Submission Guidelines

 

 

Have a video or online blog or just like to journal about your spiritual experiences? Like to share your life between life hypnotherapy experiences? Do research based on paranormal phenomena? Query The Sehnsucht Project and maybe your work will appear on our site! 

 

 

Thank you for your interest in The Sehnsucht Project. We e-publish various mediums in science fiction and fantasy, as well as poetry and non-fiction. Payment is currently via found pennies, love, publication, and byline credit until we can get the wheels cranking for funding.

 

We are currently accepting fiction, non-fiction, reviews, blog entries and poetry, or any medium working with creative, spiritual expression. We are looking for personal spiritual experiences, whether you are an avid astral traveler, channeler, philosopher or muggle (probably have to credit that term to JK Rowling so we don’t get sued), we’re interested in hearing your voice.

 

During 2015 we will be accepting digital film shorts and graphic art stories. It’s unfortunate to have to put in this type of disclaimer, but some folks are determined to go the distance with gratuitous sex and extreme gore and violence. This doesn’t impress us. If Harlequin, Hustler or Charles Manson would publish it, this is not your market.

 

We publish professional, provocative material that challenges our minds and helps us contemplate our soul’s journey. And it is a GRAND journey. Don't send us garbage or regurgitations of other stories and plot lines... Don’t be derivative- this is YOUR time to shine.

 

Please send innovative ideas, thoughtful essays and well-researched articles on relevant topics examining human life in this time of ascension and spirituality. We love razor-wire fiction, experimental, eclectic poetry and prose. Science fiction that pushes our buttons and considers new paradigms (and aliens!) will be well received.

 

Please don’t send stories about unicorns and fairy princes, or bimbos (male, female, or otherwise) who fall for vampires, werewolves, yetis or skunk apes. Challenge yourself. Maybe the “bimbo” is actually a super intelligent, under-appreciated, walk-in who falls in love with her spirit guide. Point being, stay away from clichéd plot lines. Write well, write often, and write for the love of it! 

 

Upon submission to The Sehnsucht Project, you are agreeing that the manuscript is your own original work. We check. We report. (Plagiarism is a no-no).

 

Please refer to Format Guidelines for appropriate submissions standards and Submission Clarifications and Rights for contractual information. They conclude this section. 

 

Current reading period is October 5th, 2014 through March 31st, 2015

 

 

FLASH FICTION: 750 words or less

 

 

SHORT FICTION: 3,500 words or less

 

 

NON-FICTION: 1,500 words or less

 

 

POETRY:  Up to 3 poems

 

 

REVIEWS: 750 words or less reviewing articles, websites, seminars, movies, video games, artwork, music, fiction and nonfiction, graphic novels/ comics. Please be sure to include the appropriate credits (i.e. producer, director, author), ISBN numbers, year of release, and acceptable media platforms (pertains mostly to video games) whenever available.

We are flexible with word count.  Please query us if your Mss. falls outside these general guidelines.

 

Format Guidelines: 

 

 

NO Reprints, NO Simultaneous Subs

 

 

Please submit fiction and non-fiction to thesehnsuchtproject@gmail.com with the designation of Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Reviews, Non-Fiction or Artwork as well as with the title of your work and word count in the subject line.

If you do not receive a response within 14 days, please query as to the status of your work- Keep in mind that occasionally submissions end up (oopsies) in our spam folder.  We try to check it often, but always there is one or two that have fallen though the crack- when in doubt, just ask.  

 

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS ONLY:  thesehnsuchtproject@gmail.com

 

 

Please include in the body of the email the following: your legal name, pen name (if applicable), complete contact information, and a brief synopsis or theme of your work. Also, include an author’s by-line in 35 words or less. Please note any previous publishing credits. Also, include a photo of the author (either in the body of the email or attached in 300 DPI .jpeg format).

 

 

Attach content via file attachment- Format is to be in .doc .docx or .rtf format, 12 point Times New Roman font. Place word count on the first page in the upper left hand corner. Centered in the middle of the first page should be the title of the piece and author name and byline credit AS YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO APPEAR. A HEADER is to be in the right hand corner of every page indicating title, author’s last name, and page number. 

 

 

ART is to be submitted electronically in 300 DPI .jpeg file attachment, in the body of the email please supply us with your name, publishing credits, a byline, and a photo of yourself attached using the same guidelines as those for your artwork.

 

Submission Clarifications and Rights:

 

 

• Submissions accepted will be sent a publishing contract. Currently, we pay .01 USD per word for all FICTION works we publish online. To receive payment, accepted authors agree to utilize PayPal as the exclusive means of obtaining funds.  Authors that submit to us, are accepted, but do not accept PayPal as means for payment revoke their right to compensation, unless barter for advertising or other method (such as author copies, in the event of print publication) is agreed upon by both The Sehnsucht Project, Withersin Press and the author. We hope to be publishing on a regular basis, and paying our authors professional rates very soon, and we will barter and offer links and advertising of your site for nonfiction and review submissions. Thank you for your hard work, we appreciate it. 

• The Sehnsucht Project owns exclusive worldwide rights to the work for the contracted period, reprints with permission by The Sehnsucht Project or Withersin Press only, after one year post-publication.

 

Print/E- publication- Upon acceptance, The Sehnsucht Project and Withersin Press will:

 

 

• Obtain an ISBN number

• Format, Edit, Layout Mss.

• Perform final product editing

• The Sehnsucht Project reserves the right to make final decisions on the works title.

• Cover art will be commissioned by The Sehnsucht Project

• Cover art and/or ideas from the author are encouraged.

• Official copyrighting is encouraged: http://www.copyright.gov/register/literary.html

• The Sehnsucht Project will promote published works on its official website as well as utilizing all media and social networking mediums The Sehnsucht Project participates in. HOWEVER, we encourage the Author to engage the effort of promoting their work.

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DOCUMENTARIES and FILM WORK- PLEASE QUERY US FOR DETAILS