Orion's Arm Universe Project
Voices: Future Tense Submissions
Voices:Future Tense, the Orion's Arm e-zine has it's own set of submission guidelines. These guidelines are intended for use specifically for materials that you would like to appear in the e-zine and are intended to streamline the process of adding content to that publication.
Voices/Future Tense is interested in your voice.
We are looking for fiction, nonfictional articles, and art submissions for our e-zine. Guidelines are as set forth below:
FICTION:
V/FT seeks literate, strongly plotted science fiction stories between 1,000 and 10,000 words, set at any time within the span of the Orion’s Arm universe. Successful submissions will have original ideas, strong characterization, fidelity to the OA canon (as set forth at http://www.orionsarm.com), and appeal to the sense of wonder. Stories must be clear and understandable. Longer submissions will be considered for serialization.
As befits our participation in the Orion’s Arm project, V/FT encourages non-traditional forms of storytelling. Virtually any format, including (but not limited to) comics, manga, Flash animations, hypertext, poetry, music… will be considered. Please bear in mind that technical dazzle is fun… but story is essential.
NONFICTION:
V/FT is looking for reviews of fictional works and media science fiction which might be of interest to the OA audience, as well as articles on the sciences and technologies which underpin the Orion’s Arm project. These articles will ideally be from 500-1000 words.
Features should provide both context and breadth of information. You are writing for a wide range of readers. Subjects should be of interest to the OA community — transhumanist, extrapolationist, “hard science fiction” readers, who are interested in how we might get from here to 10,000 AT.
Reviews can be outspoken and vigorous. However, V:FT will not publish libellous or offensive statements, and insists that it’s contributors behave as professionals. We are neither a shill for the entertainment industry, nor are we a home for petty personality sniping. Be fair; be honest; be professional.
Reviews are just that. Synposizing a work is not a review, and we probably won’t accept such submissions.
Reviews should contain the following information:
– Genre(s) (e.g., science fiction, fantasy, horror, superhero, etc.)
– Format (book, CD-ROM, VHS, DVD, film, etc.)
– Creator(s)
– Rating (MPAA, ESRB, etc., where applicable)
– Date of Release/Publication
– Date of Review
– ISBN numbers, where applicable
GENERAL POLICIES:
All submissions, regardless of genre, are subject to the following
editorial policies:
Format: Submissions will be accepted via the OA Forum, specifically through the Voices: Future Tense sub-forum, or email; they should be sent to OAoperations@gmail.com with “Submissions” in the header, and with the article itself as an attachment in DOC or RTF format. The submission should include title, author’s full name, address, contact information, and word count at the top of the story. Avoid the use of unusual fonts. Please include a brief bio and credits, if any, in the body of your email. Queries are welcome.
Comic, manga, and animation submissions must be complete and web-ready upon submission. Where applicable, such submissions should NOT rely upon browser-specific tags or plugins; V/FT is meant to be read on a
variety of browsers, including current versions of Chrome and Internet Explorer, older versions of those browsers, Mozilla, Opera, Safari and others.
Audio files must have contact information (see the instructions above) in the body of the email. Submit files in standard MP3 format.
Our goal is to respond within five to eight weeks after receiving a submission. Depending on numerous variables, however, it may take longer. Please give us ample time before inquiring about a submission’s status. All submissions, whether fiction or nonfiction, are subject to spelling and grammar editing as well as to review for content. V/FT retains the right to act as any other publication and decline submissions for either artistic or technical reasons.
Copyright and renumeration: Articles published on V/FT are published by permission of the authors. For original submssions, we require exclusive electronic rights, meaning the same article cannot be published elsewhere online or in electronic form. The only exception will be if the Board of Directors of the Orion’s Arm Universe Project considers a story to be of such merit that they invite the author to have it featured on the main Orion’s Arm website, on the Creative Writing pages; V/FT articles will always be allowed to be published in such a case. Articles which have appeared in other venues will be considered for V/FT, in accordance with the rights of the author and all prior publishers. Any article published on V/FT will be removed on request of the owner, at which time electronic rights revert to the owner.
All articles based on the Orion’s Arm canon are published in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of the OA project. In the event that negotiations for commercial rights to an author’s work occur after publication by V/FT, the Board of Directors of the Orion’s Arm Universe Project is the point of contact for permission to use Orion’s Arm material for commercial purposes.
