Just spotted this in another forum:

Author Submission Guidelines

"We publish anthologies of short stories assembled around a common theme. We are interested only in literary fiction. The category of literary fiction excludes genre works, such as science fiction, mystery, romance, westerns, etc., since these works already have many other outlets available to them.

"We currently are reading for our second short story anthology, Leaving Home, a collection of stories about the experience of departure and change. If you have a wonderful short story on this theme, we are interested in seeing it now. You also may join our mailing list to learn about our themes for future books.

"To submit a short story, you may include the body of the story in an email. For security reasons, we do not open email attachments from people who are not yet known to us.

"Send all submissions to: editor@hourglassbooks.org.

"We accept previously published works and simultaneous submissions. There are no word length limits, and there is no fixed closing date.

"We follow the Authors Guild model contract and pay author royalties according to the recommendations in that form. Since these are anthologies, all royalties are shared among the contributing authors as determined by the publisher."

http://www.hourglassbooks.com


and this bit of further info was also provided:

"An anthology of poignant short stories about change, Leaving Home: Stories of Departure and Arrival, will include a broad range of viewpoints about the transition experience: marriage, divorce, growing up, growing old, immigrants, exiles, coming, and going. Sooner or later, we all leave home. Sometimes, more than once. Journey with our talented authors as they take us back to our own departure stories."

Thanks Ani,
Good one - full of possibilities but would need an original take to get noticed.
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