Project Oz (Prose)
Run by Hannah Carter & Kayla E. Green

Theme:  The Wonderful Wizard of Oz inspired flash fiction and short stories. We are publishing two Wizard of Oz themed books. One will contain short stories/flash fiction, and the other is poetry (similar to The Wonder Tales). You may submit to both if you like! There is no limit on how many submissions you can enter.

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Anthology Publishes: May, 2027 (subject to change)

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Genre: New Adult, but appropriate for upper YA readers as well. Fantasy including but not limited to the subgenres of epic fantasy, steampunk, fairytale/folkloric, noblebright fantasy, dark fantasy. (Absolutely NO erotica/smut or gore/slasher horror)

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Book Title: TBD
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Categories: None (leave this blank on your document header)

All MUST be done through an Oz lens. If it doesn't have a clear tie into The Wizard of Oz in some shape or form, it will not be accepted.

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Payment: Authors will get book copies at a discount, and a % of royalties will go to a TBD charity. 

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Length: 1,000 - 8,000 Words​

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Ideas: If you want topic ideas, keep an eye on our Instagram. We will be posting theme ideas for both prose and poetry throughout the submission time frame. 

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All references to Wizard of Oz MUST fall into the public domain.

You must base your work on L. Frank Baum's 1900 book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and not the 1939 MGM movie.

This means:

• NO ruby red shoes. 

• NO wicked witches with green skin. 

• NO bubble travel by Glinda. 

• Specific costume/design choices of movie portrayals (ie. Blue gingham dress for Dorothy). 

• You can find the original novel via Project Gutenberg to see what is specific to the book. This site might also be a good reference.

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SUBMISSION Due Date: February 28th, 2026, midnight in your own time zone

• You will find out if you made it into the anthology in April, 2026. Please wait until the end of April before sending any follow-up emails about acceptance. We get a high volume of submissions and it takes time to thoroughly consider all of them. 

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Before submitting, read over all the guidelines here.

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Click the button below to submit, or email submissions to twentyhillspublishing@gmail.com, with the subject line: Project Oz Prose Submission. Please include your author bio and headshot in your submission email.

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