06/27/95     WRITER'S GUIDELINES FOR DREAM FORGE MAGAZINE
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                   <<(*=--  DREAM FORGE  --=*)>>
                             MAGAZINE
    <<((*=--  The electronic          for your mind!  --=*))>>
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(formerly RANDOM ACCESS HUMOR and RUNE'S RAG)

    Publisher: Dave Bealer          Managing Editor: Rick Arnold
    dbealer@dreamforge.com          75537.1415@compuserve.com

Forge, v.t.; from L. fabricari, to make, construct; from _faber_, a
  workman, artisan. 2) to make by or as by this method; to form; to
  shape; to produce. syn. make; hammer; invent.

Monthly e-magazine for a thinking and literate readership, 95%
freelance written. Will work with new and underpublished writers.
Publishes ms average of 1-2 months after acceptance. Takes first
serial electronic rights, will accept one time rights on reprints.
Pays apx. 60 days after publication. Submit seasonal material 2
months in advance. "Looking for stories with a positive message,
even if the message is hidden deep within the fabric of the work."
Preferred length 1,000 to 2,000 words, fiction 2,000 to 6,500.
Writer's guidelines for #10 SASE or download as DF_GUIDE.TXT. Sample
e-copy and guidelines on dos disk for $2.00 with SAS(M)ailer.

METHOD OF SUBMISSION: Send your ALL ASCII TEXT ms by Data Modem to:
DREAM FORGE BBS, (410) 437-3463 to Sysop; file attach to FIDO address
1:261/1129; WRITERS BIZ (412) 588-7863 to Sysop; f/a to 1:2601/522;
or INTERNET to: dbealer@dreamforge.com, or Via mail on a DOS disk:
uncompressed, ASCII ONLY, with two copies of the ms on the disk,
e.g. MYSTUFF1.DBC, MYSTUFF2.DBC. Where mystuff1 is the file name and
.DBC the extension consisting of your initials. Include a short Bio
with your submission, e.g. ALLANPOE.BIO; 5 TO 10 lines with a 70 column
maximum. We DISCOURAGE submissions on paper, but grudginly accept if
EXCELLENT! Important: Include an e-mail contact address, or BBS number
for e-mail along with your home phone (contact hours), and postal address.
All manuscripts considered disposable, unless you provide RETURN mailer.
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NOTE:  After saving your manuscript to ASCII TEXT, please check to
ensure that there are no control codes! Printer and other codes will
trash the file as it gets passed via various gateway systems! Look at
it with a DOS EDITOR (Qedit) and you should see only text.
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NONFICTION: Humor, satire, essays, reviews, Op-ed, and political
commentary from 1000-4000 words. Pays $10-$100, plus profit sharing.

FICTION: Short stories most any genre from 1000-6000 words, longer
works will be serialized; accepts humorous short-shorts under 1,000.
Pays $10-$100, plus profit sharing.

POETRY: Any style and length will pay: $2-$20, plus profit sharing.

DREAM FORGE shares profits with authors; where 10% of profits, from
specific revenues, are paid on a pro-rated basis as a bonus to the
authors from the issue in which the authors' work appears. Details
of the profit sharing are contained in the authors' contract.
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If you are an overly successful author, you may decline payment, and
your funds will be donated to targeted non-profit agencies which
DREAM FORGE, Inc. supports:  Reading Is Fundamental, Laubach Literacy
International, and Literacy Volunteers of America. ***
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"There's no fiction as imaginative as that seen on the nightly news."
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Other DF documents available:
    info@dreamforge.com  DREAM FORGE Subscription Info
    odfd@dreamforge.com  Info to be Official DREAM FORGE Distributor
 writers@dreamforge.com  Writer's Guidelines for DREAM FORGE
   order@dreamforge.com  Personal Subscription Order Form
 olorder@dreamforge.com  Online Display Subscription Order Form
specific revenues, are paid on a pr
 odfdfrm@dreamforge.com  ODFD Application
Form
ad_rates@dreamforge.com  Advertising info

Dream Forge, Inc.,
6400 Baltimore National Pike, #201
Baltimore, MD 21228-3915
BBS: (410) 255-6229 (data to 28800 bps)
* DREAM FORGE is a trademark of Dream Forge, Inc.
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