Greetings,

the first announcement we posted in search for steampunk stories three days ago generated a lot of feedback and, to our regret, some misunderstanding. We hope this posting will serve to clear some things up and explain what this thing called Steampunk Quarterly is about.

Steampunk Quarterly is planned to be a regular anthology of exciting, interesting and generally entertaining short stories from a number of different writers to be published four times a year, starting in February of March of 2010. We will mainly release new issues as PDF online, but there will also be a small edition in print form that we want to distribute via mail.
To attract interested writers we made an announcement to send us stories, preferably between 7,000 and 9,000 words long. We will consider every submission and reward each story we choose to include in the first issue with 50$. Some people took umbrage to this amount, arguing that it is far less than the usual price for a story of this length. The point here is that the 50$ are not to be seen as a purchasing price for the story, but as a fee we pay to publish it in „Steampunk Quarterly“. All rights for the story and the characters will remain with the writer and he is, of course, free to publish it elsewhere as he sees fit.

This project is a private endeavour by steampunk fans to further this great genre, give a (small) incentive to writers and, most of all, spread the word. We provide all funds for SQ out of our own pockets and don‘t plan on making a profit whatsoever. On the contrary, we stand to lose money with every sold issue. This is only of small price we are willing to pay for giving a way for other steampunk fans like us to find new and entertaining stories about airship pirates and victorian inventors.
We regret any confusion about our initial announcement and hope that the reasons behind the 50$-reward are made clear. We look forward to receive any steampunk story and will do our best to give you a first issue of Steampunk Quarterly worthy of your attention.

With kind regards,
Manly Bowler

We are searching for talented writers who have steampunk on their mind and don’t mind to earn a buck or two.
You have this one idea about a mad scientist in London, labouring to build his crazy masterpiece? Or about a swashbuckling crewman who, by bad fortune, found his way on a ship of air pirates? Then wire it to us as fast as you can and send your mail on its way through the aether to our secretary. Please keep your tale between 7,000 and 9,000 words long. If we publish it you will be rewarded with $50, no questions asked.

Welcome to Steampunk Quarterly!

Finally, we managed to put up a first version of the website.
There are still lots and lots of things to work on, but please be patient, since we are going to fill this up with new content over the following days.

If you wish to know what Steampunk Quarterly actually is, you can read the FAQ.

Stay attentive, as our storywriting competition will start soon!