Submissions
As we've already said we're only presently accepting submissions of short fiction for 'Radgepacket' in order to publish them to the web or in one of our collections. So please don't send us your novel on the offchance we'll recognise your brilliance and sell our houses in order to finance your entry into the literati because it won't happen. Anyone who has the dedication, perseverance, determination and all round bollocks to write a novel has our utmost respect and deserves better than for that book to be thrown straight in the bin unread because they didn't follow the wishes of the mean and nasty publisher from the north.....but that's what'll happen so don't send them.
What we do want however is short fiction relating to modern day British life for our next anthology - due out early next year.
Deadline for submissions for Volume 4 is :- 10/12/09
Deadline has now passed - keep watching this space for the next issue.
By short we mean three thousand words or less and by British life we mean that we want you to reflect the grimy, seedy, drug fuelled, hilarious, absurd and violent country we have become.
If we were to say the series title of our short fiction collection is :-
Radgepacket - Tales from the Inner Cities
would that give you an idea of what we're after? Better still why don't you buy a copy of a previous issue and get an idea of what we like?
Give yourself a headstart
It needs to be snappy, tight and so gripping that if we start reading it and the phone rings we don't even think about answering - even if it's Jennifer Aniston, Sienna Miller and the female cast of Hollyoaks inviting us to a party round at theirs...again.
Send your submissions to radgepacketsubs@bykerbooks.co.uk
Now this is important so listen carefully, we want you to send the story in the body of the email, any submission sent as an attachment will be deleted without being opened - as you all know there are some nasty, horrible people out in the world today (you might have wrote about them...) and we don't want to take any chances do we?
As well as the story we'd like a short bio about you - four lines is plenty. In return you get a complimentary copy of the book to impress your nearest and dearest with, a quality addition to your writing CV (we've had the likes of Danny King, Sheila Quigley, Ken McCoy, Daniel Mayhew and Roz Southey in there as well...) and we're going to be making sure various literary agents get a copy.
Right then, if you've got all that and you fancy a go then don't hang about - get it in now....
What do you think?
We'd like to know your opinions on our books, our site, the interviews, the stories, the Club Men, the lot!
All views are considered and may be published to the site on our 'Your Shout' page. So if you've had a look round and have something you wish to get off your chest, be it good or bad then feel free to email us at the below address.
Go on - we'd love to hear from you.
ed@bykerbooks.co.uk