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[THRESHOLD] Issue # 4 Call for Contributions - RobJN - 01-16-2014 From Sturm, over at the Piazza forums: The Mystara Magazine Issue 4: Davania Issue #3 is well under way, and should be coming your way soon, but we're already planning for Issue #4 where we'll wander an unknown continent. A land of dinosaurs and great mammals, the original homeland of elves and halflings and, before them, the cradle of reptilian civilizations. A land of a thousand dead empires and many powerful, rising nations. That's not the Known World, traveller: That's Terra Incognita. Here Be Dragons and much, much more. That's Davania! Whether you have some dangerous secret on the Vaults of Pandius that you want the world to know, or have fearsome tales on the mysterious lands of the southern continent, the team at Threshold is waiting to hear your tale! If you need more informations about Davania, check the fan production on the continent here: http://pandius.com/atlas.html (scroll down to Davania and its nations) *NOTE: SUBMISSION GUIDELINES MAY HAVE CHANGED; PLEASE REVIEW THE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE POST BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR FINAL DRAFT* Mission statement The stated aims of Threshold are: to provide a venue for community members to present material to promote the Vaults of Pandius and the material there to increase the exposure of existing and new articles to encourage authors to revisit and revitalize existing articles to motivate interest in Mystara in general The issue of what is "canon" is not relevant and will not be touched upon by this publication. Publication in the magazine does not imply any kind of special endorsement. We aim to promote each individual's personal version of Mystara ("My Mystara"), and will introduce a different community member's version in each issue. We also aim to enhance community cohesion, and will interview a different member of the community in each issue. "Threshold: The Mystara Magazine" is a non-commercial, fan-written magazine. There is no intention to infringe on anyone's rights, and in particular not on those of WotC, which holds the copyright (and trademarks, etc.) on the original material on which the magazine is based. Call for Contributions Proposal Deadline: February 28th, 2014 Manuscript Deadline: April 30th, 2014 The Threshold editorial team invites all fans of the Mystara setting to submit contributions to the fourth issue of the magazine. We are looking especially for contribution fitting the theme of the fourth issue, Davania. Threshold accepts (and invites) the submission of extended or revised versions of works having appeared on The Piazza or the Vaults of Pandius. Contributions may include, but are not limited to, articles (short stories, short adventure modules, NPCs, historical treatises and timelines, geographical entries, new monsters and monster ecologies, etc.) and illustrations (portraits, maps, heraldry, illustrations, etc.) The Threshold editorial team strives for edition neutrality, but edition specific articles (e.g., conversions) are also accepted. Statistics for new monsters and NPCs may be included in articles (e.g., adventure modules, new monsters or NPCs) in any version of Dungeons & Dragons. The editorial team also offers help in providing conversions to some specific rules set (including BECMI/RC, 2nd Edition, 3rd edition/Pathfinder). However, they should be limited to the minimum -- for most NPCs, it is sufficient to mention class, level, and alignment. For important NPCs, a one or two line stat block could be included. Submission Guidelines Proposals All proposal submissions can be sent by mail to the editors at the following address Threshold.Mystara@gmail.com, and must be received by the deadline of February 28th, 2014. The Threshold editorial team will contact you no later than March 7th, 2014 regarding the status of your proposal. Submission proposals should be sent inline in the mail, using the following subject format: [ISSUE4][Proposal] The mail content should include the following: Proposed article title The type of article being proposed (short story, adventure, geographical location, organization, etc...) A one paragraph description of what the article is about. An estimated word count of the article (articles should range anywhere from 1000 to 7000 words, depending on the type of article submitted). Manuscripts Manuscripts should only be submitted after your proposal has been accepted by the Threshold editorial staff, and must be received by the deadline of April 30th, 2014. When submitting a manuscript file, please use the following naming convention: threshold_4_your_title. (extension: see below for recommended file formats) and the following subject format: [ISSUE4][Manuscript] The mail content should include the following: The article title. An attached document containing the article contents. The final word count of the article. Other types of contributions: The editorial team will consider on a case by case basis other types of contributions. Please contact us to inquire if and how we can accommodate unusual contribution formats. The following guidelines apply to different types of submissions: [i]Illustrations: please submit art and maps in lossless format (e.g., PNG). Articles: manuscript submissions can be sent by mail as plain text, doc(x) or odt, or shared as Google Doc. The issue editor will create a shared document (for each article) to allow the author and editorial team to work on it. Articles can be as short as a single page, or as long as 6 pages, depending on the specific content. The editorial team will do its best to accommodate the contributions, but especially long works may be split over several issues. Tables: Tables should be numbered (Table X: Name of Table), and any references in the article should refer to that table number (and not to "the table below," for example). Author Bios: Please include a short blurb (one or two sentences) biography/blurb about yourself for our "contributing authors" section. It can be serious or silly, but don't get too carried away with it, please. Other types of contributions: The editorial team will consider on a case by case basis other types of contributions. Please contact us to inquire if and how we can accommodate unusual contribution formats.