Genres:
Fantasy: First and foremost, we're big fans of comic
fantasy (hail the great deities of PratchettFriesnerHolt), urban fantasy (De
Lint, we're looking at you...), contemporary fantasy, adventure stories,
fantasy thrillers, supernatural crime, alternate fables (Windling!Datlow!)... things with plenty of action that rattle
along...
Anything moody, slow or fluffy
will be wasted on us.
Horror: Contemporary please. (Hello Mr King!)
Traditional atmospheric supernatural stories will also be
completely wasted on us. I know. I'm a heathen. :->
SF: fun, weird, plenty of action.
NO POETRY! Thanks!
If in any doubt, bounce around the website -
especially the blog and
links pages. Of course, you could always
buy a copy of the magazine!
Reading Period: For fiction submissions we're
implementing a reading period lasting from December to May (see fiction section
below.) However, we're open to faction & art submissions all year!
Submitting: We're now accepting email submissions! Put email
subject as 'H&N Submission'. For short pieces, paste into body of
email, for longer pieces attach as Word/RTF document.
Please state name, story title and word count in email.
Alternatively, send disposable hardcopy to
the address on the left along with either SAE or email address for reply.
(We prefer emails if poss.) Please mention if the piece is available in
electronic copy. If you're a non-UK person, please say if you have Paypal
that can accept credit cards
for payment purposes.
No multiple
submissions. Currently, no reprints, thanks.
Response Times:
When we're good, we're good; when we're bad, we're monumentally lousy.
Realistically estimate about 3 - 6 months at the moment. But if you
haven't had a response after 2 months (we're always *trying* for better
service... ), send an
'H&N Kick' email to check that we've got your submission.
Slush Blog: If you haven't heard about
your submission, please see the
Slush Blog for basic status details.
See the genre blurb at the top for what we're looking for.
We're currently closed to fiction submissions.
Make it between 500 and 6000 words,
standard ms format. If you fancy sending along a multi-part piece of
fiction, bung us a short synopsis and the first part. In general,
the shorter the piece, the better chance you have.
Reading Period
- we're only accepting fiction submissions
between December and May - this is to ensure that everyone gets a response
within a reasonable time (and so that the editor's head doesn't explode....)
Anything received in June-November will be sent straight back!
We want features that cover the genres
mentioned way up at the top, be they articles or interviews, one offs or series ideas,
serious analysis, soap-box style,
piss-takes, event reports or whatever...surprise us!
Currently we don't do reviews but if
you've read/watched something and can find a good angle to talk about it from,
give it a go. For examples check out the extracts featured in the Issue
Information pages.
If you're willing to do interviews by commission, please
let us know. Likewise, if you're willing to knock out an article by
commission.
500-2000 words long, standard ms format.
If providing own illustrations, please state clearly image sources for copyright
purposes.
We need black & white/greyscale/digital/photographic etc. art for
internal & cover illos.
We tend to leave commissions 'til the last
minute so please state what your average turnaround time is.
Email over your web addy so we can
see what you're about - if you decide to email over a sample please keep it
small as we're only on snail-like dial-up.
Fiction: £5 per 1000 words + 1 comp copy
Faction: £5 per 1000 words + 1 comp copy
Artwork: Full A4 (cover only): £25.00, Internals: Full
page: £15, 1/2 page: £12.50,
1/4 page & cartoons (each):£10 (All plus 1 comp copy per artist)
First British Serial Rights. Copyright remains yours after
publication.
We may publish an extract of your work on the website to
publicise the issue it appears in. Please let us know if you would rather
we didn't.
Payment is on publication at the rates above. If you live
overseas, please let us know if you have a Paypal or similar facility for online
credit card payment of your fee.
