2021 Rifter Annual - Submissions Wanted

drewkitty ~..~ · Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:42 pm

I would request one thing. No adds for "upcoming" PB gamebooks or ads for 'existing' PB Gamebooks. That is the one thing I didn't like about the regular rifters...the 1st 5-6 pages were just ads. I get those in my e-mails just fine every week.

Glistam · Unread post by **Glistam** » Sun Jul 04, 2021 8:40 am

What about material previously submitted that never received a response? Should that be submitted again, or should we assume that it was rejected and submit new stuff?

drewkitty ~..~ · Sun Jul 04, 2021 12:28 pm

Glistam wrote:What about material previously submitted that never received a response? Should that be submitted again, or should we assume that it was rejected and submit new stuff?

Seconded.

glitterboy2098 · Mon Jul 05, 2021 4:22 am

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:
Glistam wrote:What about material previously submitted that never received a response? Should that be submitted again, or should we assume that it was rejected and submit new stuff?

Seconded.

thirded. i have an article with some New Navy stuff i could tweak, mildly expand, and resubmit.

Curbludgeon · Unread post by **Curbludgeon** » Mon Jul 05, 2021 4:15 pm

I'm inclined to polish my 3G adventure The Sevenfold-Soul Engine, but won't be disclosing any personal information. I'm uninterested in payment, save perhaps having a hard copy mailed to a friend's P.O. Box. Is that a non-starter?

matt.reed · Unread post by **matt.reed** » Mon Jul 05, 2021 4:56 pm

you'll have to sign an unsolicited works pdf page. that has a name, email, and address on it. I imagine they won't be able to publish it if they can't at verify your info.

glitterboy2098 · Mon Jul 05, 2021 5:49 pm

yeah, you have to include basic personal ID stuff for the contract to be valid.

Unread post by **AlexM** » Tue Jul 06, 2021 7:57 pm

People who submitted in the past should resubmit for this.

Alex Marciniszyn,
Editor

drewkitty ~..~ · Wed Jul 07, 2021 11:24 am

matt.reed wrote:you'll have to sign an unsolicited works pdf page. that has a name, email, and address on it. I imagine they won't be able to publish it if they can't at verify your info.

Print out, and sign and Mail in the "Unsolicited Manuscript, Idea, and Artwork Form" to PB.

https://www.palladiumbooks.com/question ... works-form

You can screen shot or use the Printable PDF version.

matt.reed · Unread post by **matt.reed** » Wed Jul 07, 2021 4:59 pm

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:
https://www.palladiumbooks.com/question ... works-form

You can screen shot or use the Printable PDF version.

they accept PDFs as long as they are electronically signed. The original page may say otherwise, but they do.

matt.reed · Unread post by **matt.reed** » Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:14 am

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:That only works if you have a touch pad/screen.

not so, sir. You can get them signed with this.
https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/online/sign-pdf.html

i had a better copy of acrobat once that let me do it, but the current version I have won't so I had to find that site to help.

Hotrod · Unread post by **Hotrod** » Mon Aug 16, 2021 8:18 pm

I submitted four articles last night. I had to re-send three of them today due to email issues on my end; I hope they will still be considered.

EDIT: Looks like the deadline has been pushed back to September 1st in the latest update. Cool. I just sent in two more submissions last night.

Zer0 Kay · Unread post by **Zer0 Kay** » Tue Aug 17, 2021 7:37 pm

Hotrod wrote:I submitted four articles last night. I had to re-send three of them today due to email issues on my end; I hope they will still be considered.

EDIT: Looks like the deadline has been pushed back to September 1st in the latest update. Cool. I just sent in two more submissions last night.

Woohoo!!!

Hotrod · Unread post by **Hotrod** » Tue Aug 17, 2021 8:03 pm

Yep, cool! I'm thinking that I'll also polish up my submissions and re-send them. Hopefully that's OK too.

Captain_Nibbz · Wed Aug 18, 2021 1:59 pm

Braden Campbell wrote:Damn! Missed the deadline.

Aw well. maybe next year

Someone mentioned up-thread that they extended the deadline to September 1st, might still be time!

Unread post by **AlexM** » Wed Aug 18, 2021 2:15 pm

The deadline is September 1st.

Mr. Jays · Unread post by **Mr. Jays** » Wed Aug 18, 2021 9:51 pm

Sent mine in!

