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  ..................((((*=--...DREAM FORGE...--=*))))    12/05/95
  ..............................MAGAZINE
  ..(((((*=--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  
  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.... -- Current AD RATES.
  info@dreamforge.com....... -- Current Information.
  
  ftp.clark.net/pub/dream_forge/
  ftp.etext.org/pub/Zines/DreamForge/
  ftp.nauticom.net/pub/users/drmforge/
  
