{"id":6344,"date":"2025-01-11T18:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T23:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=6344"},"modified":"2025-01-11T18:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T23:11:10","slug":"f-hearth-stories-springtime-fair-anthology-seeking-stories-surrounding-craft-recipe-or-ritual","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/event\/f-hearth-stories-springtime-fair-anthology-seeking-stories-surrounding-craft-recipe-or-ritual\/","title":{"rendered":"F – Hearth Stories’ Springtime Fair Anthology Seeking Stories Surrounding: Craft, Recipe, or Ritual"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Submissions: Springtime Fair<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n
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About the Anthology<\/h3>\n

Welcome to the Hearth Stories Springtime Fair! In this anthology we will be featuring stories that center around a craft, recipe, or ritual (see below for specifics<\/a>). In addition to the story, each author will provide a set of instructions to make\/enact the craft, recipe, or ritual that was featured in their story. The idea is that this will let readers enjoy a great story while also learning something and engaging with the story in an interesting way. The story and the instructions should be firmly related (not just a random thing to make, paired with a random story).<\/p>\n

So, what are we talking about when we talk about crafts, recipes, and rituals? Here are some examples, but you are by no means limited to these:<\/p>\n

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Crafts<\/dt>\n
Crochet, Knitting, Sewing, Weaving, Macrame<\/dd>\n
Basketry<\/dd>\n
Woodworking<\/dd>\n
Smithing<\/dd>\n
Jewelry Making<\/dd>\n
Recipes (Vegan Only)<\/dt>\n
Baking (bread, pastry, etc)<\/dd>\n
Cooking (soups, sides, mains)<\/dd>\n
Remedies, Medicines, Tinctures<\/dd>\n
Rituals<\/dt>\n
Magic or Spellcraft<\/dd>\n
Meditation<\/dd>\n
Yoga, Qi-Gong, Tai-Chi, etc.<\/dd>\n
Ceremonies<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

When using the above suggestions keep in mind that you can be very specific\u2014a specific knitting pattern, for example\u2014or you can be fairly general\u2014an introduction to knitting, for example. Either is fine. For the most part we are looking for something fairly brief, but still actionable. In most cases the instructions should be shorter than the story. The submitting author needs to have the rights to use the instructions (you cannot just grab a pattern for something off the internet and call it yours without legal risk; the contract has a section where you will affirm you have the right to license the work you are submitting for publication).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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What to send<\/h3>\n

We are looking for a story that is accompanied by some form of tutorial, lesson, pattern, recipe, etc. (later referred to as your\u00a0instructional<\/mark>\u00a0section) that is relevant to the theme and relates to the specific story you are submitting. The expectation is that if you send, for example, a recipe… that recipe should have been used by characters in the story. Ideally, it would be a\/the major focus of the story.<\/p>\n

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Written Content To Send<\/dt>\n
The story itself, which\u00a0must<\/em>\u00a0feature a major element or plot relating to the theme<\/dd>\n
An instructional that is on theme and goes with your specific story. This should allow a reader to create\/enact the thing featured in your story if the steps are followed<\/dd>\n
A third person bio<\/dd>\n
Word Count Range<\/dt>\n
1,000\u20135,000 words<\/dd>\n
Word count includes your instructional section<\/dd>\n
Genre(s)<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n
https:\/\/hearthstories.org\/submissions-springtime-fair.htmlAll generes should take place in largely pre\/non-industrial settings<\/div>\n
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Fantasy<\/dd>\n
Literary Fiction<\/dd>\n
Romance<\/dd>\n
Historical Fiction or Alternate History<\/dd>\n
Submission Types<\/dt>\n
Reprints<\/em>\u00a0are acceptable, but you will need to add\/include the instructional section<\/dd>\n
Translations<\/em>\u00a0will not be accepted<\/dd>\n
Simulateneous submissions<\/em>\u00a0are great (so long as the submission to us includes the instructional section)<\/dd>\n
Multiple submissions<\/em>\u00a0will not be accepted unless specifically requested by the publisher via e-mail<\/dd>\n
AI\/LLM\/Generative-Software<\/em>\u00a0aided\/written material will not be accepted (and the contract will have a stipulation stating as much)<\/dd>\n
English<\/em>, or a version of English that would be at least semi-comprehensible to modern English speakers (Middle English, strongly-dialectical English, a made up form of English unique to your story\/world), should be the written language of all submitted content<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Things\/styles we are looking for<\/h4>\n