Submission Guidelines
Speed City Anthology #9 

Anthology Info

• Title: Amber Waves of Graves
• Editors: Lillie Evans, Tony Perona and Stephen Terrell
• Theme: Rural settings, country graveyards and small-town life in Indiana can be beautiful. And deadly.
• Number of stories in book will depend on the length of those accepted
• To be released November 2023, self-published by the Chapter
  
  

Submission/Publication Timeline

• April 7, 2023: Submission deadline
• May 5, 2023: Initial Judging complete, Judges select stories
• June 9, 2023: Editors send story acceptances, notes for revisions and contract info to authors
• June 29, 2023: All revisions due back to editors, Signed contracts to anthology committee. Book Cover Designs due.
• July 31, 2023: Editors final review. Book Cover selected & sent to national for approval.
• September 20, 2023: Formatting, proofing, approvals from national, printing
• November 15, 2023: Publication Date

Submission Requirements

• To submit a story you must be a Speed City Sisters in Crime member in 2023
• One story submission per author
• Indiana settings preferred
• All stories must have a mystery basis, but there does not have to be a murder in the story
• All stories must reflect the rural theme in some way
• Any sub-genre of mystery – cozy, noir, thriller, suspense etc.
• Word count of individual stories: 2,000 to 6,000 words
• Must be an original story, not previously published
• All stories must have made at least 1 pass through a critique group
• Submissions should be a cleanly edited version of your short story (see Formatting Your Manuscript below); forwarded to Elizabeth San Miguel ([email protected])
• Intended to be a paid anthology, details to be included with contract, likely to be $25 after a minimum sales threshold

Formatting Your Manuscript
All manuscripts should be between 2,000 and 6,000 words, double-spaced, 12-point font, Times New Roman, with one-inch page margins, and Microsoft Word format. Fiction and nonfiction should be double-spaced. The author’s name, address, telephone number, and email address should be typed at the top of the first page (This will be removed for blind submission stage and forwarded to editors). Contributors are asked to include a brief biographical note with their submission, as a separate attachment, which will be used in the final publication.

Cover Design Submission Info

• Cover Submission Guidelines