Wild Rose Press Romantic Suspense Call For Submissions

Crimson Rose (mystery, romantic suspense), of The Wild Rose Press, has issued a call for Christmas manuscript submissions under the series title:

Red Christmas
Someone's ready to kill the holiday...

They have space for six Christmas releases for 2011 so get your story in early. The spaces will be filled in the order they are contracted.

Each story will need to contain Santa Claus - either the hero or the villain needs to be using a costume as a part of the story.

Submissions should be between 7,500 and 60,000 words.  Deadline is March 1st

For rules & guidelines see this Behind the Garden Gate blog post at:
http://behindthegardengate.blogspot.com/2010/11/submission-call.html

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Good Luck!

The Wild Rose Press AND Pocket Books/Juno Imprint Call For Submissions

Hey guys, I have a couple calls for submissions for you.

Good Luck!

(Snipped from an email)

The Wild Rose Press is actively recruiting short stories across all lines immediately. If you have a short story in mind, now is the golden time to get that submission in. If you've never written anything short - try it. Sometimes trying to do something with less can be very satisfying. As always, please review our guidelines and remember we only publish romance.

According to the email I received, WRP considers anything under 65K a short and anything over full.

For more info, visit The Wild Rose Website or email Rhonda at: rpenders@thewildrosepress.com

The Wild Rose Press Website
The Wild Rose Press Submissions Page.

Also, Pocket Books/Juno Editor/Paula Guran is currently accepting submissions for the Juno line. For more information, visit the Juno Books Blog or the Juno submission guidelines Page.

Juno Books Blog
Juno Submission Guidelines

Submission Call From Wild Rose Press Crimson Rose Jewels of the Night

*snipped from the Behind the Garden Gate blog*

The Wild Rose Press Introduces a Special Submission Call from Crimson Rose Jewels of the Night…

WHAT MAKES THIS SUBMISSION CALL SPECIAL?

One submission will be chosen at random to launch the series. The selected contract will be given a premium publishing slot during Crimson month (November, 2010) as well as a featured review and interview with the review site Once Upon a Romance. The selected story will be showcased on the Crimson Rose Page of The Wild Rose Press website and the Behind the Garden Gate blog. The Wild Rose Press will provide an advertising book banner to the author. Once Upon a Romance will also display this book banner without charge for a thirty day period beginning with the day of book release.

THE STORY:

Must involve a blue diamond. It could be a treasure hunt or a midnight thief or… Let your imagination take flight!

• Must involve a high level of danger 
• Can be in any region of the world
• Can be any timeframe as long as the most prevalent elements are romance and intrigue

Guidelines:

• Stories must be complete. With a word-length between 20,000 and 60,000 words (miniature rose or rosebud length) 
• Must be an original, never-before published work and you must own the rights to it.
• To qualify for the launch, submission must arrive on or before March 31, 2010
• Manuscripts must be formatted per standard formatting rules (Times New Roman, 12 pt, double-spaced, 1 in. margins, numbered pages) 
• Submission call is open to both published and unpublished writers 
• Story content must adhere to posted Crimson Rose guidelines as posted on the submissions page of www.thewildrosepress.com

HOW TO SUBMIT:

Email your manuscript as a single Word .rtf attachment to Lori (at) thewildrosepress.com

Put: “Jewel of the Night Series: Manuscript Title: YOUR NAME” in the subject line In the body of the email, include:

• The synopsis 
• Your Real name 
• Pseudonym, if applicable 
• Your contact email 
• Word-count

Submissions received that do not follow these guidelines will be discarded without notice. The Wild Rose Press is not responsible for submissions lost in cyberspace and not received.

Upon receipt, you will receive a confirmation email. If you have not received a confirmation email within five working days of emailing your submission, please send us an email.

Direct questions regarding this submission call to: Lori (at) thewildrosepress.com.

If you have received receipt of your submission, please do not inquire about status until after standard response wait time. All entrants will be reviewed per our normal submission guidelines which are available at http://www.thewildrosepress.com/ .

The Wild Rose Press
WRP CR Submission Page

Call For Submissions For Cactus Rose Line At Wild Rose Press

*Snipped from the Cactus Rose Blog* The Cactus Rose Line at Wild Rose Press is looking to put together another Lawmen and Outlaws anthology. Only this time it will be Christmas themed stories to be released for Christmas 2010. The stories need to be no longer than 25,000 words with either a lawman or outlaw as the hero.

Send a synopsis to paty@thewildrosepress.com with Christmas Anthology in the subject line by November 1, 2009. We'll pick four stories and contact those authors by November 15, 2009. The completed story must be turned in by February 1, 2010.

