W2 Was Here

2013 Themes and Dates

Here’s the complete schedule for 2013: themes, descriptions, deadlines, dates, and all!

FEBRUARY 25: HOOKERS AND BLACKJACK
text deadline: Tuesday, February 19
art deadline: Saturday, February 23
Build your own theme park! But remember, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

MARCH 25: TEA FOR TWO (F/F SPECIAL)
text deadline: Tuesday, March 19
art deadline: Saturday, March 23
How do you ladies take your tea? Hot? Sweet? Spiked?

APRIL 29: PLAYING DOCTOR
text deadline: Tuesday, April 23
art deadline: Saturday, April 27
Whether you’re suffering from a broken heart or a terminal case of handsomeness, the doctor is in.

JUNE 24: HEROES AND VILLAINS
text deadline: Tuesday, June 18
art deadline: Saturday, June 22
Calling all caped crusaders and men of steel: your city needs you now more than ever.

AUGUST 26: ON WRITING
text deadline: Tuesday, August 20
art deadline: Saturday, August 24
Bibliophiles, rejoice! This issue celebrates books and the people who like to create, compile, collect, critique, and/or consume them.

SEPTEMBER 23: DISTANT SHORES (ARTIST SPECIAL)
text deadline: Tuesday, September 3
art deadline: Tuesday, September 17
Our third artist special focuses on far-off places and the fun of going (or not going) there.

OCTOBER 28: MASQUERADE
text deadline: Tuesday, October 22
art deadline: Saturday, October 26
Mistaken identities? Clever disguises? Elaborate costuming? Who was that masked man?

DECEMBER 16: THEME-FREE (BIG BANG*BANG)
text deadline: Tuesday, December 10
art deadline: Saturday, December 14
And as always, if you want your big story to have its big break, December’s the month to do it: the sky’s the (word) limit.

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Want to participate? It’s easy! Signup posts go up about two months before each issue, both for a nonbinding way of declaring commitment and for authors to hook up with volunteer illustrators. Regardless of whether or not you signed up beforehand, stories are due in our inbox by the Tuesday before the issue goes live, and all standalone images/illustrations are due by the Saturday before. You can find more rules and details in our mission statement.

The more formal tumblr post will go up later today, but the Hookers and Blackjack signups are already open! Surely at least one of these fine themes calls to you…

2013 Themes

shousetsubangbang:

For those of you who like to plan ahead, the list of 2012 themes is a good place to go to get future ideas percolating. However, for those of you who really like to plan ahead, we’ve already got 2013’s themes worked out too! We went through the previous suggestions and feedback, took from those the ones we thought would make the most successful issues, added a few twists of our own devising, and voila:

FEBRUARY: HOOKERS AND BLACKJACK
Build your own theme park! But remember, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

MARCH: TEA FOR TWO (F/F SPECIAL)
How do you ladies take your tea? Hot? Sweet? Spiked?

APRIL: PLAYING DOCTOR
Whether you’re suffering from a broken heart or a terminal case of handsomeness, the doctor is in.

JUNE: HEROES AND VILLAINS
Calling all caped crusaders and men of steel: your city needs you now more than ever.

AUGUST: ON WRITING
Bibliophiles, rejoice! This issue celebrates books and the people who like to create, compile, collect, critique, and/or consume them.

SEPTEMBER: DISTANT SHORES (ARTIST SPECIAL)
Our third artist special focuses on far-off places and the fun of going (or not going) there.

OCTOBER: MASQUERADE
Mistaken identities? Clever disguises? Elaborate costuming? Who was that masked man?

DECEMBER: THEME-FREE (BIG BANG*BANG)
And as always, if you want your big story to have its big break, December’s the month to do it: the sky’s the (word) limit.

We’ll work a more detailed schedule of due dates and publication dates as this year winds to a close, but the general pattern will be the same: publication dates are on one of the last Mondays of their respective months, with the artist deadline the Saturday before and the author deadline the Tuesday before.

Also, we’re still looking for some cover artists to grace the front of some of our 2012 and 2013 issues! If you’re interested in being the first thing everyone sees, drop us an email (shousetsubangbang at gmail) and we’ll let you know what’s available.

Look what goodies await! Start planning ahead….