The Oddville Press Submission Guidelines

The Oddville Press is an online non-profit magazine distributed as a free PDF download dedicated to bringing high quality Fiction, Poetry and Artwork to the forefront and whose mission is to promote today’s geniuses and tomorrow’s giants.

Story/Works Content

The Oddville Press will consider material submitted by any writer, established or not. Our guidelines are simple: submissions must be original, well written, creative and compelling. Serious, thoughtful, yet accessible high-quality fiction, poetry and artwork will constitute the majority of our acceptances, and of course humor is most welcome.

We are not interested in gratuitous sex or violence, seldom publish stories longer than 5,000 words or Poetry over 500 words, and we don’t serialize novels. Neither do we publish Erotica, Slash, Fanfiction, Tolkien-esque/High Fantasy, “angst” poetry, nor any work containing exact words written by anyone other than the author (quotes). Also, we do not accept previously published work. We do accept simultaneous submissions, (stories sent at the same time to a publication other than The Oddville Press) also if so noted, but please inform us immediately if your submission is accepted elsewhere.

At present we only offer showcasing, infamy and gratitude as payment upon acceptance.

Submission Method

Please use the email address found at the bottom of this page and put title, type of submission (poetry, fiction, etc) and word count in the subject line. Add a brief bio in the body of the mail if you feel so inclined, how you heard about us, and send your work as an attachment; doc or rtf for text, pdf or jpeg for art. Note to artists: Send us a low res copy of your work; if we’re interested we’ll request a hi-res copy in due course.

Editing

The Oddville Press reserves the right to edit submissions to meet publication and editorial standards. You will be sent the edited version to review before publication.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold The Oddville Press, its parents and affiliated forums, and their successors, representatives, officers, directors, owners and all staff, harmless from any damages, costs or expenses of any nature related to any claim, action or proceeding arising from the above guidelines and/or your representations or warranties hereunder, whether express or implied.

Our Reply

Our response time runs about three to four weeks. If you have not heard from us within five weeks from the day you emailed your submission you can assume it was lost in cyberspace, and are welcome to resubmit it to us. We do NOT keep a record of submissions and unfortunately we are unable to provide specific criticism of each story, but if you would like to know if we received your story, poem or artwork, please contact Our Editorial Address (editor@theoddvillepress.com) and we will make every effort to answer on the day it arrives.

Thank you for your interest in The Oddville Press and good luck!

Send your submission to submissions@theoddvillepress.com

Found at: Girlie Jones Livejournal

Just a friendly reminder that the deadline for Sprawl closes December 20th 2009. Someone just asked me about multiple submissions and I don’t have a problem with authors submitting more than one work. I’d like to consider as much material appropriate to the theme as possible for what I hope to be a stand out anthology at Aussiecon 4.

Twelfth Planet Press is currently reading for Sprawl, a new anthology that will showcase Australia’s best and most exciting writers to an international audience. Sprawl will be launched at Aussiecon4 in Melbourne 2010.

Australia is a nation for the 21st century. Twenty one million people crowded into seven major cities; a modern technologically advanced society that sits perched on the perimeter of a vast dry interior occupied by an ancient, alien aboriginal culture.

Sprawl is an exciting new original anthology, edited by Alisa Krasnostein and published by Twelfth Planet Press, that will give readers from around the world a unique glimpse into the strange, dark, and often wondrous magics that fill the days and nights of Australia’s dreaming cities and towns, homes and parks, and most of all, it’s endlessly stretching suburbs.

Taking as its point of inspiration the delightful and whimsical creations of Shaun Tan’s art and fiction in Tales from Outer Suburbia, Sprawl is intended to be a book that glimpses into the brightest dreams and darkest fears of modern Australia.

Stories for Sprawl should be original fantasy stories of between 2,500 wds and 7,500 wds, and should be Australian in voice and setting, and fantastical in nature. Sprawl looks to pioneer a new subgenre – the Australian suburban fantasy – and we’d love if you could be a part of it!

How: send your submission in rtf attachment to twelfthplanetpress@gmail.com
Length: stories should be between 2 500 and 7 500 words
Submissions will close December 20, 2009.
Payment: AUS$50 per story

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I am not responsible for what you do with your work or where you submit it. Do your research before handing over your work to anyone.

Found at: Girlie Jones Livejournal

Just a friendly reminder that the deadline for Sprawl closes December 20th 2009. Someone just asked me about multiple submissions and I don’t have a problem with authors submitting more than one work. I’d like to consider as much material appropriate to the theme as possible for what I hope to be a stand out anthology at Aussiecon 4.

Twelfth Planet Press is currently reading for Sprawl, a new anthology that will showcase Australia’s best and most exciting writers to an international audience. Sprawl will be launched at Aussiecon4 in Melbourne 2010.

Australia is a nation for the 21st century. Twenty one million people crowded into seven major cities; a modern technologically advanced society that sits perched on the perimeter of a vast dry interior occupied by an ancient, alien aboriginal culture.

Sprawl is an exciting new original anthology, edited by Alisa Krasnostein and published by Twelfth Planet Press, that will give readers from around the world a unique glimpse into the strange, dark, and often wondrous magics that fill the days and nights of Australia’s dreaming cities and towns, homes and parks, and most of all, it’s endlessly stretching suburbs.

Taking as its point of inspiration the delightful and whimsical creations of Shaun Tan’s art and fiction in Tales from Outer Suburbia, Sprawl is intended to be a book that glimpses into the brightest dreams and darkest fears of modern Australia.

Stories for Sprawl should be original fantasy stories of between 2,500 wds and 7,500 wds, and should be Australian in voice and setting, and fantastical in nature. Sprawl looks to pioneer a new subgenre – the Australian suburban fantasy – and we’d love if you could be a part of it!

How: send your submission in rtf attachment to twelfthplanetpress@gmail.com
Length: stories should be between 2 500 and 7 500 words
Submissions will close December 20, 2009.
Payment: AUS$50 per story

***
I am not responsible for what you do with your work or where you submit it. Do your research before handing over your work to anyone.