Submissions

Submission Guidelines

Sacred Twilight accepts submissions in the following categories: fantasy, sci fi,
and horror. All sub-genres of these are also accepted. Submissions are accepted
year round, although there is a three week cut off before each publication date
when no submissions received will be considered for that upcoming issue. All
submissions received between the cut off dates will be read and either accepted
or rejected for the next issue. You will be notified as soon as possible of the decision
made on your submission. If not accepted, your work will need to be resubmitted
to be considered for the next issue, as only enough will be selected to fill the needs
of the issue currently being worked on. No backlog of accepted and waiting to be
published pieces are maintained. This gives all writers better odds of having their
work chosen and published. It also keeps your work from being accepted and
you waiting forever to see it in print, when you have a chance to submit it elsewhere.

Types of Submissions Accepted

Novelletes (7,500-17,499 words) published in its entirety in one issue
Short Stories (1,000-7,499 words)
Short Shorts (under 1,000 words)
Poetry (Any style and any length)

Submission Information

All submissions must be received in one of the following formats: .rtf, .txt,
or .pdf. May also submit by pasting as plain .txt format into the body of an email.
Attach the file as an attachment and email to: submissions@sacredtwilight.com

Please include the following info:

Legal Name
Pseudonym (If Applicable)
Snail Mail Address (For Payment)
E-mail Address
Approximate Word Count (For Fiction)
Line Count (For Poetry)
Publication History of Work (If Applicable)
Bio and URL (Optional)

Rights

Sacred Twilight asks for Exclusive Electronic Rights to previously unpublished
works for the length of 90 days (one issue) from the date of publication. All
previously published works will be asked for Non-Exclusive Electronic Rights
for the length of 90 days (one issue) from the date of publication. After the 90 day
period all rights will revert back to the authors, although rights to archive the
work in our databases indefinitely will be requested. The author may deny the
request and if they do accept, then at anytime they may request the work to
be removed.

A signed and dated contract will be sent,upon acceptance, to the author three weeks
before publication. When received the author needs to sign and return. When the
completed contract is received, payment will be made to the author along with a copy
of the signed and dated (by the Publsher and by the Author) contract.

Click Here To View Contract

Multiple submissions are allowed as long as they remain reasonable, although no more than three submissions in the same category please. Simultaneous
submission (submissions to other publications) are not allowed.

Payment

Short Stories (First Rights)......... $10
Short Stories (Reprint)................$5
Short Short Stories (First Rights) $8
Short Short Stories (Reprint).......$3
Poetry (30+ lines).......................$5
Poetry (under 30 lines)................$3
Novelette (First Rights)...............$15
Novelette (Reprint).....................$10

General Information

Sacred Twilight is published on a Quarterly basis begiining in 2005. Publication shall be
on the 30th day of each of the following months: March, June, September, & December.

Contributors will have the oppurtunity to review the HTML setup of their work and bio
before publication. No editing other than for HTML formatting will be done to an authors
work without their permission.

Sacred Twilight assumes that those who submit work have the legal right to do so. We do
not accept copyrighted material (fan-fiction).Contributors agree to have their work
published on our website, wherein the pages may be viewed online, downloaded, and/or
printed for personal use. Copyright and Authors name will be placed at the bottom of the
work. If work has not been registered with the Copyright Office, this must be done by the
Author themselves.

The contents of this site may not be redistributed, resold, or repackackaged. All works of
fiction and poetry are copyright by their creators. The site itself is copyright 2004 by
Sacred Twilight (Selorian Publishing / Clifford J. Fryman).