Hotrod · Unread post by **Hotrod** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 8:13 pm

I just sent some revised versions of what I sent last month in. Sometimes I just need to chew a little more on a topic.

Good luck to all contributors!

Glistam · Unread post by **Glistam** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 5:07 am

Whoops, didn't get my stuff cleaned up in time! Ah well, there's always next year.

thorr-kan · Unread post by **thorr-kan** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:28 am

I got two small ones in on Tuesday. On retrospect, I wish I'd gone another way on one, but I think it stands as it's own.

How often do submissions actually generate rejection slips?

Hotrod · Unread post by **Hotrod** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:32 am

thorr-kan wrote:I got two small ones in on Tuesday. On retrospect, I wish I'd gone another way on one, but I think it stands as it's own.

How often do submissions actually generate rejection slips?

I've never had one from them (and I've sent them stuff they haven't published). I doubt they do so very often. Are you thinking that you want to post a rejected creation somewhere else or submit it to another company?

Glistam · Unread post by **Glistam** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 1:01 pm

They don't send rejection slips, or even acknowledgements that they received your submission(s). I sent them stuff for the Rifter in the past, never heard back from anyone about it despite the followup I sent, and that's just that.

Zer0 Kay · Unread post by **Zer0 Kay** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 3:25 pm

Glistam wrote:They don't send rejection slips, or even acknowledgements that they received your submission(s). I sent them stuff for the Rifter in the past, never heard back from anyone about it despite the followup I sent, and that's just that.

Kinda lame the least they should do is an automatic message for receiving the submissions.

Zer0 Kay · Unread post by **Zer0 Kay** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 3:30 pm

Oh, I sent my Spell Weaving in as an excerpt from my manuscript. If it sees print hopefully I can get some feedback and resubmit it with the manuscript in a more streamlined, easier to understand version.

Josh Hilden · Unread post by **Josh Hilden** » Fri Sep 03, 2021 12:10 pm

matt.reed wrote:I've never had one, it's still considered theirs if you submit it

If you're not compensated in some way it's only theirs in the IP sense.

thorr-kan · Unread post by **thorr-kan** » Fri Sep 10, 2021 4:46 pm

Well, I made two submissions and received two boilerplate acknowledgements that my submissions had been received, and that if my articles would be chosen, contact would be made and contracts set up.

It's not approval of the my submissions, but it is professional, and I appreciate that.

Thanks, Wayne!

desrocfc · Unread post by **desrocfc** » Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:19 pm

thorr-kan wrote:Well, I made two submissions and received two boilerplate acknowledgements that my submissions had been received, and that if my articles would be chosen, contact would be made and contracts set up.

It's not approval of the my submissions, but it is professional, and I appreciate that.

Thanks, Wayne!

Same here! I sent in a small piece of fiction, so we'll see. Otherwise, looking forward to the final content.

Hotrod · Unread post by **Hotrod** » Sat Sep 11, 2021 11:39 pm

Yep, I got a receipt notification, which was nice, and I appreciate that.

Zer0 Kay · Unread post by **Zer0 Kay** » Wed Sep 15, 2021 6:06 pm

Hotrod wrote:Yep, I got a receipt notification, which was nice, and I appreciate that.

Me too!! Yay.

The Dark Elf · Unread post by **The Dark Elf** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 6:28 am

I couldnt submit anything unfortunately but looking forward to a packed edition.

thorr-kan · Unread post by **thorr-kan** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 8:25 pm

So...anybody willing to 'fess up to getting a contract?

Unless, of course, said contract includes an NDA. Never having seen a Palladium contract, I dunno.

desrocfc · Unread post by **desrocfc** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 5:59 am

thorr-kan wrote:So...anybody willing to 'fess up to getting a contract?

Unless, of course, said contract includes an NDA. Never having seen a Palladium contract, I dunno.

It's a *little* early for those to be flying out the doors just yet.

And unless they've changed their contracts (unlikely?) there is no NDA per se.

thorr-kan · Unread post by **thorr-kan** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:59 pm

I'm patient, really. It's been a month. Uh...anybody willing to 'fess up to getting a contract?

Unless, of course, said contract includes an NDA. Not worth squelching your chance at publishing to break an NDA.

Mr. Jays · Unread post by **Mr. Jays** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:22 pm

I did get an email today saying I was selected.

