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..................(<<(*=--...DREAM FORGE...--=*)>>)    12/05/95
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..(<<((*=--The electronic.................for your mind!...--=*))>>)
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Publisher: Dave Bealer...........Managing Editor: Rick Arnold
dbealer@dreamforge.com...........subm@dreamforge.nauticom.net
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Forge, v.t.; from L. fabricari, to make, construct; from _faber_,
a workman, artisan; to make by or as by this method; to form;
to shape; to produce. syn. make; hammer; invent.
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Monthly e-Maga-Weba-Zine for a thinking and literate readership, 
95% freelance written. Works with inveterate as well as new writers.
Ms published 1 day to 2 months of acceptance. Takes First Serial
Electronic Rights ONLY, will accept One-Time Rights on reprints.
Pays apx. 60 days after publication. Submit seasonal material 2 
months in advance. We want mss not previously on the web/nets.
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      "Looking for stories with positive messages, even if the 
       thread is hidden deep within the fabric of the work."
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Rick says: What the hell's DREAM FORGE? -- one of the best and
most respected publications found on the Internet, FidoNet, EPubNet,
not to mention on a BBS near you, bar none! -- dedicated to writers 
of fiction, humor, and poetry  Some of the most excellent writers to 
be found in cyberspace grace the ether pages of this e-Maga-Weba-Zine
with editions for any operating system! Ascii/VGA/Readroom versions.
DF makes a great BBS door for callers using Readroom (RDRM32.ZIP).
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PREFERRED LENGTHS:
Humor/Op-Ed: 1,500 to 2,500 words; Fiction/NonFiction: 2,000 
to 4,500+. Longer works definitely considered and used.

GET A COPY AT:
http://www.nauticom.net/www/drmforge/index.html; get WRITERS.TXT
INFO.TXT; or via FTP:  ftp://ftp.etext.org/pub/Zines/DreamForge/ 
ftp.clark.net/pub/dream_forge/; ftp.nauticom.net/pub/users/drmforge/ 

METHOD OF SUBMISSION: 
Send your *ALL ASCII TEXT* as file attach Uuencoded or pasted into 
Email to: dbealer@dreamforge.com; or, subm@dreamforge.nauticom.net 
and include a short Bio in the email -- if no Postal address, we 
assume you don't want paid. You can upload to the following BBSs or 
file attach with message TO Sysop at: 

The Virtual Word, (1:261/1129) 410-437-3463; or WRITERS BIZ, 
(1:2601/522) 412-588-7863; Note: ALL ASCII TEXT, this means NOT 
a word processor file -- Convert it to DOS ASCII TEXT, please! 

If uploading to a BBS, or using file attach use PKZip (protects file 
integrity), place your Bio and story into a single Zipped file; name 
the Zip file with your name and initials, e.g. POEEA.ZIP (as much 
as the 8.3 will allow), and rename the internal files replacing the 
extension with your initials: e.g. RAVEN.EAP, EA_POE.BIO, etc.  

INCLUDE: 
ONLY if you want paid, include your mailing address, along with your 
Bio, email address, phone, and SSN. If you've no modem, mail a DOS 
disk with two copies on the disk, do not compress or archive with 
PkZip, etc., save your mss in Dos Ascii Text and Mail to:  

Dream Forge, Inc., 6400 Baltimore National Pike, #201, 
Baltimore, MD 21228-3915. 

FORMAT: 
Flush Left, 65 columns Right margin, single space between 
paragraphs, Ascii Text. We DISCOURAGE submissions on paper, but 
grudgingly accept if your work is Excellent! All manuscripts are 
considered disposable, even if you provide RETURN mailer. We are 
into electronic media -- saving trees, if you didn't notice, (g).
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NOTE: After saving your manuscript to ASCII Text, please ensure there 
are NO control codes! Printer and other codes will trash your file as 
it gets passed via various gateway systems! Check with a Dos Editor.

PAYMENT:
Humor, Satire, Essays, Reviews, Op-Ed, and Commentary from 1,000
to 2,500+ words. Pays $10-$100, w/profit sharing. Avg pmt. $10.00
FICTION: Short stories MOST ANY GENRE from 1,000-6,500+ words,
longer works will be serialized; Pay range: $10 to $100.
POETRY: Any style and length will pay: $2-$20, w/profit sharing.
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DREAM FORGE shares profits with authors (if we ever achieve that
lofty goal) where 10% of profits, from specific revenues, will be 
paid on a pro-rated basis, annually, as a bonus to the authors from 
the issue in which the authors' work appears. Details of the profit 
sharing are contained on file at DF BBS. This writers' guideline is 
your offer to contract, taking only FNA serial electronic rights.
             
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** If you're an OVERLY SUCCESSFUL Author, you may decline payment!
Specific funds will be donated to targeted non-profit agencies which 
DREAM FORGE, Inc. supports: Reading Is Fundamental, Laubach Literacy 
International, and Literacy Volunteers of America. **
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>                   DREAM FORGE (tm) e-Maga-Weba-Zine 

Dream Forge, Inc., 6400 Baltimore National Pike, #201,
Baltimore, MD 21228-3915; BBS: (410) 255-6229 (data only).
..............................{DREAM}

Via Internet get:

adrates@dreamforge.com..AD RATES
info@dreamforge.com.....Information
ftp.clark.net/pub/dream_forge/
ftp.etext.org/pub/Zines/DreamForge/
ftp.nauticom.net/pub/users/drmforge/

