ReadingWriters Contest Cafe- Due 09/15 (flashfic @1k max, pays $100)
Anyone submitting to Uncle John's Flush Fiction Anthology?
Hmm, I might have something for that. It's a weird piece, tho.Anyone submitting to Uncle John's Flush Fiction Anthology?
They do? Purrfect. I have something. I just have to dig it out and get it in snail mail. By the 31st.Yup - they accept reprints so it was very easy to submit to that one. Sent mine in 30 days ago. No word yet, but according to Duotrope they haven't began to respond yet.
I think Duotrope has declared them dead.I was just finishing up a story for their 'Road to Eerie', but the website seems to have gone.
Anyone know anything about it?
Yup - they accept reprints so it was very easy to submit to that one. Sent mine in 30 days ago. No word yet, but according to Duotrope they haven't began to respond yet.
Their website says they'll be notifying the people they accept in early 2012, so we're gonna have a while to wait on this one. I got the impression somewhere that they aren't even bothering to send out rejections, but I could be wrong on that. I'll be keeping a close eye on that one in Duotrope.
I think the guidelines requested a SASE for return of manuscript. At least, I hope they did, because I included a large SASE with a buck or so of postage on it! (And there's something I haven't had to do since the 1990s...)
Suzanne: Good find, but please beware that as per their contest rules they OWN your entry. i.e. you can't submit it elsewhere, nor have it reprinted in another market, except for free on your web site:
8. Entrants agree to assign the entire copyright subsisting in the entry and waive absolutely their moral rights under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 in respect of the entry to Diamond. This means that the Diamond owns the entry, and so can use, adapt and edit the entry and any underlying rights in the entry, free of charge, in all media, for all purposes as it wishes. The entrant is granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the entry for non-commercial purposes such as posting on a personal blog or displaying on a personal website.
Suzanne: Good find, but please beware that as per their contest rules they OWN your entry. i.e. you can't submit it elsewhere, nor have it reprinted in another market, except for free on your web site:
I wonder what makes those clowns think that it's okay to ask for those kinds of rights?
My guess is that this is something they've never done before and they're just sort of clueless, but that's not an adequate justification.
-Suzanne
I wonder if it's just that they're hoping to either catch writers unawares, especially those like you, who have hectic schedules.
In this particular case I agree with Suzanne - they seem inexperienced in how the short story market world works. Their terms were probably written by their legal department with an eye toward being able to use entries for their promotional purposes, rather than looking to hurt the writers. It's not at all unusual for such contest to request full rights, either.
Certainly I would have read the full terms before submitting, much as I assume anyone following any link to a market will do.
-Suzanne
alexshvartsman said:Just like anything else, this is a business transaction. If you are willing to accept their terms, they are willing to pay you/enter you into the contest/etc. It doesn't make them evil, but as writers we should always be aware of the terms offered before submitting to a market.