It’s That Time Yet Again
Calling for submissions
for Volume 4 of
An Honest Lie
Theme: Petulant Parables
We are accepting submissions in the areas of fiction, well written misadventures from real life, and blatant lies that are fun and entertaining..
We’re looking for …
… the ironies in life
… the serendipity of it all
… the epitome of adventure
… the power of imperviousness
… the pull of naivety
… the view from a different angle
… the mix of mood, moment, and movement
… the wretched truth
… a clever lie
… the humor inside
… the mockery of it all
We’re looking for the perspective.
The subject is up to you.
(Please keep it clean. No political commentaries, testimonials, religious manifestos, or poetry)
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Submissions should be at least 3000 words in length and no more than 6,000 words total, submissions will be disqualified for not meeting minimum or exceeding maximum word count requirements.
All submissions should be sent in .doc,. odf, or in docx format, in a legible 14 pt font, with pages numbered in the top right corner. Please be sure to attach this document to your email, do not copy and paste the text into the body of your email.
Please include title and author name on all pages submitted.
Include the following information with your submission:
Full Legal Name (with nom de plume)
Email and Regular Mail Addresses
Telephone
A Short Bio (100 words)
For all other inquiries regarding submission formatting please visit our FAQ, located at the official anthology website at
http://anhonestlie.wordpress.com
Please also let us know how you heard about us!
Please e-mail your submissions to: ahlsubv4@yahoo.com
Deadline for Submissions is March 15 2012.
Public engagements associated with this publication are for promoting the book and for promoting you as an author.
Pay for published authors will be based on royalty accrued via sales of merchandise, books sold, and attendance at public engagements.
The most popular author from each anthology will receive a book contract with Open Heart Publishing !
Attendance at public engagements is not mandatory.
All travel and travel associated expenses are author’s responsibility.
Limit of two pieces for consideration unless asked for more.
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We are also seeking illustrators for this and other projects. Please e-mail us at sales@debrincase.com for further details concerning illustrations. Pay structure for original art will be based on the project it is for.
And the Winner Is…
Volume number 2 is now behind us, but not without declaring who is our winner. A big congratulations goes out to William Walton and his wonderful story “Ozzie the Clown”, our latest winner in the yearly Anthology contest “An Honest Lie”.
We are very pleased to be working with William Walton as our newest author, he is definitely a writer that I for one am looking forward to reading more from, and I can see that you are as well.
William, I want to thank you for taking the time to submit this wonderfully crafted story to our second volume, and also for revisiting us yet again for our third volume with “Mike from the Mailroom”, it’s always great to see Alumni returning to work with us again.
Open Heart Publishing is very pleased with the partnerships we’ve developed already and we are looking forward to developing more, maybe our next winning Author could be you.
In the Big Leagues
Greetings Friends and Fans,
We have some pretty exciting news to share with you. As of right this instant, our books are available on Amazon.com and at Barnes and Noble.com. You can pick up your favorite volume of An Honest Lie at your favorite book store and all for a reduced rate.
An Honest Lie Volume 1: Encouraging the Delinquency of Your Inner Child includes great pieces by top of the pile authors like Brittney Dillard, Bob Clark, Robert Dean, and Will Terry. This is a “can’t miss” volume of some of the best up and coming writers in the business today.
An Honest Lie Volume 2: Delusions of Insignificance is just as exciting and features new authors like, Claire Ibarra, Cynthia Witherspoon, Patrick Scalisi, and Jessica Dunn as well as returning greats such as Eric Trant (who is also, incidentally, the winner of the coveted An Honest Lie Book Deal) and C.B. Calsing who gave us All Along the Pacific.
Wow! such great reading just sitting there waiting to be read, by you our dear faithful friends and fans. It’s only because of you that we get to do this. So keep your support efforts coming in and we will continue to thrill you with the best emerging literature.
Don’t forget, we are also taking submissions for An Honest Lie Volume 3: Justifiable Hypocrisy. We’ve seen more than a few great submissions and now, we are looking to read yours. Throw down your fanciest gauntlet and see if you have the chops to make the grade. Check out the Submission Guidelines for more information.
And now … as always it has been a thrill but we must, I’m afraid, bid you a fond farewell. Until next time dear friends and fans; until next time.
And We are On the Scene
Jennifer Pema, Book Fair Coordinator, our own Claire Ibarra, and Laura Miller, Director of St. Christopher's Montessori School
Claire Ibarra, who brought us “Heat Stress” in An Honest Lie Volume 2: Delusions of Insignificance, was on location December 2-4 at the St. Christopher’s By-the-Sea Montessori School Christmas Book Fair where, rumor has it, some of our books were chosen from the shelves! “Located on the beautiful, tropical island of Key Biscayne, the event hosted the sale of An Honest Lie, Volume 2: Delusions of Insignificance,” Claire told us. Claire was pleased to participate in the Fair with other local artisans from the community.
Thank you Claire for leading the charge out there in beautiful Key Biscayne. And thank you to all our Friends and Fans who are out there helping us promote and grow this literary project.
