From: millerl@wharton.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc
Subject: RQ: writer's guidelines
Date: 18 Dec 92 00:22:52 GMT
Organization: Newt World Order

For those who may be interested in writing for RuneQuest, these are the 
RuneQuest Writer's Submission Guidelines written by Ken Rolston for
Avalon Hill.


1) Manuscript Requirements

Manuscripts should be in a publication-ready form, with as much
formatting as necessary to clearly present the material. Study our
recent releases. Manuscripts which demonstrate an understanding of our
format and presentation styles receive most prompt and favorable
attention.
     Include a cover letter with your name, mailing address, telephone
number(s) and any email address(es), and a one page summary of the
manuscript, including the basic plot and setting.
     Detailed maps and diagrams should be included. Quality of
conception and detail of such maps is important; artistic rendering is
not, though pleasing, evocative graphics are always of great interest.
     Initial submissions may be on hardcopy, but we are unlikely to
accept a submission unless the text copy is made available to us on
computer disk, preferably on 3.5" Macintosh or IBM floppy disks in
common word processing software form.
     Submissions accompanied by desktop publishing layouts are viewed
with considerable enthusiasm. Presentation is an important element of
RuneQuest design, and preparing a trial layout, no matter how crude,
produces a RuneQuest manuscript more suitable for publication. However,
we do not accept electronic submissions in page layout format. We must
have common word processing software files for our typesetting.

2) Subject Matter

We presently are looking for Gloranthan material only, specifically
scenarios or material that develops a specific location and includes a
set of linked scenarios.
     We're most interested in materials set in Sartar, Prax, Pavis and
the Wastes. Scenarios set in the Lunar Empire or Holy Country are of
interest as  well, and any high-quality scenario will be considered,
regardless of location.  We are particularly interested in scenarios
which have been prepared and run  as convention sessions or tournaments,
since they typically are better playtested and presented with gamemaster
and players in mind.
      We are also interested in campaign supplements developing more
obscure regions of Genertela and Pamaltela. Though prospects for
immediate publication of such supplements are limited, we want to be
aware of promising regions to develop, and presenting us with your
manuscript at an early stage improves your chances of being considered
when we move to publishing supplements set outside of Dragon Pass and
Prax.

3) Procedures

Mail one copy of the manuscript to:

Ken Rolston
Box 120
Mount Tabor, NJ 07878
USA

The manuscript will undergo preliminary review, and a decision will be
made as to whether to accept it or not.
     If you wish to have material that is not accepted returned to you,
you must include a SASE for the manuscript's return.
     If your manuscript looks interesting, we'll contact you by phone,
email or regular mail to discuss it further.


4) Payment

Contributions to anthologies and supplements are paid at the rate of $28
US per printed page of material published, with partial payment per
quarter page.       Contracts and payments for complete supplements and
scenario packs  are individually negotiated with the writers.



A Note: For New Writers

Experienced writers who have already published Gloranthan RuneQuest
material naturally receive preferential treatment. New writers are
advised  to submit short scenarios and articles for publication in the
RuneQuest magazine Tales of the Reaching Moon. In any case, RuneQuest
Gloranthan writers are expected to be know what has been published in
this excellent magazine, as well as what has been published for
Glorantha by Chaosium and Avalon Hill. We strongly recommend obtaining
all back issues of Tales of the Reaching Moon, studying them carefully,
then seeking publication there as an avenue to earning the respectful
attention of RuneQuest editors. Submissions to Tales of the Reaching
Moon should be sent to David Hall (see below).

Subscriptions and back issues of the magazine are available in England
and Europe through:

David Hall
Tales of the Reaching Moon
21 Stephenson Court
Slough, Berkshire, SL1 1TN
England


Subscriptions and back issues of the magazine are available in the USA
through:

David Gadbois
Box 49475
Austin, TX 78765


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Loren Miller                           internet: MILLERL@wharton.upenn.edu
Mediocrity is a hand rail.                         -- Baron de Montesquieu
Organization: Freshman, CIT general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA