Hatrack River Writers Workshop   
my profile login | search | faq | forum home

  next oldest topic   next newest topic
» Hatrack River Writers Workshop » Forums » Open Discussions About Writing » Submission Requirements

   
Author Topic: Submission Requirements
JamieFord
Member
Member # 3112

 - posted      Profile for JamieFord   Email JamieFord         Edit/Delete Post 
Submitted for your amusement, a very unique submission requirement, courtesy of Tin House.

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/lit_journals/tin_house_to_require_bookstore_receipt_for_unsolicited_manuscripts_166567.asp


Posts: 603 | Registered: Jan 2006  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
Pyre Dynasty
Member
Member # 1947

 - posted      Profile for Pyre Dynasty   Email Pyre Dynasty         Edit/Delete Post 
That's hilarious. If I was running a magazine I think I'd require that people send in a picture of a monkey along with their submission, just to prove they read the guidelines.

I heard of a rock band (I'm thinking the Grateful Dead but don't quote me on that,) who added to their contracts that they needed a giant bowl of only brown M & M's in their trailers, just to make sure that the promoters were paying attention to the minute details of the contract. That was important because they used twice as much on stage equipment so they needed a more reinforced stage. One time they didn't get the M & M's but when on anyway and the stage collapsed. Of course this is folklore in my head because I don't have any sources.


Posts: 1895 | Registered: Mar 2004  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
TamesonYip
Member
Member # 9072

 - posted      Profile for TamesonYip   Email TamesonYip         Edit/Delete Post 
I like the idea, but I wonder if they would take a receipt from a used bookstore. Or for a kid's book.
Posts: 232 | Registered: Apr 2010  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
JSchuler
Member
Member # 8970

 - posted      Profile for JSchuler   Email JSchuler         Edit/Delete Post 
It's not really that funny. It's more of a sad awareness campaign: "Save our preferred economic model for the distribution of books!"

Funny would be another publisher in response accepting unsolicited submissions provided the submitter showed proof of purchase of a buggy whip.


Posts: 388 | Registered: Jan 2010  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
KayTi
Member
Member # 5137

 - posted      Profile for KayTi           Edit/Delete Post 
Funny! And yes, from the article, they'd totally accept a submission from a used bookstore. You can also write a haiku explaining why you're too broke to buy books.


Posts: 1911 | Registered: Mar 2007  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
InarticulateBabbler
Member
Member # 4849

 - posted      Profile for InarticulateBabbler   Email InarticulateBabbler         Edit/Delete Post 
Lol.
Posts: 3687 | Registered: Jan 2007  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
Robert Nowall
Member
Member # 2764

 - posted      Profile for Robert Nowall   Email Robert Nowall         Edit/Delete Post 
Make sure you don't send them a charge-card receipt...
Posts: 8809 | Registered: Aug 2005  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
Robert Nowall
Member
Member # 2764

 - posted      Profile for Robert Nowall   Email Robert Nowall         Edit/Delete Post 
Oh, yeah, it was Van Halen with the remove-the-brown-M&Ms clause...
Posts: 8809 | Registered: Aug 2005  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
TaoArtGuy
Member
Member # 8857

 - posted      Profile for TaoArtGuy   Email TaoArtGuy         Edit/Delete Post 
This is also brilliant marketing. How many of you knew of Tin House, or were writing about them online, before this happened? Not me.
Posts: 67 | Registered: Oct 2009  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
   

   Close Topic   Feature Topic   Move Topic   Delete Topic next oldest topic   next newest topic
 - Printer-friendly view of this topic
Hop To:


Contact Us | Hatrack River Home Page

Copyright © 2008 Hatrack River Enterprises Inc. All rights reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.


Powered by Infopop Corporation
UBB.classic™ 6.7.2