Cascadia Con Anthology Call for Submissions

Cascadia Con is proud to announce that it is working with Windstorm Creative, Ltd. and Editor Cris Newport to offer a special view of Cascadia as an Anthology to premier at Cascadia Con in 2005 (www.cascadiacon.org). Authors are invited to submit stories for this work.

(PRWEB) June 15, 2004 -- Two centuries ago, the Lewis and Clark expedition ventured into the unknown to connect the new American nation to the Pacific Northwest, an area now known as Cascadia.  They encountered many surprises along the way, and these changed their view of the world.  Today, we celebrate humanity's explorations of the new frontiers of space, environment, technology, mind, and being.  How will we forge into this future where nature meets machine and man is forced to choose between being a spiritual element or a living part of technology. 

Authors are invited to submit stories to the Cascadia anthology.  To be considered for publications, stories must fit the following criteria:
•     Part of the story will be set in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, northern California, British Columbia, or Alberta).
•     The story will be written in one of the speculative fiction genres (science fiction, fantasy, horror, alternate history, magic realism, etc.  Genre breaking submissions are encouraged (sf/f and mystery; sf/f and romance, etcetera).
•     The story will include elements or themes which involve the relationship between technology and nature, invention and environment, perhaps of how to change the world, or change a person, without destroying them.
•     Anthologies with a geographical theme often contain stories with utopian or dystopian settings.  These would be welcome, but clichés should be avoided.  Humorous stories must actually be funny.  Cultural commentary is fine, but contemporary political satire that is likely to become dated quickly would not be preferred.  We want to see stories around Washington State, not Washington DC.
•     It is anticipated that most of the stories will be short stories (up to 8,000 words) with some novelette-length stories submitted (up to 20,000 words).  In order for a novelette-length to be considered it would have to be of exceptional quality and probably from a known author.

Submission Guidelines:
1.Manuscripts (Mss) must be on clean, white paper.

2.Mss must be typed, double-spaced on one side only.

3.Mss pages must be numbered.

4.Authors name must appear on every page.

5.If story has been previously published, written permission to reprint the story must accompany the submission and prior publication information must be included.

6.Story must be accompanied by a page with the following information: Authors name, authors nom de plume (if applicable), authors permanent address, authors email address (required), authors phone number.  Author biography -- 200 word maximum.  If any of this information is not supplied, submission will be discarded.

7.A business sized envelope with first class postage for response.

8.Manuscripts will not be returned.

9.No email submissions will be accepted.

10.Do not send submissions signature required or certified.  Use delivery confirmation forms if author desires to see whether or not submission has been received.

11.Submissions should be sent to:
Cascadia Anthology
Windstorm Creative Ltd.
Post Office Box 28
Port Orchard WA 98366

Name of Anthology: Cascadia
Editor: Cris Newport
Hosting Organization: Cascadia Con
Deadline for submissions: November 1, 2004
Payment: $0.05 cents per word if accepted, paid upon publication
Projected publication date: September 2005, premiering at Cascadia Con, the 8th North American Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention in 30 years.

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