Submissions
ZamaShort is a new project from StoryTime Publishing who brought you the StoryTime magazine, and the African Roar and AfroSF series of anthologies.
ZamaShort
is solely focusing on the amazing powerhouse that is the short story.
We believe in giving each short story its own publication so that it may
have its own spotlight. To be read and enjoyed and savoured fully as a
stand-alone publication. As per the StoryTime Publishing mandate
initialised in 2007, with ZamaShort we continue to champion and add to
the ever-growing canon of African literature excellence and diversity.
Submissions Call (Open)
At
ZamaShort we will read your submissions and if accepted, edit them with
you to a final, and then publish them as a single short story ebook for
distribution and sale on multiple digital platforms such as Amazon,
Libby/Overdrive, Apple Books, B&N, Kobo, etc. We see this endeavour
as an equal partnership with the author and as such all revenue from
sales of your story after distribution fees will be split down the
middle 50/50. We also believe that launching your original story as an
exclusive to ZamaShort is the best way to go about this and as such
before publication we will enter into an exclusive world rights
licencing contract with you for one year. You will retain all rights to
your work and after this period it will become non-exclusive so while
the work will remain on sale, and you will continue receiving revenue
from it, you will be free to publish it elsewhere. Your share of the
revenue from the story will be paid out on an annual basis in Q1 of each
year along with an account of all sales.
Short stories may be
submitted in any and all fiction genres such as literary fiction,
science fiction, contemporary fiction, fantasy, romance, historical
fiction, etc. as long as it is within the following terms.
1)
Only verifiable African writers are eligible (writers born in Africa, or
having domiciled in for over 10 years, and/or holding citizenship in an
African country, or having at least one parent who was born in Africa).
2)
The submitted work must be an original work of the submitting author,
nothing that infringes the copyright of, or is derived from, another
author’s work of fiction (this includes AI-generated content), is
pornographic, hate speech, etc.
3) No reprints (must be unpublished originals, not previously published in print or online).
4) No simultaneous submissions (only submitted to ZamaShort and no other publications).
5) No multiple submissions (submit only one work at a time, if it is accepted or rejected you can then submit a different work).
6) Single works with multiple authors will not be considered.
7)
Submission format: Microsoft Word .doc/.docx (or Rich Text Format .rtf)
UK English, double spaced, Font: Microsoft Word current default: Aptos
12pt.
8)
Word Count: Minimum: 3000 Words, Maximum: 10k Words. For this type of
publication, the sweet spot is around 5-6k words but submissions in the
range indicated will be considered.
9) Currently this is an open call so there is no deadline for submissions.
10) All works to be submitted to: zama1short@gmail.com
Email header titled: ZamaShort Submission: (Author Name) (Story Name)
Email body:
Name of Story
Name of Author
Genre of story (multiple if cross-genre)
Author Bio (100 words max)
Anything you might want to add about your submission or otherwise (500 words max)
Email attachment:
1) Your short story in .doc .docx or .rtf in above submission format
2)
Proof of eligibility/background as per term one. Preferably in .pdf
format, or a photo image of an official document (Birth Cert/National
ID/Passport/etc.) of yours and if required additionally the same for at
least one parent.
Submissions that fail to align to this format and the terms may be discarded.
11)
To be edited by Ivor W. Hartmann and published by StoryTime, for any
problems or queries please contact: storytime.publishing@gmail.com
12) All AI-generated submissions will result in a permanent black-listing.