It’s that time again, Submissions are now open for Volume 4

Calling for submissions

for Volume 4 of

An Honest Lie

Theme: Petulant Parables

We are accepting submissions in the areas of fiction, well written misadventures from real life, and blatant lies that are fun and entertaining..

We’re looking for …

… the ironies in life

… the serendipity of it all

… the epitome of adventure

… the power of imperviousness

… the pull of naivety

… the view from a different angle

… the mix of mood, moment, and movement

… the wretched truth

… a clever lie

… the humor inside

… the mockery of it all

We’re looking for the perspective.

The subject is up to you.

(Please keep it clean. No political commentaries, testimonials, religious manifestos, or poetry)

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Submissions should be at least 3000 words in length and no more than 6,000 words total, submissions will be disqualified for not meeting minimum or exceeding maximum word count requirements.

All submissions should be sent in .doc,. odf, or in docx format, in a legible 14 pt font, with pages numbered in the top right corner. Please be sure to attach this document  to your email, do not copy and paste the text into the body of your email.

Please include title and author name on all pages submitted.

Include the following information with your submission:

Full Legal Name (with nom de plume)

Email and Regular Mail Addresses

Telephone

A Short Bio (100 words)

For all other inquiries regarding submission formatting, please visit our FAQ, located under the tab above.

Please also let us know how you heard about us!

Please e-mail your submissions to: ahlsubv4@yahoo.com

Deadline for Submissions is March 15 2012.

Public engagements associated with this publication are for promoting the book and for promoting you as an author.

Pay for published authors will be based on royalty accrued via sales of merchandise, books sold, and attendance at public engagements.

The most popular author from each anthology will receive a book contract with Open Heart Publishing !

Attendance at public engagements is not mandatory.

All travel and travel associated expenses are author’s responsibility.

Limit of two pieces for consideration unless asked for more.

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We are also seeking illustrators for this and other projects. Please e-mail us at sales@debrincase.com for further details concerning illustrations. Pay structure for original art will be based on the project it is for.

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And the Winner Is…

Volume number 2 is now behind us, but not without declaring who is our winner. A big congratulations goes out to William Walton and his wonderful story “Ozzie the Clown”, our latest winner in the yearly Anthology contest “An Honest Lie”.

We are very pleased to be working with William Walton as our newest author, he is definitely a writer that I for one am looking forward to reading more from, and I can see that you are as well.

William, I want to thank you for taking the time to submit this wonderfully crafted story to our second volume, and also for revisiting us yet again for our third volume with “Mike from the Mailroom”, it’s always great to see Alumni returning to work with us again.

Open Heart Publishing is very pleased with the partnerships we’ve developed already and we are looking forward to developing more, maybe our next winning Author could be you.

Congratulations to our new authors!

Congratulations to our new authors!

This year’s submissions for An Honest Lie, Volume 3: Justifiable Hypocrisy were an exciting mix of creatve, unique, and quirky stories.  We absolutely loved all of them and regretted that our allowance of space would only permit publishing a small percentage. The authors chosen for this volume were equally interesting, and we know they will please our readers as well.  In addition to our returning authors, we have ten new authors whom we would like to introduce to you now.

From Westmoreland, Tennessee, meet Helen Chapman!

Helen boldly brings us a story straight from the courtroom of real justice. You’ll quickly applaud the double-edged karma in this story!

 From Los Angeles, California, meet Yance Wyatt!  

Yance skillfully weaves us a tender story about childhood loss. You’ll be touched by the wisdoms learned in this story!

From Toledo, Ohio, meet Stephanie M. Lorée! 

Stephanie’s unique and visionary work tells a creative story about fore-ordained love, and fore-ordaind lives. You’ll quickly agree that this story is unlike any other!

From Orland, California, meet Donna Hole!

Donna’s story brings us a new twist on werewolves that you won’t see coming. This story might make you sad, it might make you glad, and it might make you think that it’s rad!

From Farmington, Michigan, meet Dorene O’Brien!

Dorene brings her unique vision to us in her story about the lengths that love will take us to in order to make the right impression. You’ll be pleasantly surprised with this story!

From South Williamson, Kentucky, meet Ruth Webb!

Ruth brings us a touch of humor and irony, balanced with charcter and reality in a story about an extreme hobby. This is one convention you’ll want to attend!

From Carrollton, Texas, meet Bill McCurry!

Bill brings us a timeless, yet refreshingly new Christmas story about a department store Santa who is given a lesson in humility.  This is one Santa story you don’t want to miss!

From Chattanooga, Tennessee, meet Gregory Kheun!

Gregory brings us a controversial story about the dreadful realities of terminal illness. This story will bring you tears, and at the same time, anger and anguish!

From Staatsburg, New York, meet Joshua Mark!

Joshua brings us a wily and delightfully intriguing story about ultimate deception. You’ll be praising this story for some time to come!

From Flushing, Michigan, meet Sally York!

Sally brings us a good-samaritan story with a refreshingly wicked twist. This story will keep you guessing at who the real victim is right up to the very end!

Please join us in sending huge congratulations to all these wonderful authors!