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100 Stories for Haiti Submissions
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Writers are asked to submit stories to an anthology entitled 100 Stories for Haiti which will be produced as an ebook by Smashwords.com and a paperback by Unboundpress.co.uk Profits will go to the Red Cross of the Haiti Earthquake appeal.
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24 Jan 2010 |
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Fundraisers are calling for urgent short story submissions to help
raise money for disaster-stricken Haiti. Out of the submissions, 100
pieces of fiction will be chosen to appear in an e-book, the proceeds
of which will go to the Red Cross.
The Red Cross is just one of
a number of charities and humanitarian organisations mobilising a vast
aid effort to reach the thousands of injured, hungry and thirsty
survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake to hit Haiti on 12 January.
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Stories for Haiti is the brainchild of author Greg McQueen. On the
morning of January 19, Greg posted a video on his blog saying: “Dear
Twitterverse, I can't keep watching this on the news or trending on
Twitter without doing something. I woke up this morning with the idea
that together we could make an e-book and donate all the profits to the
Red Cross.”
Within hours, news had spread throughout
microblogging website, Twitter, and story submissions began arriving.
Nick Harkaway, author of ‘The Gone Away World’, will be editing a story
for the book as well as penning the introduction. Lorraine Mace,
co-author of the ABC Checklist for Writers, and award-winning
environmental journalist, Sarah Lewis-Hammond, are volunteering their
time to help with the editorial process.
100 Stories for Haiti needs short story submissions and volunteers.
If you want to send a short story, please follow these guidelines:
• Do not exceed 1,000 words.
• No stories containing graphic violence, death or destruction.
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Send all stories in the body text of an email to
100storiesforhaiti@gmail.com . Stories sent as attachments will not be
opened.
• Stories must be received by Wednesday 27th January, 2010.
Press release at
http://www.pressdispensary.co.uk/releases/c992540.php
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