Hotrod · Unread post by **Hotrod** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:35 pm

Mr. Jays wrote:I did get an email today saying I was selected.

Congratulations!

thorr-kan · Unread post by **thorr-kan** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:52 pm

Hotrod wrote:
Mr. Jays wrote:I did get an email today saying I was selected.

Congratulations!

Congrats indeed!

Hotrod · Unread post by **Hotrod** » Fri Oct 22, 2021 8:02 am

From the Weekly Update:

Soul in Flames: A Rifts® adventure by Barry Wright that captured our imagination so much we put it on the cover!
The Colony of Gonarn: Sweeping location and adventure material for the Palladium Fantasy RPG® by Glen Evans.
Vehicle Encounter Tables: An awesome resource by Lloyd Blair for Dead Reign®, but also eminently useful for Systems Failure®, Chaos Earth®, Beyond the Supernatural™, and even Rifts®.
Beyond Midnight: Inspired by Boxed Nightmares, this combination of story, creature feature, and plot hooks by Dan Frederick includes adventure seeds for nine Palladium settings.
The Redeemer: What does evil-turned-good look like? This O.C.C. by Kyle Osterburg for Nightbane® covers just that.
Magical Collectibles: An array of unique arcane items by Christian Bonawandt for use with any Palladium setting.
The Glitter Boy Revisited: Two articles by Will Erwin that will have Game Masters and players alike taking a fresh new look at everyone's favorite chrome power suit.
Relics of Empire: New setting, history, and source material for Palladium Fantasy RPG® by Ian Herbert.
Plus: Short stories, news, coming attractions, product descriptions, and more.

I look forward to seeing the final product. I'm also intrigued at the prospect of some short stories; Tales of the Chi-Town Burbs is one of my favorite Rifts books.

thorr-kan · Unread post by **thorr-kan** » Fri Oct 22, 2021 3:55 pm

The Weekly Update looks promising. I found it interesting that Palladium is sitting on some submissions for next year. I'll polish my submissions, and try again next year.

Congrats to our successful applicants!

matt.reed · Unread post by **matt.reed** » Sat Oct 23, 2021 10:02 am

same here, nothing selected this time, awww well. But yeah, I'll tighten up what I wrote and unify things a bit.

drewkitty ~..~ · Sat Oct 23, 2021 6:03 pm

What I didn't like about the recent update was, other than implying that it would be out this year there was no ETA given for the book.

Mr. Jays · Unread post by **Mr. Jays** » Sat Oct 23, 2021 11:30 pm

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:What I didn't like about the recent update was, other than implying that it would be out this year there was no ETA given for the book.

It said coming this Autumn in the update

Warshield73 · Unread post by **Warshield73** » Sun Oct 24, 2021 12:27 am

Mr. Jays wrote:
drewkitty ~..~ wrote:What I didn't like about the recent update was, other than implying that it would be out this year there was no ETA given for the book.

It said coming this Autumn in the update

I think this was covered in a previous update but it sounds like they have heard all the people that have complained about missed release dates and aren't going to give solid dates until it goes to the printer.

Can't please everyone I guess

drewkitty ~..~ · Sun Oct 24, 2021 11:27 am

Mr. Jays wrote:
drewkitty ~..~ wrote:What I didn't like about the recent update was, other than implying that it would be out this year there was no ETA given for the book.

It said coming this Autumn in the update

"Yup, that is implying it will be out this year." said the old PB player who know about their publishing announcements.

drewkitty ~..~ · Mon Nov 15, 2021 7:13 pm

When is this going to be added to the PB store?

Hotrod · Unread post by **Hotrod** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 10:16 am

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:When is this going to be added to the PB store?

It was slated as an autumn release. Rifters have historically had a fast pipeline, especially when the full-timers aren't contributing official content. That said, this is also 224 pages, the same count as a full-length book.

To my shame, I've also found a bunch of little writing errors going over the manuscripts I submitted. Inasmuch as they'll have to spend time combing through my manuscript and fixing those mistakes, I suppose I'll bear a portion of the responsibility for any delay.

drewkitty ~..~ · Wed Nov 17, 2021 7:02 pm

I see that it is up in the store now. TH to whoever it may concern.

Hotrod · Unread post by **Hotrod** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:03 pm

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:I see that it is up in the store now. TH to whoever it may concern.

Pre-order, but yes. The Weekly Update describes it as a winter release now.