Everyone knows about SantaCon, the annual celebration, in which people dressed in Santa Claus costumes or as other Christmas characters, parade in hundreds of cities around the world every December. The most famous SantaCon is the one held in New York City, where up to 200,000 people dressed as Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, Elves and Reindeers take over Manhattan.
In addition to a glorious day of absurd celebration through the streets of major cities, SantaCon also raises funds for charity. It brings together people who would never have met otherwise, has saved lives, made marriages (and probably caused a few divorces too).
Riverdale Avenue Books has partnered with SantaCon to put together an anthology of the most creative stories that could conceivably take place during or around SantaCon – romances, mysteries, horror (Krampus anyone?), even science fiction, time travel, literary fiction, you name it. The SantaCon setting is a tinderbox for creative inspiration. Light that match!
We will be publishing the anthology, in hardcover, trade paperback and ebooks the day after Thanksgiving, and it will available in book stores and online wherever books are sold.
We are looking for short stories of 2,000 to 5,000 words in all genres and categories. Authors will be paid a $10 fee, and receive a copy of each edition of the book.
Other revenue derived from the sale of the book will be provided to SantaCon, which will donate proceeds to the charity of their choice.
If you would like to send us your stories, please send them to submissions@riverdaleavebooks.com, lori@riverdaleavebooks.com or david@riverdaleavebooks with the subject “SantaCon 2024.” After which, we will send you confirmation that we received your submission. If you do not receive a confirmation from either of those three emails, you may follow up with an email requesting confirmation.
Submissions will be open from now until August 15st. After August 30h, we will begin sending out acceptance or rejection emails for your submitted short stories. Please, do not follow up on whether your story has been accepted.
Riverdale Avenue Books is an award winning, innovative hybrid publisher at the leading edge of the changes in the publishing industry. We publish e-books and print books under 15 imprints: Afraid, a horror imprint; The Binge Watchers Guides examining TV and film; Circlet, the latest incarnation of the classic sci-fi and fantasy erotica imprint; Desire, an erotica/erotic romance imprint; Magnus, the award-winning nonfiction imprint of LGBTQ titles; Magnus Lit, our LGBTQ fiction imprint; Pop featuring pop culture titles; Quest, a science fiction fantasy line; Truth, an erotic memoir line; Dagger, a mystery thriller imprint; Sports and Gaming featuring sports and gaming titles; Verve featuring lifestyle titles; Hera, featuring both the true and fictional lives and loves of women aged 35 and up and 120 Days, a reprint imprint for LGB classics. Started in 2012 by industry veteran Lori Perkins, visit us at www.RiverdaleAveBooks.com.
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