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F – Inkd Publishing Seeking Beach Reads for its New Anthology
Theme: Beach Reads – we’re searching for the light and fun stories for those longer warmer days. These might be a slice of life or a simple romance – anything that might bring smiles, and maybe a tear.
There is no restriction as to how you incorporate the theme into your story. We encourage you to weave the theme into an engaging story with well-developed characters and deep emotion. This is not the best place for your horror tale.
Stories that contain infanticide, rape, or gratuitous gore will not be accepted.
Submissions: No AI, 1 per author; no reprints, no simultaneous submissions;
Submission Cost: Free
Word Limit: 2,000 to 6,000 words
Submission Guidelines: Anonymous submission with no author name in document; 12 pt Times or Arial; .Doc or .Docx; double-space; first line indent; no tabs used.
Genres: Light-hearted beach reads.
Anticipated Pay: Option: Royalty share of D2D sales, or $20.00
If D2D royalty share selected, then each story will receive a share, as will the publisher, from the sales on the D2D platform. This does not include Kickstarter funds unless detailed in the Stretch goals, wholesale to authors, or retail outlets.
Timeline Projections:
Submissions close: Feb 2025
Review: March 2025
Acceptance / Rejection: March/April 2025
Edits: March/April 2025
Production: Jun 2025
Published: July 2025
Upon acceptance, the author is expected to work with the editor on at least one round of revisions in MSWord. Our publication goal will be the spring of 2025; however, the extensive time needed to review and edit submissions may vary depending upon the submitted works and author’s response times. Inkd Publishing LLC will hold first publication rights for four months after publication and the continuing non-exclusive right to reproduce the work in Beach Reads.
Authors must provide assurance that their story submission is an original, previously unpublished work, is not currently under consideration elsewhere, and that it will not be submitted for publication elsewhere prior to receiving notification that it has not been accepted for inclusion in Beach Reads.
For authors who have selected the D2D royalty sharing, they can expect ongoing financial compensation from Draft 2 Digital for stories published in the anthology. An account with Draft 2 Digital will be required to provide royalty share payments.
US authors will also receive one complimentary copy of the printed anthology, other shipping destinations will require a US address.