SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Aberrant Dreams is a serial publication bearing the electronic International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) number 1554-0081, and is published electronically to the World Wide Web.   Additionally, Aberrant Dreams is an annual printed publication, published in hardcover (clothbound), paperback, and, at the Publishers discretion, eBook formats, and contains all Works published to the World Wide Web in the previous calendar year.

Short Fiction Submissions
Aberrant Dreams accepts short fiction of fantasy, science fiction and supernatural horror genres.  We look for stories with a solid plot and good character development.  Stories should grab the reader’s attention quickly.  Stories should be original and not a rehash of tired old themes.  If you do draw from an old theme, add a twist to make it unique.  Submit to the appropriate genre as listed below.  The subject line of the email must contain the term “SUBMISSION” and the title of your submission. 

          Fiction submissions are temporarily closed
       so we can clear our backlog!

Our response time is 1 to 5 months.

Format
Please submit a cover letter with your story.  This can be a part of the submission email.  Simply tell us what other stories you’ve had published, if any, and your contact information.  Also, please include your name as you would like it credited to your story if it is accepted.  Stories should be composed in Courier New size 10 or 12 font and saved as .doc or .rtf.   Stories should be less than 10,000 words in length.  Also, your manuscript should follow standardized format.  For an example of a standard manuscript format, visit www.sfwa.org.  We do accept multiple submissions (more than one submission sent to us), but please try to keep this within reason (no more than five at any one time). We do not accept simultaneous submissions (same submission sent to multiple markets at the same time).

Rights Purchased
We at Aberrant Dreams purchase non-exclusive Electronic Rights, First English Anthology Rights, and First World Anthology Rights, for publication in the English language anywhere in the world, and in clothbound, paperback, World Wide Web, reprint, and eBook editions of the publication.  For previously published Work, we purchase non-exclusive Electronic Rights, non-exclusive English Anthology Rights, and non-exclusive World Anthology Rights, for publication in the English language anywhere in the world, and in clothbound, paperback, World Wide Web, reprint, and eBook editions of the publication.

What this means in laymen’s terms is upon story acceptance, we purchase the rights to place the story on the web, and that we purchase the rights to print this story in our annual anthology and distribute it in the English language around the world.

Payment
Aberrant Dreams pays 3 cents per word up to a maximum of $100.00 per accepted story submission.  Additionally, we provide the Author with one contributor’s copy of the printed anthology (available after the close of the calendar year).  Additional copies of the printed serial publication will be available to the Author for 50% off of the cover price.

Poetry Submissions
At last, Aberrant Dreams is re-openning to poetry submissions.  At current, poetry will be a web-only feature of the magazine. Aberrant Dreams is looking for well crafted speculative poetry--all kinds (sci-fi, fantasy, and horror). While we like free verse poetry, if your poem has a strong rhyme and meter pattern, it will have a much better chance of acceptance.  Submit to the email address listed below.  The subject line of the email must contain the term “SUBMISSION” and the title of your submission. 

Our response time is 1 to 5 months.

Format
Please submit a cover letter with your poem.  This can be a part of the submission email.  Simply tell us what other poems you’ve had published, if any, and your contact information.  Also, please include your name as you would like it credited to your poem if it is accepted.  Also, your manuscript should follow standardized format--poems should be composed in single spaced Courier New size 10 or 12 font and saved as .doc or .rtf.   Poems should be no more than 50 lines in length. Also, make sure to include your contact information. We do accept multiple submissions (more than one submission sent to us), but please try to keep this within reason (no more than five at any one time). We do not accept simultaneous submissions (same submission sent to multiple markets at the same time).

Rights Purchased
We at Aberrant Dreams purchase non-exclusive Print and Electronic Rights for publication in the English language anywhere in the world, and in clothbound, paperback, World Wide Web, reprint, and eBook editions of the publication.  For previously published Work, we purchase non-exclusive Print and Electronic Rights, for publication in the English language anywhere in the world, and in clothbound, paperback, World Wide Web, reprint, and eBook editions of the publication.

What this means in laymen’s terms is upon poetry acceptance, we purchase the rights to place the poem on the web, and that we purchase the rights to print this poem in a publication containing the name of Aberrant Dreams and distribute it in the English language around the world, if we so choose.

Payment
Aberrant Dreams pays $1 dollar per line up to a maximum of $50.00 per accepted poem submission.  Additionally, we provide the Author with one contributor’s copy of any printed edition in which the poem is featured (if any).

Note:  At present, we are not accepting any unsolicited artwork submissions.