07-25-2008, 01:01 PM

Quote: Zaptha

In addition to that, are writers all over accepted, or only US based ones?

Also, concerning the SFWA standards, will that translate to non-US based writers as well?

Many thanks. And very much looking forwards to seeing the site up and running!

I don’t quite understand your questions, but I will answer what I think they are asking. :)

We are open to submissions from writers anywhere in the world.

The SFWA pay-rate is the pay amount that SFWA calls “professional rate.” That amount is currently five cents per word, in US dollars. We will pay foreign writers that same amount. I don’t know whether any foreign SF/F association calls that “professional rate” or not.

And thanks very much for your interest in Beneath Ceaseless Skies!

07-19-2008, 09:23 AM

Quote: Willow Fagan

I read the submission guidelines, but it wasn’t clear to me if you’d be interested in stories in which characters from the real world enter into secondary worlds. Do such stories fall within the realm of what you’re seeking? Would it depend on how much of the story was focused on the secondary world? Thanks!

That’s a very good question, and something I had not thought about. :)

I think that your initial impression hits on the key–it would depend on how prominent the secondary world was compared to the primary world that the character left. I’m being deliberately vague by saying “prominent”, kind of like your word “focused”; of course, that focus on the setting could be realized in any number of ways: story time spent in that setting, the world’s effect on the protagonist, etc.

Update:
For a later answer about “portal” type stories and how they usually don’t quite fit what we’ve been publishing in BCS, see this post from Dec. 2008. Thanks.