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Frequently Asked Questions
For Charities / For Writers and Artists
Q: How can I nominate my charity for an anthology project?
A: E-mail us some information on your organization and contact information, and we'll get in touch with you.Q. Who can provide a prompt?
A. Anyone associated with your charity or whom you would like to include.
Q. How much time will it take?
A. Having filled out the prompt form multiple times ourselves, we assure you it will take no more than five minutes. That is all we ask of you.
Q. Will my name/e-mail be made public?
A: Your e-mail address is for confirmation of the prompt only and will not be posted or printed anywhere. Whether or not your name is printed in the book is your choice.
Q. Is participation limited to only those in the United States?
No. Anyone who can write fluent English can submit a story. Art submissions are also open internationally.
Q. Is the staff making money off of our work?
A. Every staff member is a volunteer. Not one of us is getting paid or making ANY money from these publications.
In fact, until we are 501c3 approved, all printing and administrative costs such as ISBN fees, application fees, domain names, server space, business cards, promotion, publication fees, etc. are out-of-pocket expenses for us (Apythia and Tamela) personally, not Tears of the Phoenix.
Once we receive 501c3 status, we will be able to solicit donations and sponsorships for Tears of the Phoenix ,which will help cover our administrative costs, allowing ALL royalties from the anthologies to be donated to the specified charities.
Q. What sort of payment/contract is involved?
A. This is strictly donation of stories/art only. Because we make no money from the projects, there is no payment for participation.
When you submit art or a story to Tears of the Phoenix, you are required to read and agree to our publication agreement. BY SUBMITTING YOUR WORK, YOU ARE AGREEING TO OUR PUBLISHING TERMS.
Basically these terms state that 1) This is, in fact, your original work; 2) You agree to grant us exclusive U.S. print rights for a limited time; and 3) You are donating your work to our publication in the understanding that proceeds will go to non-profit literary and educational charities.
This simply means that your work is not plagiarized and does not infringe on any other copyrights, and that you agree not to publish or post your story anywhere else including the internet until six months after publication for the anthology, three months for the magazine, at which time, you can do with it whatever you wish.
Q. Is there an age limit on who can submit?
A. Generally speaking, anyone over the age of 18 may submit. However, we will be producing some young adult anthologies where writers 13 and older will be encouraged to submit. Please read the submission guidelines for each project for specific age limitations.
Q. Would this book would be a "real" book?
A. Yes, all books we produce will be professionally designed and printed trade paperbacks and/or hardcovers depending on the individual projects.
Q. How do prompts work in the anthologies?
A. The prompts are meant to be a source of inspiration, not a ridged outline. You are not required to use all of the prompt. If only one aspect of it speaks to you, even if it is the favorite quote of the person suggesting the prompt, that is all you have to use.
You are not limited to one prompt. A story can be a combination of several prompts, just as a a story can contain multiple characters, each based on a different prompt.
We just ask that you keep track of which prompts you are incorporating in your story as we'll be listing the inspirations for each piece in the book in an author's note of sorts.
Q. Is there a specific submission format I need to follow?
A. Yes. We ask that all stories follow traditional submission formatting. Please see our submission guidelines for more information.
Q. Why do we have to give you our legal name and address?
A. By submitting your story, you are agreeing to our publishing terms, which is a contract. As such, real names are required.
Also, if your story is selected, (and with your approval), we will be sending the local media a press release when the book is due out.
Have a question? Drop us an e-mail.
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