Wednesday 6 August 2008

Footprints on the Moon


The results of the Return to Luna competition are not even in yet and Eric T. Reynolds is already enticing us to write for his next anthology, Footprints.

Here are the abbreviated guidelines:


THEME. Long after our species and all its works have turned to dust, the moon landing sites will still show evidence of our time here on Earth. Imagine future explorers from among the stars interpreting that. The astronauts’ footprints should last longer than the fossils in the Olduvai Gorge have.

LENGTH. 4000 to 10000 words.

SUBMISSION PERIOD: From 15 August 2008 through 15 November 2008.

PAYMENT: $40 upon publication.

Good luck everyone.

11 comments:

Aaron Polson said...

A bit of a chilling premise...footprints lasting that long...yikes.

Fox Lee said...

Oh man, I reek at sci-fi : P

Anonymous said...

I really like the idea behind this. And while sci-fi isn't my forte, I think I'm going to give this one a try anyway. Any antho that allows a word count of up to 10,000 words is a friend of mine!

Anonymous said...

Man, I'm quickly learning that there are more good anthologies/magazines/contests out there than I have time to submit to! This one sounds pretty awesome though, for sure.

Anonymous said...

Hello, like the blog. I also have a writing blog at

http://jointhebirdies.blogspot.com/

and submitted to The World Is Dead.

Good luck!

J.C. Tabler said...

You know, Cate, every time I come down from writing one piece and say "No more till I get a few responses", you post something like this and I get an idea...

...Your blog is slowly ripping my family apart! Daddy can't stop writing!

Cate Gardner said...

Good luck everyone, and thanks for visiting Jeremy.

Anonymous said...

Yeah - I have 3 paragraphs written so far...lol a start...

Cate Gardner said...

Congrats, Russ. I haven't even come up with an idea yet.

K M Kelly said...

Hi Catherine, congratulations on the Honorable Mention for Return to Luna.

Footprints looks like fun. I'll definately be giving this one a go.

Cate Gardner said...

Congrats to you too - and fingers crossed for Footprints.