May December Publications was started by Denise Brown in 2009 out of her belief in her husband’s writings. Seeing that writing is an integral part of who he is she knew that he had to be published. After doing research, she saw that there were so many others feeling the same way. She recruited her son Andrew Maxwell and his company Heka Interactive and her daughter in law Whitney Maxwell to build a website, create the company logo and information and design the cover to Zomblog. Everything started coming together, so May December Publications became a LLC in December of 2009 and Zomblog was published.
Now, they’re looking for material for three anthologies and more.
MIDNIGHT MOVIE CREATURE FEATURE VOL 2
A new anthology is open. they are accepting submissions for a new anthology Midnight Movie Creature Feature Vol 2. You should probably read MMCF Vol 1. They are looking for unique, quirky, b-movie esque, and even the truly terrifying. If it is something that the guys at MST3k would make fun of, then it is definitely the story for Midnight Movie Creature Feature. Deadline for this is July 30th, 2012.
The story must be between 3000 and 10,000 words and should be emailed to [email protected] attached as a .doc (preferred) or .rtf Please send in your submissions using 12 font Times New Roman, single spaced, justified. No hard breaks between paragraphs (hitting return twice to break between paragraphs). Following paragraphs can be started on the next line. Scene breaks or changes in point of view need to be separated by a hard break, centered asterisks (* * *) and a hard break.
The title page should contain your contact info and word count.
Payment for this anthology is a contributors copy and shared royalties paid quarterly.
THE GHOSTS OF DC
Welcome to the second anthology from The Horror Society.
Since this is an election year it might be interesting to publish a horror anthology about politicians. Throughout history many of our political figures have suffered painful events or tragic deaths.
What they are looking for is stories that twist this event – i.e. What if the doctors that treated George Washington were vampires, or the reason it took so long to bury Abraham Lincoln was because he kept wandering off. Don’t change history but feel free to play it.
Have fun while researching your politician. You will need to make your selection and contact May/December before you start writing. The reason for this is that you will need to reserve your choice to avoid multiple submissions on the President or the politician. They are looking for a wide assortment of figures for this publication.
There will be No political opinions allowed! They don’t care what political affiliation you are. This is about the horror not politics.
4000-10,000 words. No less, and no more. No living politicians will be allowed. Message Denise Brown with selection, they will make a daily post (and keep it updated) of which concepts have been selected to avoid duplication. Please email: [email protected] Payment is $25 upon publication with quarterly payments after advance has been met. Times New Roman. Size 12 font. Single Space. First line indent by .3; All stories will be stripped of author info and forwarded blind to editor who will score each story. Top (seeking a total word count of 70,000 words) will be accepted.
All submissions are due August 31, 2012
ZOMBIE LOCKDOWN
May December Publications is accepting submissions for a new anthology Zombie Lockdown. What happens when you are an inmate in prison and the outbreak happens? Are you an inmate? Are you a guard? Is it safe inside? Or are the monsters inside as well? Deadline for this will be September 30th, 2012.
The story must be between 3000 and 10,000 words and should be emailed to [email protected] attached as a .doc (preferred) or .rtf Please send in your submissions using 12 font Times New Roman, single spaced, justified. No hard breaks between paragraphs (hitting return twice to break between paragraphs). Following paragraphs can be started on the next line. Scene breaks or changes in point of view need to be separated by a hard break, centered asterisks (* * *) and a hard break.
The title page should contain your contact info and word count.
Payment for this anthology is a $25.00 per story upon publication.
THE SICK AND THE DEAD
May December Publications is thrilled to announce the theme and the charity for the upcoming annual MDP all for charity anthology. The charity will be The Jim Valvano Foundation. The title will be The Sick and the Dead and the theme will be – you guessed it – zombies. However, the hero or protagonist must be a cancer patient or survivor. As a reminder, everything including publication costs, cover art, and submissions is by donation. That means not only is this just for exposure, but it does not come with a contributors copy either. Every penny of profit generated by the sales of these books is donated quarterly to the charity. Deadline is Dec. 31st 2012. 3000-10,000 words. Send to [email protected] or for questions contact [email protected]
E-LIT
Looking for submissions for the new e-Lit line of ebooks. Paying $25.00 for accepted horror novelettes of 9000-14,999 words and $50.00 for novellas of 15,000 – 40,000 words.
FULL LENGTH NOVELS
If you have a full length novel, send a query letter and chapter by chapter synopsis of no more than two pages, introducing yourself and your story. If interested, May December Publications will ask you to send in the first 2 chapters. If they are still interested they will ask you to send in the complete story. If your story is accepted, May December Publications will send you a contract and more information.
Send your query letters or questions to [email protected] with ‘query letter’ in the subject line.
Please send in your submissions using 12 font courier, single spaced. The title page should contain your contact info and word count. In the header, you should have page number x of x on the left hand side, the title or shortened title in the middle, and your name and email address on the right.
