Welcome to Gilgamesh Press
Gilgamesh Press is the new publishing company, set up by Mark Sin Deniz, in remembrance of the tragic murder of his brother-in-law Fuat Deniz, December 2007.
Gilgamesh Press has a vision, which is to promote awareness of the Assyrian people and their history through literature. The aim is to produce quality books, about Assyrians, by Assyrians and also writers from other cultural backgrounds with the Assyrian culture, history and mythology as focus.
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[ Read all News items ]Preliminary line-up for In the Footsteps of Gilgamesh is announced
The authors selected for In the Footsteps of Gilgamesh, released April 2010 are:
Gerard Brennan
Simon Brown
Stephanie Campisi
Simon Guerrier
Robert Hood
Carole Johnstone
Andrew McKiernan
Shannon Page
D. Richard Pearce
Amanda Pillar
Richard Salter
[Competition winner: Announced in December]
More news to follow...
Calling writers as yet unpublished
In the Footsteps of Gilgamesh
(Edited by Mark S. Deniz)
1st April 2010, Gilgamesh Press will publish its first anthology, In the Footsteps of Gilgamesh. We want to help promote new writers – one of our company goals – by reserving a slot in the anthology for a story from a writer who is, as yet, unpublished in any fiction medium.
The anthology will concern itself with tales from Assyrian mythology, such as the creation story and the Epic of Gilgamesh (details available on Wikipedia ). However, the stories in In the Footsteps of Gilgamesh will be interpretations or re-writes of these myths, and will fall under the genre umbrella of speculative fiction.
This means that before you write, you need to familiarise yourself with Assyrian mythology.
We are not strictly looking for re-written myths based in ancient Mesopotamia, you may write, for example, a futuristic science-fiction tale, a fantasy short story which takes place on another world or a straight horror story, as long as there is clearly some reference to the original myth.
Your story should be between 3,000 – 5,000 words and must contain speculative fiction elements (such as those mentioned above).
Any questions for those unsure of the theme are welcome and can be directed to: mark.deniz@gilgameshpress.com
Submissions must be sent in Rich Text Format (.rtf), Double Spaced in Courier New font and the subject line should state ‘Submission: (your story title)’. Send your submissions to: competition@gilgameshpress.com
Your stories will be read by a panel of six judges and the winning entry will be chosen to be published in the anthology. The winner will also receive two copies of the book.
The deadline is 1st December 2008 and all writers will be notified as to the status of their story as soon after this date as possible.