations where heads are essentially pasted onto unclothed bodies.
4. Also, we would like the art to be unmarked — no artist names or website watermarks allowed. You will be credited directly below your art in the ‘zine.

*There have been several questions about what 300ppi means.  I wanted to clarify that.

PPI relates to print output and stands for pixels per inch.  Web graphics rarely have a PPI above 72, while print graphics should have resolution of 300 ppi.  We are requesting that graphics be 300 ppi because ultimately the 'zine is intended for print and we want your graphics to show up in the highest possible quality.

I use Photoshop and when I create a new document I am able to choose my resolution (See the screencap below to illustrate what I'm talking about, with resolution highlighted)  If you can't find that on your program you might search your help program for "resolution", "PPI", "pixels per inch", or  "print output".

If you have any further questions about this or anything else, please feel free to drop me an email.
 

Note: These guidelines are present in order to maintain the overall quality of the ‘zine. However, the editors are willing to take certain stylistic choices into account in special cases. If you would have any questions about this please drop us an email.

Note 2: You may submit one (1) item from each category fic (1,000 - 10,000 words), drabble (100 words), and art. Additional submissions from the same person will only be considered one the date for submissions has closed and will be contingent on the actual number of submissions in the category of interest.

Note 3: Writers if you've created or have a friend who has created cover art for your story (1,000 - 10,000 words) and it meets the art submission guidelines we will be happy to accept it as an art piece and include it with your story.

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