Forum / Call for submissions - New Sun Rising: Stories for Japan

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  Lori Lou Freshwater

  Mar 20, 09:53pm

  "New Sun Rising: Stories for Japan" is asking for submissions. I am helping out with the editing, and it would be great to have some work from the wonderful writers here.

  Link for the website/submission guidelines:

  http://storiesforjapan.blogspot.com/2011/03/what-were-looking-for.html

  And here is a little more about what we're specifically looking for, which is poetry and fiction in the spirit of Japan but not simply about the disaster:

  http://storiesforjapan.blogspot.com/2011/03/what-were-looking-for.html

  I'm also thinking of setting up a haiku group or something along those lines here, so maybe people could try their hand at some haiku for the cause.

  http://storiesforjapan.blogspot.com/2011/03/haiku.html

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  Lori Lou Freshwater

  Mar 20, 10:10pm

  Oh my goodness, you can't edit these posts?

  I included the wrong link for the website/guidelines -- here is the right one.

  http://booksthathelp.org/

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  James Lloyd Davis

  Mar 21, 02:07am

  Thanks, Lou. I had something ready, so I sent it off. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

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  Lori Lou Freshwater

  Mar 22, 12:07am

  Thank you, James! Something tells me you have more things 'ready' than I'll ever write.

• Frankie Saxx

  Mar 22, 12:32am

  Hi Lou! Thanks for posting this here.

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  Susan Tepper

  Mar 23, 01:23am

  Lou, this looks very interesting, thanks for posting

• Frankie Saxx

  Mar 24, 07:00pm

  I started a group for the project here:
  http://www.fictionaut.com/groups/new-sun-rising

  It's a little naked right now.

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  Susan Tepper

  Mar 25, 12:22am

  YES! IMPORTANT!
  Thanks Lou & Frankie for doing this.
  Hope lots will join in. All proceeds to The Red Cross Japan fund.
  http://www.fictionaut.com/groups/new-sun-rising

• Frankie Saxx

  Mar 25, 08:40am

  Thanks for posting some stories in there Susan. Looks a little less bare now. More welcoming.

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  Marcus Speh

  Mar 26, 07:46am

  i've submitted. should i put those flashes into the group here? two of them were briefly shown here. i don't understand the posting of stories to groups on fictionaut. never have.

  apart from that, this thread deserves to stay at the top of everyone's consciousness just like the disaster in japan which is, you know it, far from over. good on ya, frankie.

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  Sam Rasnake

  Mar 26, 12:42pm

  This is a great cause - and project.

  Another question - In the guidelines, I didn't notice a mention of previously published work. I realize that most anthologies collect published and unpublished works, but I wanted to be certain here. Will you consider material that has previously been published – with acknoledgements?

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  Sam Rasnake

  Mar 26, 12:51pm

  I hit post too quickly - I believe acknowledgements still has a w in it.

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  Lori Lou Freshwater

  Mar 26, 01:15pm

  Hi Sam, we will take previously published work. Yes, yes, please send something.

  Marcus, thank you for the support and I'll let Frankie take the group question as this is something that confuses me, too.

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  James Lloyd Davis

  Mar 26, 01:30pm

  Because of the stoic will, the inner strength, and the amazing energy of the Japanese people, there is a tendency to imagine things are not so bad. People will forget, imagine the worst is over.

  This disaster has only begun to reach a level of comprehension around the world and will soon fade in relevance in the news cycles. But know this ... the effects will remain for decades.

  If this is only the least we, as writers, can do, it's something. Contribute, yes. And when the anthology comes out, buy it, boost it. People, bring it...

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