Short Story Submission

Teaching English to foreign students is not easy and there aren't many English books where students could pick up and read without having to look at a dictionary to find out what the author is actually talking about. Many English novels are translated into Spanish and only the most popular of authors are recognised here in Spain.

I am organising an Anthology of short stories - different genres for students to read and hopefully expand their knowledge of the English language. This will be for students studying in the Advanced Level and any other person interested in reading the book. I have been told by a number of people that it is very difficult for them to understand books written in English. It is why I am looking at doing this project.

We are also thinking at opening a shop to enable books to be sold here as the variety of English books is quite limited. Unless you are Stephen King, Dan Brown, J R Rowling, Charlaine Harris etc, your book will not be found on the shelves.

Indie books, books written by Independent authors will be the focus. Also a web site will be designed in Spanish to sell these books to anyone interested in buying them within Spain and of course other countries but  the sales will mostly be focused in Spain.

If you want to take part, email me at carlojvella@yahoo.com

Below are the submission guidelines . DO NOT SUBMIT ANY WORK FOR THE MOMENT

What we are looking for:

*  4 Authors to submit 2 short stories each - (myself and 3 other authors)

*  Short stories must NOT be too difficult - remember you will be writing for foreign students/readers

*  Between 5,000 to 10,000 words.

*  Looking for Crime, Horror and Paranormal (vampires, witches, ghosts etc)

*  Stories will NOT contain any type of explicit sexual content or indecent language.
*  All submissions must have their work edited

This is a good opportunity for Independent authors to show their work in another country.

Deadline 31 August 2011

Anyone interested please Email me with any question - carlojvella@yahoo.com (DO NOT SUBMIT ANY WORK FOR THE MOMENT)