B Cubed Press is re-openging the call for The Protest Diaries. We are not replacing the excellent work we have, but are adding about 20,000 words to it.
The reason is that, while there were great stories, there are virtually NO stories of the actual protests that shaped the country.
Watts, Detroit, Labor in the 20s. Suffrage, Prohibition.
The entirety of 1968.
So re-read the open call with this this update in mind:
This book will explore protests with stories, essays and poems. We want to see the people, the protest, the issues that make this something that puts people on the streets. When we read your story, poem, or essay, we want to know what makes it necessary to take to the streets.
So be prepared to look hard at this topic, its rituals, its layers. We don’t want just the darkness. B Cubed publishes satire, humor and laugh out loud. These stories define us, so don’t be afraid to bring it. Laughter is part of our humanity.
This book will be edited by Bob Brown and Vanessa Cozza
Story length for our books average about 2200 words but have ranged from 100 to 7500 words. However, we only use one or two stories over 5,000 words and our advice is to keep it under 3K, unless we communicate in advance. Reprints are accepted, but we hold them to a higher standard and limit them in number.
Pays $.03 a word upon publication, plus a share of the profits. As always a share will go to charity, usually ACLU, but that can be changed to something else by agreement with all the contributors. Collaborations will earn 1 share to be split between contributors.
Submissions should roughly resemble SFWA formatting guidelines https://www.sfwa.org/2005/01/04/manuscript-format/. It’s always good to make an editor happy.
For the first time we are using Moksha, submissions are accepted at https://bcubedpress.moksha.io/publication/the-protest-diaries
Should you have any questions, please contact Bob at Kionadad@aol.com.