Revised Submission Deadlines

Pen Pricks will now be published on a seasonal basis. There will be Spring Issues, Summer Issues, Fall Issues, and Winter Issues. However, the publication schedule will not change as the issues will be published over three months. For example, the upcoming Fall 2008 Issues will be published during the months of September, October, and November.

The new submission deadlines are as followed:

February 1-15 (for the Spring Issues, which will be published March, April, and May)

May 1-15 (for the Summer Issues, which will be published June, July, and August)

August 1-15 (for the Fall Issues, which will be published September, October, and November)

November 1-15 (for the Winter Issues, which will be published December, January, and February)

Although submission periods will be opened only four times a year, Pen Pricks will continue to be published every month as long as readers keep reading and contributors keep emailing their submissions. The new deadlines will go into effect beginning with the August 1-15, 2008 submission period. Micro-stories accepted during the August submission period will be published during the months of September, October, and November. This new schedule means there won't be an August issue of Pen Pricks

For complete details on how to submit your work to Pen Pricks, visit the guidelines. If there are any questions, please email C. M. and I at pen.pricks.subs@gmail.com. Thank you to our readers and contributors. Please keep reading, writing, and sending in submissions!

E.

Changes on the Horizon

Now that C. M. and I are satisfied with the look of the Pen Pricks site for now, we've decided to return our attention to Pen Pricks' submission periods. So it appears that we'll be reworking Pen Pricks' submission dates and already have an idea of the changes we would like to make. If we implement those changes, each issue of Pen Pricks will contain about 10-12 micro-tales instead of the current amount, which is about 30 micro-tales an issue.

Whatever changes we decide on won't take place until the submission period for the August issue, which will be July 1-15, 2008. To receive further updates or notification of the changes, please consider subscribing to Pen Pricks' mailing list. Thanks.

E.

Obligations

Please don't ever feel like you need to submit dark 55 worders to Pen Pricks if dark fiction is not really what you enjoy writing. Don't feel obligated to send us dark fiction simply because dark fiction is one of the genres featured at Pen Pricks. We invite you to submit what you enjoy writing. Elizabeth and I will be happy to consider your submission, as always. And if you ever receive a refusal for any of your submissions, please don't be discouraged. Keep writing and submitting.

~CM~

Issue No. 8

The eigth issue of Pen Pricks is now online. Thrity seven 55-ers by twenty four authors are presented for reading pleasure. Also with the publication of this issue, it appears that C. M. and I have finally grown comfortable with the look we've chosen for the site. So please stop by and spend time reading.

All visitors should be able to view the site regardless of the browser being used. If any technical difficulties should arise, however, please don't hesitate to contact us at webmistress@grimgraffiti.com.

Thank you to the readers of and the contributors to Pen Pricks!