I’m super excited to announce the launch of The Rebel Diaries Anthology. Annnnnd…. The call for short stories is officially open.
What happens when the villain wins?
Sick of dashing debonairs? Fed up of being blinded by shining armor?
Sometimes, all a girl wants is a villain for a hero. The Rebel Diaries is looking for stories starring characters with a dubious shade of morals. We want characters who aren’t afraid of getting what they want, causing a bit of chaos, dabbling in mischief, and mayhem and slathering on the sarcasm.
We want stories that slip into the grey areas, and are bulging with villains, deviants and rebels. We’re after sassy tales littered with questionable morals and happy endings—for the villains anyway.
We are not looking for horror or gratuitous violence but dark stories that are fun, light hearted explorations of the characters usually hidden in obscurity.
We actively encourage submissions from own voices, characters or authors with disabilities or from underrepresented backgrounds, LGBTQ+ etc.
Submission deadline: June 30th, 2021
Word count: 2,500–7,500 words.
Payment: royalty split
For all the submission criteria, information and to submit your story, please visit sachablack.co.uk/rebelsubmissions
I think there needs to be more information about rights management for this anthology.
Draft2Digital has ebook, paperback, and audiobook rights, which of these are we giving permission to and for how long is our work tied up in these publishing rights?
When and how are the rights to our stories returned to us so that we can publish them independently?
How is the cost of publishing covered? Will that cost be taken from the profit first?
I love this idea but we authors need to be more informed about the rights to our work.
Barbara, thanks for your comments. The anthology will publish ebook and paperback. It won’t be publishing audiobook. I will be covering the cost of editing and the cover out of my own pocket at a loss to myself. Any earnings will be distributed between the contributors—percentages to be finalized once I know how many authors will be in the anthology. Once the book is published you can do with your story as you see fit. There’s no exclusivity here.
Also, one more point, if you click the link you should see all those details on the anthology page.