| Magazine Name: | The Washington Pastime |
| Website: | http://www.washingtonpastime.com |
| Editor: | Paul Karaffa; Laura Bolt; Crystal Maitland |
| Print Magazine? | Yes |
| Mailing Address: | |
| Email: | contact@washingtonpastime.com |
| Circulation: | 1000+ |
| Submission Guidelines: | http://www.washingtonpastime.com/The_Washington_Pastime/Submissions.html |
| Approximate Response Time | 1.5 Days |
| Publishes: | Monthly |
| Year Founded: | 2011 |
| Online Submissions? | Yes |
| Information about your publication: | In 2010 a study from Central Connecticut State University found that the Washington DC area was the most well-read urban city in the United States. But Washington, DC did not have a professional literary magazine in the city representing its stake in contemporary American literature. The Washington Pastime, LLC was founded as an electronic and print publication based in Washington, DC committed to publishing the best in literary and genre fiction. Work featured here will push literary limitations and take a new look at antiquated perspectives. Authors will find a home here from all around the world, and in turn find themselves burrowing a place into the hearts of the readership in the United States, and specifically the DC metropolitan area. |
| What type of submissions you are looking for: | What We Publish: We publish literary and genre fiction in the following categories: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Western and other categories of general fiction. We will accept Poetry but it can be a hard sell. We do not publish erotica. We do not put restrictions on what can be submitted as far as theme, but strong sexual themes can also be a hard sell. We never get enough humor. If you have a humorous story, please send it to us. Non-Fiction: We are looking to publish articles about the writing industry in the Author?s Resource page. We are also looking for articles in a category we are calling ?Expanding Scope,? which will feature topics of interest and controversy. Currently, this is the only non-fiction we will consider. Word Limit: 500 – 6,000 words Pay Rate: Pay ranges from Token payment to Professional payment (5 US cents per word) for fiction. Payment will be made through The Washington Pastime PAYPAL account, with no exceptions. Genre: All Fiction Language: English |
| Information on Contests: | The Washington Pastime awards outstanding writing in literary and genre fiction. First prize is up to $500 (or up to $250 for PYA), publication in The Washington Pastime, and in The Washington Pastime Collections Anthology. Second prize is publication in The Washington Pastime, and possible publication in The Washington Pastime Collections Anthology. Deadline is December 31, 2011. Winners will be announced by March 1, 2012. Prose limited to 15,000 words. Submissions that exceed these limits will be disqualified. Students/friends/colleagues/relations of a judge are not permitted to enter submissions. To be considered for the Promising Young Author category you must fulfill one (1) of the following criteria: 1)You are under the age of 18; 2)or, you are a high school student; 3)or, you are currently enrolled in a college/university; AND you have either not been published or have been published no more than two (2) times with no payment. |
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