{"id":327,"date":"2014-04-13T13:20:34","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T13:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ticonderogapublications.au\/index.php\/2014\/04\/13\/working-title-hear-me-roar\/"},"modified":"2014-04-13T13:20:34","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T13:20:34","slug":"working-title-hear-me-roar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ticonderogapublications.au\/index.php\/2014\/04\/13\/working-title-hear-me-roar\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Title &#8211; Hear Me Roar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This anthology, with the working title <em>Hear Me Roar<\/em>, is looking at kick-arse chicks of all varieties in a speculative fiction world \u2013 female superheroes, scientists, subversives and rulers. We want character-driven stories with strong female protagonists.<\/p>\n<p>The stories can be any variety of speculative fiction: science fiction, fantasy, horror, paranormal romance, urban fantasy or a mix.<\/p>\n<p>We are not looking for stories where women are objectified, where there is gratuitous gore or erotica.<\/p>\n<p>The anthology will be edited by Liz Grzyb, award-winning editor of eight anthologies including <strong>The Year\u2019s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror<\/strong>, and will be published by Ticonderoga Publications in 2015.<\/p>\n<h3>Submission guidelines<\/h3>\n<p>Send me your best speculative fiction story featuring strong women.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Story length 2,500 to 7,500 words. (Longer stories may be accepted, although payment is capped at 7,500).<\/li>\n<li>Original stories only: no reprints, multiple, or simultaneous submissions.<\/li>\n<li>Stories may be submitted via email at <a href=\"mailto:roar@ticonderogapublications.com\">roar@ticonderogapublications.com<\/a> in .doc or .rtf format.<\/li>\n<li>Manuscript format: double spaced, large margins, sensible serif font, Australian English spelling.<\/li>\n<li>Submissions period open: <strong>21 April \u2013 5 November 2014<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Payment: 2 copies of print anthology and Aus 2.5 cents\/word (GST inc., maximum payment $187.50) on publication.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This anthology, with the working title Hear Me Roar, is looking at kick-arse chicks of all varieties in a speculative fiction world \u2013 female superheroes, scientists, subversives and rulers. We want character-driven stories with strong female protagonists. The stories can be any variety of speculative fiction: science fiction, fantasy, horror, paranormal romance, urban fantasy or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[533,521,183,581,121,583,124,582,585,421,584,118],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-anthology","tag-award-winning","tag-fantasy","tag-hear-me-roar","tag-horror","tag-kick-arse-chicks","tag-liz-grzyb","tag-original-anthology","tag-paranormal-romance","tag-science-fiction","tag-sf","tag-urban-fantasy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticonderogapublications.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticonderogapublications.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticonderogapublications.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ticonderogapublications.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ticonderogapublications.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ticonderogapublications.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticonderogapublications.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ticonderogapublications.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ticonderogapublications.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}