Texas Public Radio/Online Arts
Outreach/Fear Of Writing

Submission Guidelines

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1. You do not have to live within the Texas Public Radio listening area to participate.

2. Your story must be based on the monthly Fertile Material prompt found on the TPR/Online Arts Outreach page (see bottom of page for Web address).

3. Your story does not have to use the same title given in the prompt. However, when you submit you must provide the full text of the prompt so the Story Selection Panel will know which prompt you used.

4. Your story should be no longer than two single-spaced pages in a Word document using one-inch margins (approx. 1,200 words). You may also submit a poem instead of a story, as long as it's based on the Fertile Material prompt.

5. Please keep your submissions suitable for a general audience.

6. There is no need to use manuscript formatting when you submit.  The accent here is on creativity rather than formatting. 

7. Please include your first and last name and your city and state at the bottom of your story. Use an email address that you check regularly.

8. Send your story as a Microsoft Word document attached to your email. If you cannot send a Word document, please contact Milli first to make other arrangements.

9. Submit your story to Milli Thornton at fertilematerial@fearofwriting.com

10. If your story is chosen to be recorded for podcast, you will be contacted—either by Milli Thornton or a representative from Texas Public Radio—with a request to give permission for TPR to use your story in the public domain. You can read the permission form on Page 2 of these guidelines.



To locate the tpr.org monthly writing prompt, visit:

www.tpr.org/programs/fearofwriting.html



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Permission Form for Accepted Stories

Dear --------,

Congratulations!

Your submission for Fear of Writing/Online Arts Outreach on tpr.org, -----------, has been chosen for podcast.

If you agree to the terms of use for your story (see copyright info below), Texas Public Radio will have it recorded for posting at this Web page:

http://www.tpr.org/programs/fearofwriting.html

According to Footnote 4 on page 217 of “Fear of Writing: for writers & closet writers,” you do have permission to publish stories based on the Fertile Material prompts from my book.

For Online Arts Outreach at Texas Public Radio, your story will be considered a “work granted to the public domain.” In other words, not protected by copyright. This is because the stories for this project are written for fun and for immediate sharing, not for formal publication.

If you agree to these terms, please reply to this email with the statement “I GRANT THIS TO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN” and type your first and last name below the statement. This will be considered your explicit permission and will be kept on file.

Thank You for participating in our project! – Milli

Milli Thornton
author - Fear of Writing
http://www.fearofwriting.com

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