If your deliciously terrible submission is selected for the show, we pay you $42!
send submissions to unusualmortalityevent@gmail.com
We examine all work received and accept that which seems best. Submissions accepted for publication in the Unusual Mortality Event podcast may be dramatized in some fashion.
Know that we are here only to revel and delight in the unhappy depths of your tale.
Below is a short example of a submission:
title/author: The Unusual Mortality Event/ Julian Corpse
hook: A wasteoid on his morning walk is an unwitting witness to an annoying mass death event.
story: A sign in the ice plants read Warning: Unusual Mortality Event. There were large strange lumps the color of laundry water scattered up the beach. I went to the lump closest to me. It was a dead sea lion. It was all dead sea lions. Dead or dying. I guess it was some kind of blight. Further along a group of beach goers had gathered around one, taking photos. With a big cancelled eye the sea lion was just barely able to look over his shoulder at the gawkers. I don’t know if they knew he was dying.
The morning was ruined.
bio: I live in Los Angeles. In my spare time I experiment with correspondence.Keep the following tips in mind:
-Have some stakes! What do you stand to gain? Lose? Why is what happens in the story important to you?(also, poetry is fine)
-There are no word count restrictions, but we are preferential to concise prose and shorter submissions.
-We encourage liberal use of the words horrible, terrible, and awful.
-Try to write a hook for your story. If you aren't comfortable writing your own, don't worry, we'll write one for you.
-The bio is optional, but encouraged.
-Send submissions to unusualmortalityevent@gmail.com
Anyone contemplating a submission is encouraged to examine the show before sending a manuscript.
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By sending us your story you understand and agree that:
* You are the original creator of the work submitted to us;
* You are the copyright holder of the work;
* You are not prohibited by any prior agreement from the transfer of non-exclusive electronic and audio rights to the work;
* You accept sole responsibility for any false statements or encumbrances upon rights not disclosed to us.
If we buy your story we’ll send you a contract. If signed, you’ll be bound to all of the above.
Once you've sent us your story, we will review it and respond to you via e-mail.
If we decide we’d like it for our podcast, we’ll send you a contract as a PDF file in e-mail. Sign it and send it back to us via e-mail (after scanning it or snapping a picture) or snail mail. Then we’ll pay you via check or PayPal and start producing.
send to: unusualmortalityevent@gmail.com
The files Unusual Mortality Event Podcast produces are released under a Creative Commons license. Specifically, we use the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. Briefly, this means that the entire world has permission to distribute the files for free, provided they give credit for it, and don’t try to make money off of it. Transcribing it, extracting portions from it beyond fair use, and mashing it up are all allowed. Because sharing is fun. This license applies only to our audio performance of your work, for which we've contracted and paid you. It does not apply to your story itself; you retain your copyright and all rights to any other use of the story.
Works are under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
unusualmortalityevent@gmail.com
PO Box 1351
Beverly Hills CA 90213
unusualmortalityevent@gmail.com
PO Box 1351
Beverly Hills CA 90213
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Editor
Julian
Producer
Lago
