Celebrations!
WHAT IS IT?
Celebrations is a shared venture project for authors, coordinated by Sally Odgers of Affordable Manuscript Assessments and Workshops.
The goal is to write an anthology of stories and poems for family or classroom reading.
The theme is celebrations throughout the year. These can include Christmas, New Year, Easter, Hogmanay, ANZAC Day, Halloween, 4th of July, Canada Day, St Patrick's Day... indeed any celebration that's reasonably well known. I know schools sometimes want stories suitable for a specific date/day and the aim is to provide them with these in one volume.
Each story or poem will have something to do with the theme.
Stories should be entertaining so nothing too downbeat.
Every festival should be treated with kindliness... a bit a cynicism or questioning is fine, but this is not about anyone feeling "their" festival is being denigrated.
I'm making a list of slots below.
Feel free to suggest anything I haven't thought of.
It doesn't matter if two people pick the same festival.
Please read the following terms and conditions carefully, especially if you are new to Prints Charming anthologies. To claim a slot, send a message to printscharmingbooks@gmail.com with Celebrations in the subject line.
1. The stories should be short- mostly under 2000 words, although a few longer ones would be okay. Genre is open, but characters should be accessible to younger readers. Think Kindy, Primary school and younger teen. Artwork will also be considered, though the artwork should be black and white or greyscale and must be 300 dpi or higher. Saving it as a gif saves me time.
2. No payment will be made for the stories, but each author will have a puff page to use as she or he pleases. These MUST be sent in with the stories. They can be updated if necessary before we go to press.
4. Authors will also have the right (but not the obligation) to buy copies of the anthology at cost. You will be provided with a direct-buy url to do this. Books can be resold, given away, awarded as prizes or used as author credits on a CV. All authors will be given a PDF copy of the anthology. There is always some confusion about the direct-buy url. It can be used by contributors to (a) buy multiple copies and sell them/give them away as you please or (b) to buy copies and have them sent directly to the person who wants them. In either case, you can add a profit for yourself, or not. It is entirely up to you. By the way, at cost means exactly that. The price is the actual price of printing the book. I don't set it. The printer does.
5. Stories will be edited.
6. Click on the links Anthology Submission Formatting and Puff Page samples to see how work should be formatted.
7. Copyright in each story will belong to the author. The edited version will belong to the author. Prints Charming Books will use each story only in this anthology. The authors may use their own stories elsewhere as ever and whenever they please. They may not use or quote from other writers' stories without written permission.
7. SUBMISSION OF STORIES and DEADLINES
I want this to be ready for a late 2018 or early 2019 publication. Stories, poems, pictures AND puff pieces MUST be in by August 30th 2018.
Any questions? Send me an email
Please head ALL emails or submissions pertaining to this project with the words Celebrations to this email address printscharmingbooks@gmail.com
Red slots are empty as of 17/08/18
SLOTS (Other idea? Suggest it!)
1. New Year: Vi Lipscombe
2. Australia Day Artelle Lenthall
3. ANZAC Day Jennifer Poulter poster in
4. Easter: Tabitha Page Have You Seen the Easter Bunny in
5. Canada Day
6. 4th of July
7. St Patrick's Day Green Poteen in
A repeat of any of the above is available
8. May Day: Pat Simmons
9. April Fools' Day: Carina Merritt
10. Christmas: Tabitha Page Christmas in
11. Hogmanay Jaz Stutley
12. Twelfth Night
13. Halloween Stef Gemmil Sisters of Halloween in
14. Chinese New Year: Dimity Powell Celeste IN
A repeat of any of the above is available
15. Diwali
16. Harvest Festival
17. Day of the Dead (sugar skulls) Jaz Stutley
18. Thanksgiving
19. Mother's Day/ Mothering Sunday Brittany Perry Our Own Way of Celebrating
20. Father's Day:
21: Remembrance Day Jennifer Poulter's trip in
A repeat of any of the above is available
22: St Valentine's Day
23: Good Friday
24: Palm Sunday
25: Hanukkah
26: Vesak
27. Greek Easter. Anastasia Gonis
28. Christmas. Helen Brumby Tale of a Pud in
29. Empire Day
30. Samhain Pamela Ueckerman Samhain is in
Anzac Day (2) Tabitha Page Anzac Heroes is in
31. Leap Day
32. Guy Fawkes Day
33. Holiday Helen Brumby. Holiday is in
34 Fiona Lloyd - Anzac story
35. Halloween - Phil Rae. Five Little Witches in
36. Bonfire Night - Phil Rae. Firework in
37. Christmas. Phil Rae. Letter to Santa (in)
38. Pest (Helen Brumby) is in
OTHER more personal celebrations are also included
wedding Lady Lark
wedding Helen Brumby Wedding Day in
christening/baptism/naming
birthday: Tabitha Page Birthdays in
Birthday - Birthday Lunch - Oliver Yardley (Hank) in
anniversary
graduation
party: Julie Dascoli
party: Leonie Hearn My Sister's Party in
wake/funeral
A repeat of any of the above
Celebrations is a shared venture project for authors, coordinated by Sally Odgers of Affordable Manuscript Assessments and Workshops.
