










 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
  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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