Forgotten Realms fiction is guarded like Fort Knox. They're not soliciting work in the realms or any of their other properties and their own blurb says so. They're looking for fresh ideas. That's innuendo for "send us your stuff."

And everyone seems to be focusing on his comments on pay, but the only thing people should worry about are rights. Unless I'm writing in Greyhawk, Faerun, or Eberron, they can't have my rights. Period.