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Apr

2

The End Of A Reading Period

Category: News

The final decisions have been made on the premiere issue of The Ashen Eye and all submitters have, as of today, received a reaction from our side. We had an absolute blast reading and reviewing the many excellent submissions that passed through our hands. All slots have been filled and, once all agreements have been correctly processed, we will release the definitive list of contributors and the titles of their respective works. In the coming period we’ll keep updating our website with information about them as we have done up to now.

Writing rejection letters was hard and we tried to be as constructive as possible. Also, since we couldn’t bare to outright reject some works due to space issues, some works have been given a second chance and will be considered for the second issue.

So, what’s next?

The reading period for issue two has started yesterday, the first day of April, and will continue until the last day of June this year. We’ve decided to use a full quarter per reading/publication period. That way we can accept submissions all year round, and can provide a dependable reading/publication schedule for our readers and contributors. The following decision has been made regarding reading periods and publication dates:

January – March 2008: Reading period issue #1

April – June 2008: Reading issue #2.
End of June 2008: Publication issue #1.

July – September 2008: Reading issue #3.
End of September 2008: Publication issue #2

October – December 2008: Reading issue #4
End of December 2008: Publication issue #3

January – March 2009: Reading period issue #5
End of March 2009: Publication issue #4

and so on and so forth…

And with that, we’ve already given away the final release date for the premiere issue. Unlike the initially projected early quarter three, or end of July, the very first issue of The Ashen Eye will be released at the end of June 2008. A full month earlier! We know it’s still a long wait, but at least we’ve all got something to look forward to.

We would once again like to thank everyone who submitted their work to us and/or helped to spread the word about The Ashen Eye. We hope that submissions will be as plentiful during the next reading period and that everyone will remain as supportive and enthusiastic as they have been during the past three months. We are indebted to you all.



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