Save as set forth above, all other rights are retained by the author.
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Voices/Future Tense is interested in your voice.
We are looking for fiction, nonfictional articles, and art submissions for our e-zine. Guidelines are as set forth below:
FICTION:
V/FT seeks literate, strongly plotted science fiction stories between 1,000 and 10,000 words, set at any time within the span of the Orion’s Arm universe. Successful submissions will have original ideas, strong characterization, fidelity to the OA canon (as set forth at http://www.orionsarm.com), and appeal to the sense of wonder. Stories must be clear and understandable. Longer submissions will be considered for serialization.
As befits our participation in the Orion’s Arm project, V/FT encourages non-traditional forms of storytelling. Virtually any format, including (but not limited to) comics, manga, Flash animations, hypertext, poetry, music… will be considered. Please bear in mind that technical dazzle is fun… but story is essential.
NONFICTION:
V/FT is looking for reviews of fictional works and media science fiction which might be of interest to the OA audience, as well as articles on the sciences and technologies which underpin the Orion’s Arm project. These articles will ideally be from 500-1000 words.
Features should provide both context and breadth of information. You are writing for a wide range of readers. Subjects should be of interest to the OA community — transhumanist, extrapolationist, “hard science fiction” readers, who are interested in how we might get from here to 10,000 AT.
Reviews can be outspoken and vigorous. However, V:FT will not publish libellous or offensive statements, and insists that it’s contributors behave as professionals. We are neither a shill for the entertainment industry, nor are we a home for petty personality sniping. Be fair; be honest; be professional.
Reviews are just that. Synposizing a work is not a review, and we probably won’t accept such submissions.
Reviews should contain the following information:
– Genre(s) (e.g., science fiction, fantasy, horror, superhero, etc.)
– Format (book, CD-ROM, VHS, DVD, film, etc.)
– Creator(s)
– Rating (MPAA, ESRB, etc., where applicable)
– Date of Release/Publication
– Date of Review
– ISBN numbers, where applicable
GENERAL POLICIES:
All submissions, regardless of genre, are subject to the following
editorial policies:
Format: Submissions will be accepted via the OA Forum, specifically through the Voices: Future Tense sub-forum, or email; they should be sent to OAoperations@gmail.com with “Submissions” in the header, and with the article itself as an attachment in DOC or RTF format. The submission should include title, author’s full name, address, contact information, and word count at the top of the story. Avoid the use of unusual fonts. Please include a brief bio and credits, if any, in the body of your email. Queries are welcome.
Comic, manga, and animation submissions must be complete and web-ready upon submission. Where applicable, such submissions should NOT rely upon browser-specific tags or plugins; V/FT is meant to be read on a
variety of browsers, including current versions of Chrome and Internet Explorer, older versions of those browsers, Mozilla, Opera, Safari and others.
Audio files must have contact information (see the instructions above) in the body of the email. Submit files in standard MP3 format.
Our goal is to respond within five to eight weeks after receiving a submission. Depending on numerous variables, however, it may take longer. Please give us ample time before inquiring about a submission’s status. All submissions, whether fiction or nonfiction, are subject to spelling and grammar editing as well as to review for content. V/FT retains the right to act as any other publication and decline submissions for either artistic or technical reasons.
Copyright and renumeration: Articles published on V/FT are published by permission of the authors. For original submssions, we require exclusive electronic rights, meaning the same article cannot be published elsewhere online or in electronic form. The only exception will be if the Board of Directors of the Orion’s Arm Universe Project considers a story to be of such merit that they invite the author to have it featured on the main Orion’s Arm website, on the Creative Writing pages; V/FT articles will always be allowed to be published in such a case. Articles which have appeared in other venues will be considered for V/FT, in accordance with the rights of the author and all prior publishers. Any article published on V/FT will be removed on request of the owner, at which time electronic rights revert to the owner.
All articles based on the Orion’s Arm canon are published in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of the OA project. In the event that negotiations for commercial rights to an author’s work occur after publication by V/FT, the Board of Directors of the Orion’s Arm Universe Project is the point of contact for permission to use Orion’s Arm material for commercial purposes.
Save as set forth above, all other rights are retained by the author.
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