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Cactus Rose Blog

Win A Sony eReader Contest At Wild Rose Press

If you've never had the chance to use an eReader you are in for a treat! What a pleasure to have your reading material all in one compact "book" that you can take wherever you go. Slim enough to fit into your purse or briefcase or leave on your nightside table, its changed my life! The Wild Rose Press is dedicated to getting SONY eReaders into the hands of every day readers and writers. We are running a contest taht is very simple to enter. You simply purchase a short story or full length book from any of our sponsoring authors and then send your order # to sonyreader@thewildrosepress.com. You can enter as often as you wish. On Labor Day, I will draw a winner from the entrants and that winner will be announced on our usual Tuesday night chat on Tuesday, September 2 at 9:00 p.m. eastern. We will be running this contest again with new authors beginning end of September to give away an eReader just in time for Christmas. For all details, please visit our site and click on SONY contest. Rhonda Penders Editor-in-Chief Wild Rose Press

Personal request from The Wild Rose Press

This was posted by Debby from Romance ebooks in a MySpace bulletin earlier today. I thought some of you may be interested.

If you have written an unpublished story set in the 1900's, editor Nancy Swanson from the Vintage Rose line at The Wild Rose Press, is looking for authors, aspiring and established, and would very much welcome you to submit to her.

Her very words to me were -

'...as long as it has a romance in it, is set back a ways, some mystery or time travel, clean or spicy - whatever. So much happened then...all the wars, all the music and dance changes, the Hippies and Free Love, etc. And of course almost any romance is timeless and can be set then, with a few details thrown in for flavor...'

Nancy is a fab editor who worked with me on 'Hibiscus Bay' now published by The Wild Rose Press. She has sinced moved from Champagne Rose line and now edits for the Vintage Rose line.So go check out the website and submission details at http://www.thewildrosepress.com/ - she's waiting to hear from you.

Please mention that you heard this information from Debby at the 'Romance ebooks' myspace profile as recomendation for yourself.

Debby http://debbyallen.blogspot.com/

Wild Rose Press Contest

*Reposted with permission For all you paranormal/Warewolf authors - Wild Rose Press is holding a writing contest. Below are the guidelines and info. Just a note (as per the WRP website). Wild Rose Press is currently accepting submissions in all romance sub-genres in all lengths. Good Luck! Got Wolf? Black Rose Writing Contest If you've got a hot hero/heroine that also happens to turn furry at least once a month, then Black Rose is looking for your story. We are interested in werewolf stories with tight, well-written storylines and plots. If the hero is female make sure the male is equally impressive. All stories must have at least one HOT consummated love scene and, of course, the traditional story requirements still stand. Please take a moment to look at our submission requirements (www.thewildrosepress.com and click on the tab for "Submissions") before sending in your stories. Stories that do not follow traditional guidelines will be disqualified. Submissions are now open! Please place "Got Wolf? Contest Entry" in your subject line along with the traditional subject line matter, also found on the Submissions Guide. Contest deadline: August 30, 2008 Winners to be announced: October 31, 2008 Contest details: 4 shorts -- 15-25,000 word maximum and2 full shorts -- 25-45,000 word maximum will be chosen from the entries. All six winners will be included in a Black Rose anthology and will also receive a special Black Rose contest T-shirt. In addition, one winner will be chosen from those six to receive an author's survival basket full of goodies. Anthology Publication (estimated release) date June 2009 Judges: Ami Russell, Callie Lynn Wolfe, Jade Alexander, Amanda Barnett, Joan Archer, and Rene Stephens Please feel free to copy the following and spread it to all your loops and groups. Thanks. Rhonda Penders www.thewildrosepress.com

Wild Rose Press Through the Garden Gate Historical Contest

Through the Garden Gate Historical Contest -

We are looking for time travel stories 15,000 - 20,000 words in length. There are four categories: Regency (1811-1820), Civil War(1861-1865), Western(set west of the Mississippi in the 1800's), and Vintage (1955-1965). One story from each category will be e-book published and all entries will receive a critique.

The rules :

All stories must start in 2007 with the heroine vacationing in this cottage (see picture) set in Bury, Lancashire, England. When she walks through the garden gate she is transported in time and finds romance in one of the time periods stated above.

Send your entry as a Word .doc or .rtf attachment with 'Gate Contest: title of ms'" in the subject line to: mailto:wrpcontest@thewildrosepress.comPlease be sure to use standard manuscript formatting on all entries.

Deadline is August 30, 2007. You may send your entry any time up to that date. Winners will be announced October 31, 2007, and the winning entries will be e-published in December 2007.