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Earlier this week, we completed Kickstarter fulfillment for our last anthology, and so of course we’re gearing up for the publication phase of our next anthology! Writing on Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories is done, and we’re well into the editing stage; we’ve got sketches for the cover art, and we’ve got artists contracted for the merchandise. And so, it’s time: meet the 22 (!!) authors contributing to Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories!

This awesome mixture of new-to-Duck-Prints-Press authors and authors returning to write with us again have done an a.may.zing job on these stories. I know y’all are gonna love them.

Read the authors’ full biographies!

Also, we’re thrilled to share that Liz Lee Illustrations (Bluesky | Instagram | Tumblr) will be doing the cover art for this book! She also did the gorgeous dragon-y cover for our first anthology, Add Magic to Taste.

Follow the Scholarly Pursuits pre-launch page on Kickstarter!


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Author applications to become a contributor to our next anthology Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories are now closed. We ended up getting submissions from 54 new-to-the-Press authors and 30 want-to-return-to-write-with-us-again authors – a fantastic turnout, and the most we’ve gotten in a while!

We’ll be anonymizing these and reviewing these over the next few weeks, and we’ll be in touch with all applicants by the end of August.

If you applied and you did not receive a confirmation e-mail, please get in contact with us as soon as possible at info @ duckprintspress dot com.

Thanks to everyone who helped spread the word, and especially to everyone who applied! We can’t wait to read your words.

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Duck Prints Press is overjoyed to announce that now, July 15 2024, through July 27th, author applications are now open for our 11th anthology, Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories!

Are you a fanfiction author? Have you been wanting to break into publishing your original fiction?

If the answer to both these questions is “yes,” then this may be the perfect opportunity for you! Duck Prints Press (the spiffy indie press founded by fandom author unforth to publish the original work of fancreators) is looking for up to 20 authors – ten who’ve worked with us before, ten who never have – to write all-new, original stories, 2,500 to 5,000 words long, for a minimum pay of $50 per story! What will these stories be about? In short, cozy academia. In slightly-less-short, we want to read your pitches for stories about queer people pursuing knowledge and the places where they are pursuing that knowledge, all with a fluffy, cozy academia. Think “the opposite of dark academia.” What exactly that means, well, we’re open to your imaginative interpretations!

Every pitch must include:

  1. Setting: Academia
  2. People: Queer folks
  3. Genre: Speculative fiction
  4. Relationships: Any or none
  5. Happy ending required!

Curious how to apply? If you are over the age of 18 and have posted at least 3 completed fanfiction works totaling a minimum of 10,000 words, then you are qualified to apply, and you should follow these links to learn all the deets – how to apply, what to submit, how long pitches should be, and more!

The application period ends when the last timezone in the world hits 11:59 p.m. on July 27th, so make sure to get your applications in before then.

READY TO APPLY? Authors who’ve never worked with us before, use this form!

Are you a returning author – one who has written with us before? Use this form!

Feel free to drop us an e-mail at info@duckprintspress.com, send an ask to our Tumblr inbox, or join our public Discord and drop a question in our mod shout chat.

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