Wizards of the Coast Open Call

[alanajoli]

Snagged from slwhitman:

Wizards of the Coast Discoveries, a brand new imprint debuting in January 2008, is looking for well-written speculative fiction. We will open for submissions September 1 and close for submissions January 15. Further guidelines can be found at http://www.wotcdiscoveries.com.

Agented submissions are welcome year round.

In January 2008, Discoveries will launch this exciting new imprint with Firefly Rain, a southern gothic ghost story by Richard Dansky. Further launch titles include Last Dragon by J.M. McDermott and Devil’s Cape by Rob Rogers, both first-time novelists who were selected from previous open calls.

Good Luck!

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As it's adult fiction, I'm definitely not going to make this year's call. This is the third year they've done it, and it's probable they'll continue to do it in the future, though, so one of these years...

Comments

[dmoonfire.livejournal.com]

Oh, right after NaNoWriMo! Now to see if I have something that would fit the genre. :D

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

Wahaha, combining NaNoWriMo and an open call? Genius!

Submission Reminder

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for posting this link to Wizards of the Coast's submissions. They have been holding these open fiction calls for the last few years and I always seem to forget until the time frame is nearly past.

Re: Submission Reminder

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

Glad to assist! (May I ask who posted this? I'll cross my fingers for you. *g*)

if authors are on the fence about this

[jmmcdermott.livejournal.com]

Howdy, Alana!

I'm J M McDermott, author of Last Dragon.

WotC is starting this open call for the third year in a row, but nothing they've bought is in print.

If other authors on the fence want to see an example of something that was bought, I'm willing to let them take a peek at just one chapter of my book, provided they promise not to upload it to ScribD or something awful and copyright violating like that.

My e-mail is in my blogger profile. (http://jmmcdermott.blogspot.com)

Re: if authors are on the fence about this

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's super nice of you! When is yours coming out? (They start in print in 2008, right? I'm trying to remember what I heard from slwhitman.)

Thanks for popping over to my livejournal!

Re: if authors are on the fence about this

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

(Or I could read my own lj post and see that the first one comes out in January. Allow me to qualify my previous question as "what month does yours come out?")

Re: if authors are on the fence about this

[jmmcdermott.livejournal.com]

Mine is the 2nd book released, and the first trade paperback.

She's up for pre-order already at all the finest bookstores in the world, and quite a few shady ones to boot.

LAST DRAGON, February 5, 2008