Disenchanted
PAYS
Updated May 12th, 2001
Disenchanted is seeking a limited number of articles on humor, humanity, current events, and technology as well as short fiction (but no poetry. Sorry, it's not our style). Our offer is US$30 for the right to publish articles that we select (which means you retain ownership of the article). Please observe the following conditions and guidelines before sending your drafts.
Style and Content Guidelines
- An article should embody a hypothesis (idea). For example, "Automobiles are a bank's excuse to give you a high-interest loan" is a hypothesis around which your article can supply supporting evidence and proof.
- Don't whine. There's a difference between complaint and revealing an observation. So life sucks because Corporation X has it in for you, huh? That's great, write all about it, but instead of wallowing in your own misery, write about how Corporation X is of interest and a danger to the reader. Even better, write about what the reader can do about it.
- Disenchanted is neither conservative or liberal, Republican or Democrat, Tory or Labour. Your work does not need to fit within these confines, but could still express any of them as little or as much as you want.
- Due dilligence for fact checking is expected. We may call upon you to provide sources or supporting evidence for claims made, unless these are already provided in the work.
- Don't be afraid of offending someone. But if your writing is offensive, it should be from making strong statements that you believe are right and can be supported with reason and evidence. Secondly, offensiveness should come only as an unavoidable consequence of making a point. You shouldn't write just because you want to offend.
Conditions
- Do not send articles that have already been published elsewhere.
- Disenchanted will edit the article for style and content, but final proofs will be submitted for your approval before publication.
- Payment is made after both Disenchanted and you, the author, agree upon a final, edited draft and description of any embellishing artwork, and before use or publication of such material. At this point the sale of rights is considered final.
- Currently, payment can only be made through PayPal. We do not make payments by check or any other means.
- Disenchanted is specifically looking to purchase First International Internet/Electronic and First International Anthology rights. All other rights may be reseverd by the author.
- Disenchanted may, at its discretion, chose to embellish
the article with artwork. However, during negotiation only a
textual description of the proposed artwork will be
provided. The artwork will not be produced until after
Disenchanted and you, the author, have agreed upon a final
draft, payment to you made, and the sale of work considered
final.
Since the artwork is arranged by us, you do not retain the right to include this artwork when selling or granting additional rights to other entities. However, we are willing to negotiate.
- While Disenchanted is semi-anonymous, we can publish your article under any byline of your chosing.
- All parts for any serialized work should be provided in advance. We will not pay for or publish any serialized work until all parts have been submitted!
- We are not, at this time, looking for any regular columns. If you can commit yourself to a new article every month on a deadline, then that's great, but this does not mean you have a 'column'.
- We take the time to read all submissions, but we may not be able to respond to you. If we have not responded within 2 weeks then chances are we won't respond at all.
Technical Guidelines
- Drafts should be sent by e-mail with MIME attachments to Chris at submissions@disenchanted.com.
- Please send all articles in plain text or HTML format only. Microsoft Word documents will not be considered!
- Please do not zip, tar or supply your work in an archive format.
- Any artwork or photographic material should be provided in either GIF, PNG or JPG formats. If it is necessary to use a different format to preserve formatting or information, please arrange this with us by e-mail first.
- Please leave major formatting and layout to us.