​THE BEST LAID PLANS

AUGUST 7, 2020: Long-listed for the Killer Nashville 2020 Readers’ Choice Awards

JULY 14, 2020: Public Safety Writers Association Writing Competition Best Short Story

‘WHO THEY ARE NOW’ by Victoria Weisfeld has won the 2020 PSWA Award for Best Short Story. Congrats Vicki!

APRIL 3, 2020: Derringer Nomination

‘A SURE THING’ by C.C. Guthrie has been shortlisted for a 2020 Derringer Award in the Short (1001-4000 word) category. 101 stories were submitted in the category. Congrats C.C.! Here’s a link to all the nominees: DERRINGERS 2020

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MARCH 5, 2019: Author Line-up Announcement

It wasn’t easy to select 20 stories from the 70+ submissions received, but I’ve done it. Thank you to the following authors who will be joining me on this journey:

Tom Barlow

Susan Daly

Lisa de Nikolits

P.A. De Voe

Peter DiChellis

Lesley A. Diehl

Mary Dutta

C.C. Guthrie

William Kamowski

V.S. Kemanis

Lisa Lieberman

Edward Lodi

Rosemary McCracken

LD Masterson

Edith Maxwell

KM Rockwood

Peggy Rothschild

Johanna Beate Stumpf

Vickie Weisfeld

Chris Wheatley

FEBRUARY 20, 2019: Acceptance/Rejections

Notifications were emailed at 6 p.m. EST to all submitting authors.

JANUARY 19, 2019: Closed to Submissions:

All submissions have been acknowledged. If you submitted a short story and did not receive an acknowledgement stating that your submission was received, please contact me.

OCTOBER 18, 2018: Call for Submissions

Superior Shores Press is pleased to announce plans for its first multi-author anthology, The Best Laid Plans, which will include stories of mystery and suspense with an overarching theme of “the best laid plans.” The deadline for submission is January 18, 2019. All submissions will be acknowledged. Acceptance/rejections will be emailed to all submitting authors on or before March 18, 2019.

The number of stories in the collection will depend on the length of stories selected. Estimated length: 250 printed pages in trade paperback format. An introduction, acknowledgments, and author bios will be included. Publication date is scheduled for *June 18, 2019.

Both reprints and new material will be considered. Previously unpublished authors are welcome to submit. Please, no simultaneous submissions.

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TBLP Submission Guidelines

TBLP Submission Form*Superior Shores Press reserves the right to postpone and/or cancel due to unforeseen circumstances or if an insufficient number of qualified stories are submitted/accepted.