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Short of It and Whipped Cream are looking for short (approx. 1,000 words), romantic fiction for our
Thrifty Thursdays, where readers can come and read for free.
In exchange
for your short romance story, we offer $5 (payable
on acceptance and via Pay Pal only) and a free ONE
MONTH book cover or banner ad (a $10 value).
The author may also choose to substitute a TWO MONTH
cover/banner ad (a $20 value) in lieu of monetary
payment. The
author will also receive a link on our website to
their personal webpage and/or blog.
We ask that all stories submitted
for our non-erotic site be rated
PG or lower, as we have all ages reading. Special criteria for erotic short stories
can be found
here.
All genres are
welcome as long as the story has strong romantic elements.
Additionally,
all the
stories accepted at The Long and the Short of It
MUST have love and romance as central. A “Happy Ever
After” (or at least "Hopefully Ever After") is also
a required, fundamental part of all the stories we
publish. If your story does not conform with these
guidelines, please seek an alternate home for it.
In addition
to offering our readers quality fiction, we wish to offer authors an opportunity to place
their work where readers, publishers, and editors can see
it.
Our editorial
standards are high and we do not publish every submission we
receive. If necessary, editors will work with authors of
successful submissions before the story is placed on the
site. As we publish only one new story per week, space is
limited and will be reserved for only the best submissions
we receive.
The story
will appear on the Thrifty Thursday page for one week, after
which it will be archived. Six months after
the story appears on our website, full rights may
revert back to the author upon request. If the author
doesn't request rights, the story will remain archived
indefinitely.
In
consideration of the author allowing The Long and the Short
of It to publish the short story, links to the author’s
website and/or blog may be presented on the story page.
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All
submissions must be the original work of the author.
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No submission may be published
anywhere else (including blogs or websites) at the time
of submission.
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Submissions
must be sent in the body of an email with “short story
submission” and the title in the subject line.
Please single space and use readable fonts like Times
New Roman or Courier. Attachments will not be opened.
Failure to put the correct heading in the subject line
may result in your submission being deleted as spam.
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Include the
word count, title of the story, your name, pen name (if
desired), and email address, along with link to your
website or blog, if available and a short (50 words or
less) author bio.
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Word
limit—approximately 1000 words. Items over this limit will
be automatically rejected.
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All short
stories, regardless of genre, must have strong romance
elements included.
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Please allow
thirty days before inquiring about the status of your
submission.
The Long
and the Short of It is an open submissions site and
we enjoy finding new writers and giving them a voice
in a very busy marketplace. We read every submission
we receive and judge them on the quality of writing,
without regard to the author’s previous publication
experience. However, the standard is extremely high
and all submissions will be up against authors who
take their writing and their growth in the craft
seriously. We reserve the right to edit all material
submitted for grammar, spelling, punctuation, and
clarity. However, this is not an excuse to submit
poorly executed stories.
Proofread your story, make it the best it can be and
send a professional submission to us.
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Additional Guidelines for Whipped Cream Erotic Short
Stories
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No
depraved or illegal acts
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No
bestiality
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No
degradation of women or men (rape or forced
seduction)
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No incest
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No
pedophilia (no sex involving underage
characters, regardless of consent)
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Although
we do accept stories containing explicit sex, it
must occur between consenting adults.
Whipped Cream
short stories may contain
graphic love scenes between the main characters
only, possibly including sex toys, light consensual
bondage, and/or moderately explicit language.
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