Honoring the Missing Girls in Nigeria: A Collaborative Call for Submissions
In a unique collaboration between Fey Publishing and Solarwyrm Press, and thanks to an idea put together by M. Kate Allen, a new anthology of short stories will be produced at the end of May 2014 in honor of the over two-hundred Nigerian girls who were kidnapped at gunpoint by the religious terrorists of Boko Haram on April 14, 2014. All proceeds from sales of this anthology will be donated to http://www.notforsalecampaign.org, an organization that seeks to uncover and put a stop to human trafficking and slavery of all kinds.
The stories in this anthology will address enslaving and enslavement. To the extent that you, the writer, are free from the dangers and enslavement that these Nigerian girls and millions of others presently suffer, you are asked to take great care in considering your own privilege as you weave your tale. The stories in this anthology will seek to name the dynamics of privilege and unjust, unearned power and also seek to highlight ways in which those who are powerless may be thwarted or lifted up by any number of outer or inner forces. Writers are particularly encouraged to explore silence, indifference, and ignorance as forms of oppression.
This is a chance for people whose voices are free to join together to speak powerfully for the sake of those whose voices have been stolen away. The money raised from the sales of this anthology will do financially what the stories of this anthology aim to do narratively: contribute to a culture of liberation that reveals, names, and destroys all forms of oppression.
All short stories should be between 1,500 and 5,000 words long. All submissions are due to Jax Goss (solarwyrm at gmail dot com), editor at Solarwyrm Press and the editor of this anthology, by May 18, 2014 at 11:59PM Pacific time. The anthology is due to be published on or around May 31, 2014 by Kristen Duvall of Fey Publishing. Any questions about the content of the short stories, the fundraiser for the Not For Sale Campaign, or any other aspect of the anthology may be directed to M. Kate Allen at lifeloveliturgy at gmail dot com or athttp://www.lifeloveliturgy.com.
Last five days!
Here we are, close to the finish line! We’re in the last stages of our Indiegogo campaign for our latest anthologies, Amok and Allusions of Innocence.
The campaign is here, if you haven’t checked it out yet and want to before I even shill it.
The two new anthologies are amazing. We pride ourselves at Solarwyrm on making collections that are diverse and unusual. Our first one, Fae Fatales, definitely lived up to that, and these ones do even more so. The books are full of really excellent stories by indie authors, and the pre-release reviews for both books have born up to how good we think they are.
The campaign also gives you the chance to get various other awesome things from our back catalogue, and a few special campaign only perks (like stories by me and Dom, and a tshirt with the gorgeous cover of Amok on it).
And if that’s not enough for you, I’ve been giving pieces of custom original flash fiction to people who get us over particular milestones over on Facebook. So if you’re not following Solarwyrm or my writer page over there, you should do so and keep an eye out for those offers, and get yourself a piece of flash fiction in the process.
In addition, we’re giving away another eBundle! Last week I gave away FOUR of these bundles. It contains BOTH of Solarwyrm’s new anthologies (Amok and Allusions of Innocence), our first one, Fae Fatales, my book of short stories The Edge of the Map, Dominica Malcolm’s novel Adrift AND a brand new totally original piece of flash fiction written by me to a prompt of your choosing. And all you need to do to win this bundle of awesome is to share the link to our campaign ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET and come back and tell us where you did so. So do it now!
Share this link! Come back and tell me you did, and win yourself some free ebooks!
Update and Giveaway!
As you can see from the beautiful green line, we hit our basic goal!!! This is awesomely exciting, and we are very very grateful to everyone who got us here, but if you scroll down to the “What We Need” section of the essay, you’ll see that we still have a long way to go. The $500 more or less covers our cover artists, and not much else, and I (Jax) really want to be able to pay my authors as richly as they deserve! Our next milestone is $2200, which would cover ALL the expenses for Allusions of Innocence and Amok.
If you’re following Jax on Facebook, you’ll see that she has been offering flash fiction to people who push us over specific milestones. We’ve been contemplating what sort of reward we could offer to people who help us hit our $2200 goal, so watch this space for stretch rewards!
In the meantime, anyone who shares the link to our Solarwyrm campaign anywhere on the internet in the next week, and tells us you did so, will go in a draw to win an ebundle of Jax’s book The Edge of the Map, Dominica’s novel Adrift, and all of our anthologies, Fae Fatales, Amok, and Allusions of Innocence. PLUS, said person will also get a custom story by Jax based on a prompt of your choosing. We’re going to give ONE of these bundles away EVERY DAY THIS WEEK, and you can enter as many times as you like! All you have to do is SHARE THIS LINK and then let us know you have (here, or via email, or by carrier pigeon, or in any other manner you choose).
Women’s Day Giveaway!
Solarwyrm have partnered with Indiegogo for Women’s Day, which means that for every $25 we raise in the next 24 hours, we get an extra dollar. So if you have been dithering about when to get the book(s), TODAY IS THE DAY.
CLICK HERE AND GET YOUR BOOKS!
As further incentive, I will offer a piece of flash fiction based on a prompt of your choosing to every single person who contributes to the campaign for the next 24 hours, no matter how big or small your contribution, provided you come back here, and tell me you contributed. I won’t promise to deliver right away, because my folks are visiting, but you will get your ministory by the time the campaign closes.
As further incentive, anyone who shares this link anywhere on the internet in the next 24 hours, and comes back here to tell me you did so and point me to where will go in a draw to win an ebundle of my book “The Edge of the Map”, “Fae Fatales”, “Allusions of Innocence”, “Amok”, AND Dom’s novel “Adrift”. That’s the entire Solarwyrm catalogue, PLUS my book from pre-Solarwyrm days. PLUS, said person will also get a custom story by me based on a prompt of your choosing.
So go forth, internet people! Buy books! Spread the word! Remember that to be entered into the draw, you have to come back, comment, and show me where you linked it!
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