Submission Guidelines
If you have authored an original story and would like us to consider publishing it in Steampunk Tales, please follow these submission guidelines. We'd love to consider publishing your Steampunk Tale!Guidelines:
Submission content shall follow the following guidelines:- Stories shall be a minimum of 4,500 words in length. The word count for the story should be displayed at the top of the first page.
- Submissions must not have been previously published or posted publically in any form. All content published in Steampunk Tales must be first run.
- Stories must be submitted by the author(s) who wrote them. Stories submitted by a third party will not be accepted.
- Submissions must consist entirely of original content.
- Submissions must not contain any profanity, offensive or obscene content. Steampunk Tales is not intended solely for mature audiences. Content shall not exceed what would be generally found in a PG-13 movie.
- All text shall be in 12 point Courier font.
- A plot synopsis shall be included on page one.
- Pages shall be double spaced with wrapped text.
- Paragraphs shall not contain first indentations.
- Paragraphs shall be separated by a single blank line.
- Italic and bold text is supported and may be used. Underlined text is not supported.
- Section breaks within the story shall be indicated by a left-justified "* * * *", with a blank line above and below.
- Files shall be delivered in .rtf (RICH text) format.
- To submit a story, send and email to submissions@steampunktales.com which contains your full name, age, prior publishing experience and the country in which you reside. Attach the submission to the email in the format described above, and include the word "submission" in the subject line.
- Any submissions chosen for publication are subject to revisions by the editor.
- We will respond to your email with a short message stating that we have received your submission. Please do not contact us to inquire about the status of your submission. If we are interested in publishing it, we will contact you with details.
- Authors are paid 4% of the gross revenue received from the sale of the issue, per published story.
Submissions that do not follow the guidelines will not be read.
