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Sep 18, 2017 05:50PM
Hello all. I have started work on an online magazine that will focus on showcasing talented individuals across a very wide range of literary and artistic genres. The magazine is called Worlds and its main purpose is to help indie authors and artists get noticed. Since it will be a new magazine, I cannot pay for the author/artist works but I am offering free advertising in the magazine instead. Hopefully, the magazine takes off and I can offer actual payment down the line. You can advertise your books or art (whether it's promoting yourself or directing people to your personal site, etc.). If anyone is interested, you can submit your works for approval to gamut_submit@hotmail.com. I hope to help spread the word about all the amazing indie talent in the world through this method so please share with anyone you think might benefit from this magazine. Thanks for your time everyone.
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What we are looking for...
Gamut accepts most literary and artistic content. We are looking for...Short Stories | Flash Fiction | Novel Excerpts | Poetry | Biographical Content | Tutorials | Articles | Illustrations | Paintings | Digital Art | Sculptures | Photography | Graphic Novel Pages | And More. If you don't see something listed here that you would like to submit, just contact us and ask if that would be something we are interested in.
P.S. We probably would be, as long as the content is creative and awesome.
What we are not looking for...
Gamut Media reserves the right to reject any submission for any reason. However, these tips will help you understand what will definitely not be accepted into Worlds Magazine.
We are looking for works of fiction across every genre but we will not accept the following...fan fiction, articles with political overtones, stories with excessive sexual content/nudity, rape, *racism or racist violence, and any other content we deem inappropriate for our audience.
*Racism is a very grey area in terms of acceptance. If you're story is chronicling or about the effects of racism, then that is fine. If there is excessive racism in your story and highly derogatory/inflamatory names, then chances are good that it will be rejected.
If you feel like your story is heavily influenced by any of the above mentioned subjects then we would ask that you find a different magazine to submit to. While we do look for a very wide range of material, those subjects are just not it.
Guidelines:
Short Stories/Novellas/Flash Fiction/Novel Excerpts...etc: There is no minimum word count to any fiction submission but we do ask that you keep the length down to 10,000 words. If your submission does exceed 10,000 words, do not kill yourself trying to edit it down to fit. We will still read it. We just ask for submission to be kept around that length. For novel excerpts, we do accept already published works (either through a publishing company or self-published). This is a great way to help increase your exposure.
Poetry: There is really no limits to poetry. We just ask that you keep it on the shorter side and keep the subject matter away from the above mentioned ones.
Art/Illustrations: There is really no limit or restrictions except for the above mentioned subject matter. Nude paintings/artwork will not be accepted under any circumstances. We are also unable to accept fan art that utilizes existing characters that are copyrighted and/or trademarked.
Graphic Design: We will accept any awesome graphic design work you want to showcase but we are mainly interested in logo designs and tshirt designs or any other design work heavily influenced by illustrative or creative photographic artwork. If you have other works that do not fit into either category, send it in anyway because it might be awesome enough to be accepted.
Anything Else: We will look at anything that you would like to showcase if it pertains to the arts (either literary, illustrative, etc) and it does not infringe on the topics mentioned above.
If you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to contact us. The form below can also be used to submit questions to us.
Thank you to all visitors and people that submit. We appreciate the time you've taken to check us out.
Hello there. I have a one-page short story to submit. If you like it, I also have poems, photos, and more one-page stories to share. Thanks for this opportunity. Atwood Cutting www.atwoodcutting.com.
PASSING ON MEMORIES by Atwood Cutting
Before I started kindergarten, I used to walk up the path to visit my “Grandma and Grampa Folks” almost every day. Grandma was usually sitting by the window, working with her substantial collection of stamps. She also had several rare treasures of yesteryear, including a treadle sewing machine, a Civil War-era parasol, and a tiny shoe from China, that was worn by some unlucky “fortunate” who had been born wealthy enough to have her feet bound, as a little girl.
My grampa, Theodore Abijah, maintained a ‘truck” farm on a flat space near the top of our hill. He had lots of hobbies. He had been a teacher and a high school principal, by trade. Now retired, he was a rock collector and an inventor. He even had a little mail order business in rudimentary spectroscopes coming to T.A.Cutting.
Sometimes he would let me come up into the attic with him, to see his little inventions. You had to be careful not to step off the two planks, or you would fall through the ceiling into the living room, below. He had a box of colored gels framed in white, with little handles. They were shaped like suckers. Looking through one made the world turn a completely different color. It was very fun.
He taught me to read. We read a book about a little girl named Susie (my name) with blonde hair, and a black cat named Smoky. When I got my first kitten, I picked the all-black one, and named her Smoky.
Grampa also wrote books and printed them on a huge peddle-operated press in the old barn. It was fun to get going really fast and ride the peddles, while I stuck my hand down into the press and withdrew it just in time, over and over again. I’m lucky I have a hand today, I guess.
In his study, Grampa had a small bookshelf with some books and a bowl of fossils and half-rocks. The half-rocks were some he had sawn in two with his rock saw. A rock saw was harder, even, than a rock, because it had real diamonds around the edge. The fossils were from a long, long time ago.
Somehow, I was fortunate enough to inherit his bowl of rocks, and I still have it, after an Alaskan odyssey and a dozen other moves. Whenever I pass it, I am reminded of my Grampa Folks. Today, I brought one rock to show you. I don’t know how he acquired it, but I picture the episode as a hot dash, a quick press, and a rapid withdrawal. Was this one of his brightest moves, or one of his dimmest? Who’s to say, but I feel proud to be its present owner. Soon, people won’t even recognize the head of Mercury sunk into the belly button of this old piece volcanic rock. I wonder, where will it go from here? Maybe this story will go with it. I’m glad I told it while I still could. Maybe that’s why writing is one of Humankind’s greatest inventions.
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Awesome Atwood. Thank you. I appreciate and keep them coming. You can submit your photographs to gamut_submit@hotmail.com. And remember to spread the word!
Thank you, Rustin. Should I watermark my photos before sharing them with your publication? Atwood
I would prefer to not have watermarked photos/art. I will have a right-click protect on the site so no will be able to right-click and download.
