Mad Kaiser Games Now Accepting Submissions

[The Mad Kaiser]

Mad Kaiser Games is now accepting submissions. We are looking for talented amature authors to write for current and future product lines.

If you are interested in getting a foot into the world of RPG writing, this may be your chance!

Please familiarize yourself with our Mad Kaiser Games Written Submission Guidelines and the Selection of Mad Kaiser Products.

We hope to hear from you soon!

AA Bieler

 

[Dire Wolf]

Any more details regarding what type of submissions you are looking for?

 

[inkmonkeys]

Any more details regarding what type of submissions you are looking for?

Yes, please. What sort of thing are you interested in publishing in the future?

 

[The Mad Kaiser]

Yes, please. What sort of thing are you interested in publishing in the future?

I'm more interested in guaging your skills as writers right now. I know how difficult it can be to get into the business, and many talented amatures may have "flavor text" or other examples of RPG work ready, or at least they just need a little polish. If you would like to submit a work that compliments our current products, that is fine also, so long as you understand the terms of submission.

If your submission is acceptable, then you will likely be given a new subject to complete for those future products.

Thank-you for your interest!
AA Bieler
The Mad Kaiser

 

[Mark Chance]

If your submission is acceptable, then you will likely be given a new subject to complete for those future products.

So, IOW, you're not so much accepting submissions as you're searching for new talent?

 

[The Mad Kaiser]

So, IOW, you're not so much accepting submissions as you're searching for new talent?

That is correct!

 

[CombatWombat51]

Since a submission wouldn't be for a specific product with a deadline, how long should one expect to wait before getting a reply on a submission?

 

[Rahkan]

"All submissions become property of Mad Kaiser Games™ and will not be returned." is a quote from your submission guidelines. This makes no sense unless referring to the actual idea of the submission (since all the submissions are electronic and hence impossible to return). So the only way to read this is basically that I give you my submission and you decide whether or not to pay me or offer me more work but no matter what it belongs to you. That sounds like a crummy deal.

 

[Cithindril]

I would have to agree that this concerns me as well. Since the open-call is not for a specific assignment but is just to guage the talent of prospective authors, folks will likely want to submit their pet projects off the shelf. Since your guidelines state that anything sent in immediately becomes your property, you could conceivably publish it with no reimbursement to the writer. Further, if you decide not to publish the work the original author is still prohibited from ever trying to sell it again.

As a suggestion only, you might get a better response if you dropped that clause from your guidelines. Now if someone wrote for a specific Mad Kaiser assignment down the road I could better understand this stipulation.

 

[Wycen]

The Mad Kaiser answered this in a second thread which is now buried in the publisher announcements:

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1625524&postcount=5