Call for Submissions: Solarpunk Creatures Open for Submissions: October 1 – 31, 2022 Story Length: up to 7,000 words Payment: Fiction: $0.03 per word (USD) Art: $100 (USD) for previously unpublished art; $50 (USD) for reprint art To imagine and build better futures, we’re championing a new wave of inclusive storytelling that centers nonhuman characters and positive multispecies interactions. Whether the setting is urban or rural or a space station, we’re looking for stories and artwork that put human-nonhuman or even nonhuman-nonhuman relations in the spotlight. We encourage creators to imagine nonhuman main characters, and we welcome narratives that acknowledge the agency of multispecies actors, both in the worldbuilding and in the plot. Because this is a solarpunk anthology, stories that acknowledge the realities of climate change and address those challenges through uplifting possibilities will have the best chance. We’re defining “creature” broadly, so let us see your depictions of wild animals as well as domesticated ones, of intelligent fungi or plastic-eating bacteria, of lakes and rivers granted personhood. Reconsider the traditional tropes of alien first contact and sentient AI, and envision them in a way that doesn’t replicate the same old oppressions and assumptions of human dominance. We’re looking for work that acknowledges humans as one species in a larger ecosystem, for human characters who strive for cooperation with (rather than dominance over) other creatures, for settings that reflect a sustainable balance of nature and technology. This is a sequel-in-spirit to Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures, which reimagined our urban spaces as less anthropocentric. Read those stories to get a sense of what our editors will be looking for. We also adore Becky Chambers’ Monk and Robot duology, and would love to see stories and artwork in that tenor. Submissions from authors outside of the United States are highly encouraged, as well as from authors of marginalized identities. We aim to curate a diverse, inclusive, and international table of contents. Stories must be in English; translations are welcome, provided the original author has given permission. Simultaneous submissions are okay, so long as you let us know if it sells to another market before we can make a decision. Please send only one story or one work of visual art. How to submit: Fiction: Send story as a .doc, .docx, or .rtf to [email protected]. Use the subject line SOLARPUNK CREATURES: [STORY TITLE] and include a brief cover letter in the body of the email. (Please do not summarize your story.) Artwork: Send art as .png or .jpeg attachments with a DPI of 300 or higher to [email protected]. Use the subject line SOLARPUNK CREATURES: [ARTWORK TITLE]. While both color and black and white will be considered, please note that all artwork will be printed in black and white in the paperback. Questions? Leave a comment below or email [email protected]. Need inspiration? Check out the solarpunk anthologies we've already published! Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers
$13.95
Anthology edited by Sarena Ulibarri
Series: Glass & Gardens Science Fiction / Short Story Anthology Release Date: June 5, 2018 Trade Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0998702278 Anthology: Approx. 87,000 words / 290 pages Also available as an ebook Find it Online: Amazon Barnes & Noble Books-A-Million Goodreads Independent Bookstores iTunes/Apple iBooks Kobo Wholesale: Ingram or direct: World Weaver Press. Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Winters
$15.95
Anthology edited by Sarena Ulibarri
Series: Glass & Gardens Science Fiction / Short Story Anthology Release Date: January 7, 2020 Trade Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1732254688 Anthology: Approx. 95,000 words / 300 pages Also available as an ebook Find it Online: Amazon Barnes & Noble Books-A-Million Goodreads Independent Bookstores iTunes/Apple iBooks Kobo Library: Overdrive or Bibliotheca Wholesale: Ingram or direct from [email protected] Multispecies Cities
$15.95
Anthology
Science Fiction / Short Story Anthology Release Date: April 13, 2021 Trade Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1734054521 Anthology: Approx. 100,000 words / 330 pages Also available as an ebook Find it Online: Amazon Barnes & Noble Books-A-Million Goodreads Independent Bookstores iTunes/Apple iBooks Kobo Wholesale: Ingram or direct: World Weaver Press.
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