Quanta Submission Guidelines

Quanta publishes anything and everything from short-short pieces to large multi-part novellas or serials. Since Quanta is primarily a magazine of science fiction, there should be some science fiction content in the story, however, for our purposes, `science fiction' is defined very broadly. The most important factor for any submission is good story telling. A ripping good story with only marginal science-fiction content is much more likely to be printed than a story with heavy SF content that is badly written. Please do NOT send any stories which use pre-made, possibly copyrighted, characters or settings (such as Star Trek stories, or continuations to the Apprentice Adept series). Stories that don't `fit in' to a niche, or that are written in an off-beat or otherwise interesting narratorial style are always welcome.

Quanta is distributed throughout the world across computer networks (mainly the Internet and BITnet) for FREE. Since Quanta has no income, it can't currently pay writers for their submissions. However, Quanta currently goes out to over 3000 subscribers, a higher subscriber base than many small-press journals, and this number continues to rise every day. So what Quanta lacks in ability to reward its contributors monetarily, it makes up for in distribution.

If possible, submissions should be in electronic form (on disk, or by electronic mail). Disks can be of either MS-DOS or Macintosh format. Straight text or RTF files are preferred, although other file formats are acceptable. The electronic mail (Internet) address to send submissions to is: quanta@quanta.org. The current postal address for Quanta is:

Quanta Magazine
1509 R. St. NW #3
Washington, D.C. 20009

Daniel K. Appelquist
Editor, Quanta
April, 1995
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