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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS & SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FanDominion is seeking writers of essays, reviews, how-to guides, viewer guides and art contributions. You don’t have to be professional writer or artist to contribute, but it helps if you approach your work with a professional work ethic. Topics and subject matters appropriate for FanDominion are any subject matter that deals with speculative fiction. This includes and “speculative fiction” genre, its fandom and culture. Speculative fiction for our purposes is defined here as either science fiction, fantasy, supernatural horror, dark fantasy, spy fi and the “alternates” such as alternate histories, universes or realities. NOTE: Because they lack a supernatural element, this list does not include the genres known as splatter/slasher horror, torture porn or run-of-the-mill action adventures or thrillers. Essays: Should be between 1,000 and 3,000 words pertaining to speculative fiction or its fandom. Reviews: Should be more than 500 pertaining to and book, film, comic, television program, game or resource with a speculative fiction theme or that appeals to its fandom. Guides: Should be long enough to ensure they are thorough and easy-to-understand (Usually 1,000 words or more). The focus of your guide should be our target readership: intelligent speculative fiction aficionados. Art, Cartoons and Comics: Should be your original work with a subject matter inspired by speculative fiction or its fandom. Your art should be in electronic form in high-quality (300 dpi) web-friendly formats such as .jpg, .gif. .png. Ordinarily, you will be responsible for scanning your own drawings into one of these formats. Fiction: Should be your original speculative fiction work and be fewer than 20,000 words as to be at a web-friendly length. PLEASE REVIEW THE FANDOMINION COPYRIGHT POLICY. Note: We are unable to pay you money for your work at this time, but you will not go entirely unrewarded. In lieu of money, you will have the opportunity to address our readership, currently 10,000 unique readers per month and growing since our launch date of June 1, 2008. Additionally, our content is syndicated through BlogBurst to major media outlets such as USA Today, Reuters, Gennett, Fox News, and many major Hearst newspapers. JOIN OUR STAFF Editorial and Production staff positions at FanDominion are limited to members of the National Fantasy Fan Federation (N3F), but don’t let that scare you off. You can sign up to join by visiting their website: http://www.n3f.org and paying $18 for a one-year membership. (Those membership dollars not only help support FanDominion, but also get you access to all of the club’s activities.) Once you are a member of N3F, joining our staff is as easy as contacting the FanDominion editor to join in via email:
If you are not interested in N3F membership, you still may contribute to and be published in FanDominion as a Guest Writer. Please follow the submission guidelines above to pitch your idea in an email of 100 – 250 words or less. WANT US TO REVIEW YOUR STUFF? Send CDs, DVDs, books, video games, comic books, and TV screeners to our main address for review consideration:
Unsolicited materials sent to us without a postage fully paid self-addressed, stamped envelope will not be returned to the original sender. |
