TO SUBMIT YOUR STORIES there are a few ground rules. Please read these carefully.

RULE #1: NO STEALING
This site is not meant to be an outlet for plagiarism or illegally derivative works. If your story contains direct or reconizable pieces of previous works, it will be discarded. Do not used characters featured in copyrighted works, such as Night of the Living Dead, Half Life 2, Resident Evil, 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead, or World War Z.

RULE #2: IT'S ALIVE!
Tales of the living can be just as (if nor more) compelling than stories of the living dead. Submitted stories do not have to feature zombies in their narrative at all, so long as the setting is related to the zombie apocalypse.

RULE #3: THIS AIN'T STAR TREK
Please confine story timelines to Earth in the present or immediate future. Some license may be taken with technology - but assuming a zombie apocalypse has taken place, the likelihood of technology advancing rather than regressing is pretty damn slim.

RULE #4: NO VAMPIRES NEED APPLY
Keep story content to zombie apocalpyse-related scenarios only. Other supernatural phenomena may be considered, but submitted stories will not be given consideration for acceptance or prizes based on anything other than zombie apocalypse-related merits.

RULE #5: DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A RASH TO YOU?
The general idea of the 'zombie apocalypse' is that zombies are the result of a virus spread by contact with zombie tissue which kills the subject and reanimates them as a pulseless, mindless cannibal. That said, creative license is not discouraged, so long as the story is a good one.

RULE #6: CLEANLINESS AND ALL THAT
Stories which are overtly pornographic or gore-for-gore's-sake with no redeeming merits will likely be discarded out of hand.

Not so bad, eh? Please send your stories as an RTF attachment (or if this isn't possible, in the body of an email) to:
west<at>talesofworldwarz<dot>com
along with your name, pseudonym, and any author bio info you'd like to see posted. Please allow 1-2 months for response. Accepted stories will be archived on this site for at least 1 year. Submitted stories may be previously published or simultaneously submitted, but must be legally available for publishing on this site. A moderate prize will be awarded every 6 months.

Stories on this site may contain mature language and situations, and may be inappropriate for readers under the age of 18.

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