As of November 1st 2008, we are closed for new submissions until February 1st 2009. Necrography has been fortunate to have received so many great horror fiction and poetry submission that we're at (actually over) capacity and need to catch up before accepting new work.
If you have already submitted and have not yet received a response, please bear with us. We have not lost your submission, it's in the queue and we are working feverishly to read quickly while ensuring we give all the attention your piece deserves. We'll respond to you as soon as possible. If you'd rather not wait, you are more than welcome to email us with your withdrawal request; but we'd hate to lose the chance to review your submission.
As we read through the hundred something submissions we have waiting, we are considering our line-ups for future issues. Once our first issue is in print, demand for Necrography will only increase and we can't wait to show the world what's in store with our upcoming content!
If you have a piece you're hoping to have published, we'll understand if you don't want to wait until February 1st 2009 to submit and decide to pursue to another market. But, if you're sure your work is perfect for Necrography, take the next couple months to polish your piece and submit it as soon as we've opened up submissions again!
Saturday, October 18. 2008
Printers
Narrowing down the list of printing presses is daunting. As a small press publication, Necrography strives to create an accessible (read: affordable) magazine and this requires an exceptional balance of conflicting forces.
We want the best we can get from writers and to ensure that, good writers deserve fair monetary incentive. As a solo venture, Necrography has a limited pool of funds for this purpose. I find myself constantly desirous of the ability to pay authors more than I presently do but alas, money doesn't, in fact, grow on trees (yeah - I have checked).
We also want to be available to as many readers as possible. We want men and women, young and old, and rich and poor, reading Necrography. To that end, our cover price can't be prohibitively expensive. I can only hope to cover expenses and frankly am not even concerned with a monetary profit. Of course, to keep the cover price low, we've got to find an economical, quality printer.
Print On Demand (POD) services are becoming more popular given the availability of digital presses and internet technologies. They are, unfortunately, still prohibitively strict in their rules. Most places seem a little more inexpensive than offset but usually you're bound to sell the magazines through their websites and in many cases you have to pay extra for them not to brand your magazine with their logo.
With this in mind I began another search to find a cost effective, quality print house so that Necrography can live and make its way into the hands of every English reading, dark literature lover on the face of the planet. The search continues but the list is narrowing. When the final candidate stands, Necrography's premier issue will soon be born.
We want the best we can get from writers and to ensure that, good writers deserve fair monetary incentive. As a solo venture, Necrography has a limited pool of funds for this purpose. I find myself constantly desirous of the ability to pay authors more than I presently do but alas, money doesn't, in fact, grow on trees (yeah - I have checked).
We also want to be available to as many readers as possible. We want men and women, young and old, and rich and poor, reading Necrography. To that end, our cover price can't be prohibitively expensive. I can only hope to cover expenses and frankly am not even concerned with a monetary profit. Of course, to keep the cover price low, we've got to find an economical, quality printer.
Print On Demand (POD) services are becoming more popular given the availability of digital presses and internet technologies. They are, unfortunately, still prohibitively strict in their rules. Most places seem a little more inexpensive than offset but usually you're bound to sell the magazines through their websites and in many cases you have to pay extra for them not to brand your magazine with their logo.
With this in mind I began another search to find a cost effective, quality print house so that Necrography can live and make its way into the hands of every English reading, dark literature lover on the face of the planet. The search continues but the list is narrowing. When the final candidate stands, Necrography's premier issue will soon be born.
Saturday, October 4. 2008
Putting It Together
All last month has been spent reading!
We've already found so many good horror submissions and the authors have been paid for the publishing rights. We're pretty close to finalizing the lineup for the debut issue in December. Of course, we're still accepting (and receiving) submissions for future issues and I don't mind saying it all looks really, really good!
With the quality of the work everyone's been sending in, it looks like Necrography is shaping up to be a great little magazine! I personally can't wait to see it in print.
We've already found so many good horror submissions and the authors have been paid for the publishing rights. We're pretty close to finalizing the lineup for the debut issue in December. Of course, we're still accepting (and receiving) submissions for future issues and I don't mind saying it all looks really, really good!
With the quality of the work everyone's been sending in, it looks like Necrography is shaping up to be a great little magazine! I personally can't wait to see it in print.
Wednesday, September 3. 2008
What It's About...
Necrography is about the content. Period.
It's about the writers, artists, and photographers who pour their blood and sweat into their work for the benefit of Necrography readers.
Many independent and small press magazines in the market today seem to be more about themselves than anything else. Without listing names, I've seen magazine websites where editors post pictures of their families. I've seen magazines, both online and in print, that devote entire pages to editor biographies or, worse yet, pictures of themselves. I've seen many magazines publish with multiple pages of "advertising space available" before pages of actual content.
When I set out to create Necrography, my main intention was to create a vehicle for specific types of horror-based creative work born by new, amateur, and seasoned artists. This single overarching intention drives everything I do around Necrography.
If you purchase a copy of (or subscription to) Necrography, or if you decide to submit your blood-soaked work for consideration of publication, you can rest assured you will not be subjected to editor ego or overzealous advertising. Necrography is not about its editor nor about the magazine. It is about fiction, articles, essays, and art; the poetry, prose, and visualizations of death and macabre subjects. It is about being the compendium of amateur dark and horror creations.
Necrography is about the content. Period.
It's about the writers, artists, and photographers who pour their blood and sweat into their work for the benefit of Necrography readers.
Many independent and small press magazines in the market today seem to be more about themselves than anything else. Without listing names, I've seen magazine websites where editors post pictures of their families. I've seen magazines, both online and in print, that devote entire pages to editor biographies or, worse yet, pictures of themselves. I've seen many magazines publish with multiple pages of "advertising space available" before pages of actual content.
When I set out to create Necrography, my main intention was to create a vehicle for specific types of horror-based creative work born by new, amateur, and seasoned artists. This single overarching intention drives everything I do around Necrography.
If you purchase a copy of (or subscription to) Necrography, or if you decide to submit your blood-soaked work for consideration of publication, you can rest assured you will not be subjected to editor ego or overzealous advertising. Necrography is not about its editor nor about the magazine. It is about fiction, articles, essays, and art; the poetry, prose, and visualizations of death and macabre subjects. It is about being the compendium of amateur dark and horror creations.
Necrography is about the content. Period.
Monday, August 25. 2008
Dead Writing
Necrography is primarily a horror fiction magazine. Specifically though, we're looking for stories with death, dying, the undead, spirits, ghosts, etc... as central themes. The fiction (and non-fiction) we pay the most attention too (and the most money for) are those that put us next to that rotten corpse; with all the pungent stench penetrating our nostrils and the moist, soggy, sticky sucking sounds of maggots feasting on the carrion flesh perforating our ears.
Those works that put us in the middle of a cold, clammy mist with faces of the long dead peering hungrily out at us send us clamoring to buy publishing rights. We want to feel that your characters are near us, behind us, on top of us while we sleep. We want (and are scared) to know that those we read about, who go through unspeakable horrors, could just as easily be us.
Necrography is primarily a horror fiction magazine, but it is the dead writing that sets us apart. Make us feel it and we're certain our readers will beg you for more!
Those works that put us in the middle of a cold, clammy mist with faces of the long dead peering hungrily out at us send us clamoring to buy publishing rights. We want to feel that your characters are near us, behind us, on top of us while we sleep. We want (and are scared) to know that those we read about, who go through unspeakable horrors, could just as easily be us.
Necrography is primarily a horror fiction magazine, but it is the dead writing that sets us apart. Make us feel it and we're certain our readers will beg you for more!
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