Call for Submissions Heartwarming

Heartwarming
2013 Advent Calendar – A Story a Day in the Month of December
Edited by Lynn West and Shannon Shell
Dreamspinner Press is seeking romantic short stories set in and involving end-of-the-year winter holidays: Advent, Boxing Day, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year’s, Saint Nicholas’s Day, Solstice, Yule, and events of other cultures and nationalities. Romantic themes could include first dates, new love, reunions, and established relationships and ideally will focus on heartwarming situations/plots with happy endings.
Editor’s Note: Because of the packaged nature of the set, all stories need to stand alone. No sequels to or spin-offs of previously published works,please.
Submission Deadline: Aug. 1, 2013
Please note earlier deadline. Contract offers will be made by Aug. 20.
Publication Date: December 2013
Advent Calendar story length: 5,000 – 18,000 words Manuscripts shorter or longer will be considered but will have to be extraordinary. Follow general Submission Guidelines for instructions and formatting.
Send all submissions to submissions@dreamspinnerpress.com. List the anthology title in the subject line of your e-mail. Ex: Advent Calendar anthology submission