The goal is to write an anthology of stories and poems for family or classroom reading.
The theme is celebrations throughout the year. These can include Christmas, New Year, Easter, Hogmanay, ANZAC Day, Halloween, 4th of July, Canada Day, St Patrick's Day... indeed any celebration that's reasonably well known. I know schools sometimes want stories suitable for a specific date/day and the aim is to provide them with these in one volume.
Each story or poem will have something to do with the theme.
Stories should be entertaining so nothing too downbeat.
Every festival should be treated with kindliness... a bit a cynicism or questioning is fine, but this is not about anyone feeling "their" festival is being denigrated.
I'm making a list of slots below.
Feel free to suggest anything I haven't thought of.
It doesn't matter if two people pick the same festival.
Please read the following terms and conditions carefully, especially if you are new to Prints Charming anthologies. To claim a slot, send a message to printscharmingbooks@gmail.com with Celebrations in the subject line.
1. The stories should be short- mostly under 2000 words, although a few longer ones would be okay. Genre is open, but characters should be accessible to younger readers. Think Kindy, Primary school and younger teen. Artwork will also be considered, though the artwork should be black and white or greyscale and must be 300 dpi or higher. Saving it as a gif saves me time.
2. No payment will be made for the stories, but each author will have a puff page to use as she or he pleases. These MUST be sent in with the stories. They can be updated if necessary before we go to press.
4. Authors will also have the right (but not the obligation) to buy copies of the anthology at cost. You will be provided with a direct-buy url to do this. Books can be resold, given away, awarded as prizes or used as author credits on a CV. All authors will be given a PDF copy of the anthology. There is always some confusion about the direct-buy url. It can be used by contributors to (a) buy multiple copies and sell them/give them away as you please or (b) to buy copies and have them sent directly to the person who wants them. In either case, you can add a profit for yourself, or not. It is entirely up to you. By the way, at cost means exactly that. The price is the actual price of printing the book. I don't set it. The printer does.
5. Stories will be edited.
6. Click on the links Anthology Submission Formatting and Puff Page samples to see how work should be formatted.
7. Copyright in each story will belong to the author. The edited version will belong to the author. Prints Charming Books will use each story only in this anthology. The authors may use their own stories elsewhere as ever and whenever they please. They may not use or quote from other writers' stories without written permission.
7. SUBMISSION OF STORIES and DEADLINES
I want this to be ready for a late 2018 or early 2019 publication. Stories, poems, pictures AND puff pieces MUST be in by August 30th 2018.
Any questions? Send me an email
Please head ALL emails or submissions pertaining to this project with the words Celebrations to this email address printscharmingbooks@gmail.com
Red slots are empty as of 17/08/18
SLOTS (Other idea? Suggest it!)
1. New Year: Vi Lipscombe
2. Australia Day Artelle Lenthall
3. ANZAC Day Jennifer Poulter poster in
4. Easter: Tabitha Page Have You Seen the Easter Bunny in
5. Canada Day
6. 4th of July
7. St Patrick's Day Green Poteen in
A repeat of any of the above is available
8. May Day: Pat Simmons
9. April Fools' Day: Carina Merritt
10. Christmas: Tabitha Page Christmas in
11. Hogmanay Jaz Stutley
12. Twelfth Night
13. Halloween Stef Gemmil Sisters of Halloween in
14. Chinese New Year: Dimity Powell Celeste IN
A repeat of any of the above is available
15. Diwali
16. Harvest Festival
17. Day of the Dead (sugar skulls) Jaz Stutley
18. Thanksgiving
19. Mother's Day/ Mothering Sunday Brittany Perry Our Own Way of Celebrating
20. Father's Day:
21: Remembrance Day Jennifer Poulter's trip in
A repeat of any of the above is available
22: St Valentine's Day
23: Good Friday
24: Palm Sunday
25: Hanukkah
26: Vesak
27. Greek Easter. Anastasia Gonis
28. Christmas. Helen Brumby Tale of a Pud in
29. Empire Day
30. Samhain Pamela Ueckerman Samhain is in
Anzac Day (2) Tabitha Page Anzac Heroes is in
31. Leap Day
32. Guy Fawkes Day
33. Holiday Helen Brumby. Holiday is in
34 Fiona Lloyd - Anzac story
35. Halloween - Phil Rae. Five Little Witches in
36. Bonfire Night - Phil Rae. Firework in
37. Christmas. Phil Rae. Letter to Santa (in)
38. Pest (Helen Brumby) is in
OTHER more personal celebrations are also included
wedding Lady Lark
wedding Helen Brumby Wedding Day in
christening/baptism/naming
birthday: Tabitha Page Birthdays in
Birthday - Birthday Lunch - Oliver Yardley (Hank) in
anniversary
graduation
party: Julie Dascoli
party: Leonie Hearn My Sister's Party in
wake/funeral
A repeat of any of the above