All About Authors: Calling All Authors!

Pull out your laptop or typewriter or pencil and paper, because it is time to write a novel (or novella)! It has just been announced that Urania Books is making a special editorial call for their imprint. Read the following carefully to find out the details…

SPECIAL CALL:
What Honor Requires

Some soldiers serve because they feel a call to duty. Others serve out of obligation. Whether they enlist or are drafted, fight in wars or patrol the homefront, these military men and women have one thing in common: their honor. Even when they don’t seek conflict, honor requires them to protect their loved ones or fulfill their mission.

In a special call for Veteran’s Day of 2013, Musa is seeking stories of military valor for our Urania Imprint. From the lowest grunt to the highest general, we want know what sacrifices it takes to serve a space navy or a warlord wizard. How did they get where they are now? What did they give up to be here? Tell us the story of the grizzled veteran
finding his place in the world after the wars are ended, or the rookie grunt defending her country in a foreign conflict she doesn’t understand. How does a lone supply sergeant keep up with the requirements of a steampunk army?

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action/Adventure
Heat Levels: 0-2
Length: 20k+

Submissions call opens February 1, 2013.
Submissions call closes May 27, 2013.
Expected Publication dates November 2013.

Special requirements: All stories must feature science fiction or fantasy elements (or any subgenre of these two) to qualify for the Urania imprint. All accepted authors must be available for manuscript edits during June/July 2013.

To submit: Send a cover letter including word count and synopsis in the body of an email to urania @ musa publishing dot com (fix the spaces and punctuation) and attach your complete submission as either a .doc or .rtf with the following formatting: Times New Roman 12 point, double spaced, left-aligned, non-justified, no bolding.

Any submissions that do not follow these guidelines will be rejected. Make sure to include WHAT HONOR REQUIRES in the title of your email. Any submissions sent before the submission call opens will be deleted unread.