*Next Call Opens July 30 - Aug 30 for the HOLIDAY issue*
What We're Looking For:
Sweet Genre Romance Only (1,000-1,500 words) - give us your best meet cutes with the happiest endings… think Hallmark movies… Keep us giggling, keep us sighing, and if you make us blush a little bit, that’s ok - but just a little bit… remember, clean and sweet… Oh! And don't forget to keep the stories in season - ice skating in winter, Easter egg hunts in spring, a pool party in summer, hayrides in fall- anything that fits the theme of the season of the issue you're submitting to…
Submissions Guidelines:
Submissions open to ALL writers of ALL backgrounds and experience levels.
Submissions are open according to this schedule:
We Nominate For The Pushcart Prize!!!***
Formatting Guidelines:
• Times New Roman 12pt. font, 1.15 line spacing
• ATTACH your story of no more than 1500 words in .doc/.docx format….no PDFs, No .rtx, No other version other than .doc/.docx
• Please make the subject of your email your story title.
• NO SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS
•NO EROTICA
• Editor will proofread and check for typos, but stories should be properly edited and ready for publication
• Please include a short author bio, (100 words max), name you wish the story to be credited to and one link to social media and/or one link to an author website (2 links max)…please put this info in the body of the email…STORY WILL BE CREDITED TO THE NAME USED IN BIO. Please be certain correct name/pen name is included. Bios are copy and pasted and will be printed as sent.
• Failure to follow any of these basic guidelines will result in automatic rejection
• Decisions will be made immediately after call closes and emails will be sent out within 2 weeks of call’s end
Author Rights:
• Authors will retain the publishing rights to their individual submitted pieces, but please refrain from publishing piece anywhere else within 6 months of publication in KQ. KissMet Quarterly will retain the rights to each published issue in perpetuity.
• Currently, we are not a paying market, but we offer exposure and publicity through social media promotions and Micromance Magazine newsletters (sent out to 1000 inboxes). Stories accepted for KissMet Quarterly may be used by KissMet Quarterly and its representatives (Micromance Magazine; G. Lynn Brown, EIC; etc ) in whole or in part to promote KissMet Quarterly. Authors will be appropriately credited in all promotional materials.
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***By submitting to KissMet Quarterly you acknowledge that you agree to all of the above as stated in Guidelines, and Author Rights, and that your submission is original work written by you…
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