Pulp Empire: Heroes of Mars
Heroes of Mars focuses on stories inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom.
Stories for this anthology will focus on stories based around the planet as recounted in the Martian Cycle of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Stories should have a strong narrative drive with adventure elements.
John Carter and the cast as featured in A Princess of Mars can be used, but tales should fit in to the continuity of the novels. Stories can range anywhere in the Martian world, even to locations never explored in the original novels. Periods in the future or past of Barsoom are also acceptable.
For more information on the setting, visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barsoom
http://www.erblist.com/abg/index.html
Word count is from 5,000 to 30,000 words. Longer stories may be considered, but contact the editor if the story breaks that limit to verify space considerations.
Pulp Empire will consider reprinted work, but any reprint material must be clearly marked as such ahead of time.
By submitting to Pulp Empire you certify that your work is wholly written by the given author.
Pulp Empire buys First Electronic and First North American print rights. You retain all copyright and reprint rights. Stories will remain available in print/electronic versions for perpetuity.
Pulp Empire will pay authors a percentage of print profits based per story on the number of contributors/stories in a given issue, usually in a range between 1% and 10%, determined by page count in the final volume. Back issue sales will continue to be paid at the same percentage as initially established in perpetuity, through its life in a print format. Payments will be distributed on a quarterly basis. We use PayPal only for monies distribution.
Pulp Empire considers all stories from all writers, regardless of experience or resume. We ask that you submit all stories as an RTF attachment to submissions(at)pulpempire.com.
Please mark all submissions to this anthology with the word “Mars” in the subject header.
Please also include a short third-person biography including publishing history and a picture if available.
The deadline for submissions to this anthology is December 15, 2011.
