I'm extending the deadline for the Iowa flood relief anthology until August 31st. I believe given the number of conventions and the relatively short notice there was not enough of a drive on submissions.

So please, pass this along:

I want to thank those of you that have passed word of the IA anthology along in their journals. I especially want to thank those of you that have already submitted.

The goal of this concerted effort is to raise at least $1000.00 USD to be donated to one of the disaster relief effort groups in the most affected area.

(Also, feel free to donate to a local disaster relief agency then purchase a copy of the anthology when it is completed.)

The anthology will be published through a print-on-demand (POD) model using Lulu.com.

An ISBN will be purchased (by myself) for ease of ordering using Lulu's "Published by You" option.

This is not a paying or a qualifying professional market (iaw SFWA standards for Qualifying Professional Markets.

Authors retain all rights on material. Authors may remove their submission from the anthology at their request (Note: the anthology will be revised quarterly due to Lulu's pricing restrictions on modification of materials with purchased ISBNs post-submission). By submitting to the anthology you are agreeing use for non-pecuniary (no one is making money off your work) purposes outside the donation to the various disaster relief efforts. Submissions should be sent to: iaanthology@gmail.com

I am taking electronic submissions only.

• Send as and attachment .doc or .rtf, mac users may contact me directly for conversion resources
  
• Use standard US letter sizing (8.5" width, 11" length)
  
• Cover/TItle page with title and author's name (or pen name)
  
• Double spaced
  
• 12 pitch Times New Roman or Courier family fonts (please)
  
• Headers/Footers are fine, no other special formatting please
  

Fiction should be geared towards a YA market. Use of Iowa as your scene/backgrop would be a bonus. Literary, steampunk, clockpunk, midwest and cornpunk (I just made that up.) --- the anthology is open to all appropriate stories of most genres.

REPRINTS ARE ACCEPTABLE!

Deadline for submissions is midnight (Pacific Standard Time) August 31st, 2008.

The anthology should be available shortly after.

All contributors will receive an electronic (.pdf) copy of the anthology for personal use.

If you are unable to submit (or, you are not a writer) you are welcome to pass this post along. Please pass this along.