2034 Anthology

To determine whose work would be included in the anthology, we assembled a panel of readers who judged submissions in as anonymous a way as we could manage. Since R-SPEC is a small group and several of us had submitted stories for consideration, some members of the reader-panel were also prospective contributors -- that was one of the main reasons behind the anonymous review process, so we also devised some other procedures to curb in-group favoritism and correct for cases where readers would have their own stories under consideration.

Our readers rated each story on a "yes"/"maybe"/"no" basis, and then ranked them in order from most to least favored. They then huddled with the the editor, Janice Carello, and winnowed the field down to eighteen stories.

Most modern word processors can save documents in rich text format using a feature called "Save As" or something similar.

In most cases, you will do something like this:

1. Select File, Save As
2. Look for a field or a pull-down labeled something like "Save File as Type". (On Windows and Macintosh software, it's usually toward the bottom of the Save As dialog.) Select "Rich Text Format" or "RTF".
3. Save the file. You should keep a copy of the file that you send to us, for reference, so put it somewhere you can remember. 

Consult the Help system for your own word processing software for further assistance.

'RTF' stands for 'Rich Text Format'. It's a file-format developed by Microsoft to allow for cleaner transfers of documents from one word-processing program to another. [Rich Text Format @ Wikipedia]

We're asking that all submissions be in RTF to ensure that we can get your work to our readers in a form that's easy for them to work with, and that we can get manuscripts that have been selected to our editor and designer in a form that they can readily use. (Which helps you by ensuring that our readers, editor and designer don't have to work hard to read your work.)

Most modern word processing software can save files in RTF format. [Hints on how to convert your document to RTF.]