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• PERMUTATIONS: THE JOURNAL OF UNSETTLING FICTION
• (prose and photographs solicited)
  >
  > Pays 1 cent/word, $50.00
  >
  > David Anaxagoras, Publisher/Editor
  > editor@permutationspress.com (submissions only)
  > danaxagoras@permutationspress.com (all other inquiries)
  >
  > For all submissions, please let us know how you heard
  > about us.
  >
  > SPECIFICS: Permutations seeks to publish modern
  > literary fiction enlivened with overtones of science
  > fiction, fantasy and horror. Our first quarterly issue
  > is scheduled for Summer 2004 and will be a 5.5" x 8.5"
  > perfect bound, glossy-cover magazine produced and
  > published in the United States.
  >
  > We are looking for intelligent work that is a powerful
  > emotional experience. We want to see
  > character-centered fiction above all else. Stories
  > should also on some level be off-beat, surreal,
  > supernatural, fable, or magic realism. Experimental
  > forms and short-shorts welcome.
  >
  > We appreciate subtlety. Leave the zombies, serial
  > killers, ray-guns, and hobbits for other markets. Hard
  > SF and high fantasy will be a tough sell. We want to
  > see fully realized, emotionally and psychologically
  > complex characters struggling to come to terms with an
  > enigmatic world.
  >
  > Almost any story that features "typical" genre
  > elements will be passed over: vampires, werewolves,
  > mummies, witches and wizards, serial-killers, aliens,
  > space ships, other planets, virtual reality,
  > nanotechnology, cybernetics, robots, elves, barbarian
  > warriors, mythological gods, the devil, angels, and on
  > and on. We are also not fond of historical fiction.
  >
  > Most stories are rejected for lacking depth of
  > character, for being very entrenched in typical genre
  > elements, or for lacking a unique voice and crisp
  > prose.
  >
  > Examples of our editorial tastes:
  > Bruce Holland Rogers, The Dead Boy at Your Window
  > Harlan Ellison, The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus
  > Ashore, The Deathbird
  > Terrance Cannon, Collapse of the Wave
  > Charles Baxter, Through the Safety Net , Gryphon
  > Ray Bradbury, Jack-in-the-Box, The Jar
  >
  > If you aren't familiar with some of these stories,
  > please look at them before you submit.
  > We are open to working with emerging writers. Unless a
  > story clearly falls outside our guidelines, we will
  > strive to make brief comments on all submissions.
  >
  > Submission Format
  >
  > We accept e-mail submissions only. Send all
  > submissions to editor@permutationspress.com with your
  > title and word count in the subject line.
  > Subject: fiction submission: "My Story" 2500 words
  >
  > Paste plain text into the body of e-mail. No
  > attachments. Include word count and mailing address in
  > the body of your email. You may include a short author
  > bio but previous publications are not nearly as
  > important as the quality of your submission.
  > Refer to our quick formatting tips if you have more
  > questions.
  >
  > We will look at stories of any justifiable length but
  > 1,000 to 4,000 words seem to work best. Nothing that
  > trips into novella territory--err on the short side.
  > We don't see publishing anything longer than 8,000
  > words at this time and that itself would be a stretch.
  >
  > Simultaneous submissions are fine, please note at top
  > of e-mail and let us know immediately if the story is
  > placed elsewhere. Considering our very fast response
  > time, you may decide to submit to us exclusively and
  > wait a day or two for our response rather than go
  > through the hassle.
  >
  > No multiple submissions.
  >
  > No reprints, including stories posted to the web.
  >
  > We are not looking for nonfiction, columns, articles,
  > reviews or poetry at this time.
  >
  > Payment
  >
  > We pay $.01 (one cent) US per word up to a maximum of
  > $50 (minimum $10) by contract plus one contributor's
  > copy for first North American serial rights and the
  > right to run an excerpt on our web site. Payments made
  > on acceptance within 30 days of receipt of signed
  > contract.
  >
  > A note about our blazingly fast response times
  >
  > Please don't take offense if your submission comes
  > back to you too quickly -- possibly within the same
  > day. That doesn't mean your submission wasn't
  > carefully considered. There is only one editor at
  > Permutations, so your submission doesn't bounce from
  > reader to reader and wait on people's desks until
  > finally, maybe, it trickles up to the decision makers.
  >
  >
  > Because we only accept e-mail submissions we can
  > tackle them as they come in, and we don't have to sort
  > and open and route and copy and file mail. Finally,
  > our editor believes in responding immediately to
  > submissions once he's read them, and, again, the email
  > system facilitates that.
  >
  > This may change someday when we are deluged with
  > mountains of "slush" (we wish), but for the time
  > being, please know -- your story got special treatment
  > from an editor who cares about and respects writers
  > enough to make them a top priority.
  >
  > Photography Guidelines
  >
  > We are seeking surreal, weird, strange, enigmatic
  > black and white photography for our covers. Nothing
  > gross just for the sake of shock. We want to see odd
  > juxtapositions in real life encounters. Strange
  > collisions between ordinary and unexpected. Haunting
  > images. Blurred, unfocused and oddly framed stills are
  > welcome. The grittier, the grainier, the more real,
  > the better.
  >
  > Submit two or three samples in .jpg format (72 dpi)
  > attached to e-mail, or send a link to an online
  > gallery of your work to art@permutationspress.com.
  >
  > Payment
  >
  > Minimum payment is $50 US for cover photography.
  > Payment on satisfactory completion of assignment and
  > delivery by contract. Artists must be able to supply
  > high-resolution .tif images via internet or CD-ROM.
  >
  > Notice
  >
  > Any submissions outside these guidelines will be
  > likely be ignored.
  >
  > We are not seeking art in any other medium other than
  > that described above.
  >
  > These guidelines are subject to change at any moment
  > without notice as we draw closer to production. These
  > guidelines do not imply any contract or offer.
  >
  > Send all non-submission related correspondence to
  > publisher@permutationspress.com
  

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