The GUIDELINES for DREAM FORGE e-Maga-Weba-Zine (tm)
Writer's Guidelines..... as of DEC 1996.
Managing Editor: Rick Arnold
[email protected]
(*--DREAM FORGE--*)
MAGAZINE
(*--The electronic-----------for your mind!--*)
DREAM, n.; from ME. dreem, a sequence of sensations, images,
thoughts, and hopes passing through a sleeping or conscious
persons mind.
FORGE, v.t.; from L. fabricari, to make, construct; from
_faber_, a workman, artisan; to make by or as by this method;
to form; to shape; to produce. syn. make; hammer; invent.
DREAM FORGE e-Maga-Weba-Zine (tm) is for a thinking and literate
readership, 95% freelance written. Works with inveterate as well
as new writers. Mss published 2 days to 3 months of acceptance.
Takes First North American Serial Electronic Rights ONLY, will
accept One-Time Rights on reprints. Pays apx. 60 days after
publication. Seasonal material 2 months in advance. We want mss
NOT previously on the web/nets.
*******NOTE********NOTE**********NOTE***********NOTE*******NOTE:
Funding has ceased - so payment for material is currently halted
till further notice (hopefully starting for April's material!)
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We are looking for stories with positive messages, even if
the thread is hidden deep within the fabric of the work.
See current issue on the Web, and/or download previous editions
for an idea of how diverse we are with genres.
http://www.nauticom.net/www/drmforge/
Or via FTP: ftp.etext.org/pub/Zines/DreamForge/ or from Fido
Network File Distribution Sites.
PREFERRED LENGTHS:
Humor/Op-Ed: 1,000 to 2,500 words;
Fiction/NonFiction: 1,500 to 7,500++
Longer works definitely considered and used.
FORMAT ;-) Format :-) Format :-) Format ;-) FORMAT ;-)<BR>
Flush Left, 65 columns Right margin, BLANK LINE BETWEEN
Paragraphs, Output file to Ascii Text. We do accept Microsoft
Word, Word Perfect, and MS Works files, for any other format
please inquire first. We DISCOURAGE submissions on paper.
All manuscripts are considered disposable, even if you provide
RETURN mailer. We are into electronic media and -- Saving Trees.
The format is quite similar to print manuscripts, where you
should include your personal data at the top left hand corner of
the file and in the right corner place the word count and rights
you are offering. Denote italics with an underscore (underline)
"_" immediately before and immediately after any word(s) to be
placed in italics, and use an asterisk *to show bold* before and
after the words to be placed in bold.
NOTE: Ensure there are NO control codes! after saving to Ascii.
Your word processor program may call the ASCII save: MS-DOS Text
With Layout (*.asc) or something similar. If you are using a Mac,
please ensure your file output is in the Universal Ascii Text,
especially if sending as a file attachment, and for Mac it is
usually best to paste the Ascii file into an email message and
not as an attachment to email. Please preview the email prior to
sending it to check for proper format of blank lines between the
paragraphs!!!
METHOD OF SUBMISSION:
Send your ALL ASCII TEXT as file attach or pasted into Email
and send to:
[email protected] *ENSURING* there is
a **BLANK LINE** between paragraphs, include a short writer's
Biography in the email. Microsoft Word documents (Courier New
12 pitch, 10 characters per inch) are also recommended.
Unless you really need the money, please decline payment. We
have lost our funding, but hope to obtain funding for 1997.
NOTE: if no Postal address, we assume you don't want paid.
Note: ASCII TEXT is a "SAVE AS" option on most all word
processors, or it is called MS-DOS Text With Line Breaks.
If uploading multiple files, you can PKZIP them and send all
the files within a single Zipped file. PKZip (protects file
integrity), place your Bio and story(s) into a single Zipped
file; name the Zip file with as much as the DOS eight character
naming convention allows, e.g. POEEA.ZIP, and file attach to
email.
INCLUDE:
**ONLY** if you MUST BE paid, include in the Email or file,
your postal address, along with your Bio, email address, phone,
and SSN.
If no modem, mail a DOS disk with two copies of your manuscript
on the disk, do not compress with PkZip when mailing a disk; save
your mss in DOS Ascii Text and Mail to:
Submission,
Dream Forge Inc.,
PO Box 243,
Greenville, PA 16125-0243
PAYMENT:
Our funding has been removed -- So, unless absolutely necessary,
please do not request to get paid until our funding is resumed.
Thanks.
HUMOR, SATIRE, ESSAYS, REVIEWS, OP-ED, and COMMENTARY
from 1,000 to 2,500+ words. Average payment is: $10.00.
FICTION:
Short stories most ANY GENRE from 1,500-7,500+ words, longer
works serialized; Pay range: $10.00 to $25.00. Avg. pay $10.00!
POETRY:
No payment at this time.
*** Also no payment on works under 1,000 words. ***
This writers' guideline is your offer to contract, taking
ONLY: First North American Serial (electronic) rights.
Or: One-Time rights. All rights revert back to author.
NOTE: **** If you're an Overly Successful Author, or make more
than $212 per month (like me) PLEASE Decline Payment! Specific
funds are donated to targeted non-profit agencies which DREAM
FORGE, Inc. supports: Reading Is Fundamental, Laubach Literacy
International, and Literacy Volunteers of America. ****NOTE!
DREAM FORGE e-Maga-Weba-Zine (tm): Providing Food for Thought!
Dream Forge, Inc.,
PO Box 243,
Greenville, PA 16125-0243
Email your Submissions to:
[email protected]
Sample copies on the Web:
http://www.nauticom.net/www/drmforge/
Via FTP: ftp.nauticom.net /pub/users/drmforge/
Magazine issues are in the following naming convention:
DFxxxxR.ZIP (or ending in, G, or T.ZIP) Where xxxx is the
4 digit month/year (9605 = 1996 May) and the R = Readroom.Toc
G= VGA graphics edition, and T = Ascii Text edition. For example
the May, 1996 VGA edition would be: DF9605G.ZIP
(DREAM FORGE)
