Creating and curating an extensive list of art, writing, design, and other resources is outside the scope of what Duck Prints Press is able to do. For general resources, we recommend you follow us on one or more of our social media accounts, where we often post about or retweet/reblog/boost resources we’ve found helpful. Here, we present a collection of resources we use internally to help us run Duck Prints Press and that we thought would be helpful for transparency purposes, to help creators who work with us, and to do our part to help ensure that people who are working in similar fields to us don’t have to “reinvent the wheel.”
List of resources provided here:
- Our full controlled vocabulary list
- Duck Prints Press Official Style Guide
- Current Submission Review Rubric for Author Applicants
- Single- or Co-Author Story Submission Guidelines
- Past Newsletters: General Audiences
- Past Newsletters: Erotica
- Sample Author Contract: Anthology Contributor
- Sample Author Contract: Book Published for Royalties
- Sample Artist Contract: Anthology Contributor
- Sample Artist Contract: Merchandise Commissions
- Sample Artist Contract: Cover Art
- Sample Invoice Form: For Individuals Doing Commission and/or Contract Work
- Duck Prints Press Blog: Posts Tagged Writing Advice
- Duck Prints Press Blog: Posts Tagged Prompt List
Controlled Vocabulary
We use a controlled vocabulary to ensure that we tag stories consistently. Similar to the tags used on Archive of Our Own and some other platforms, this two-tiered system enables us to thoroughly label our content so that people can more easily find media to their taste and avoid things they’d rather not read. Note that, while we do post and tag erotica, you will not be exposed to related tags if you click this link – the not-safe-for-work kink tag list is on a separate page, linked from this page.
Duck Prints Press Official Style Guide
A compilation of weird grammar rules, common spelling and grammar issues, instances where we deviate from the Chicago Manual of Style standard usages, our preferred document formatting specifications, and much, much more! Our editors use this guide to help make decisions and to save time – now you can use it too!
Current Submission Review Rubric for Author Applicants
We use a rubric to review all applications we received from authors. For transparency purposes, we make this rubric available publicly. You can review the current (as of spring, 2023) version of that rubric here!
Single- or Co-Author Story Submission Guidelines
For authors who have established a relationship with Duck Prints Press (by contributing to our anthologies, completing one or more stories for our Patreon, etc.) are encouraged to work with us to publish their original fiction! For these individuals with whom we’ve worked before, we’ve written up guidelines on what we’re looking for, our publishing capacity, what we can offer, and what we expect. DUCK PRINTS PRESS IS NOT OPEN TO UNSOLICITED MANUSCRIPTS. This document is shared publicly as a courtesy; people who contact us with unsolicited works risk being permanently banned from working with the Press.
Past Newsletters: General Audiences
Past editions of our “General Interest” newsletter. (You can sign up to this mailing list here!)
Past Newsletters: Erotica
Past editions of our “Erotica” newsletter. (You can sign up to this mailing list here!)
Sample Author Contract: Anthology Contributor
A sample of the contract we typically use when working with authors who contribute to our anthology projects. It outlines rights assignments, payment, copyright, and other legalities. We share it publicly for transparency purposes, to give anyone considering working with us an idea of what they may be expected to sign. Note that we are usually open to negotiation on specific aspects of this contract, such as pay rates.
Sample Author Contract: Book Published for Royalties
A sample of the contract we’ve used when working with authors who publish their original novellas and novels with us. It outlines rights assignments, payment, copyright, and other legalities. This version applies specifically and solely to e-book sales; we haven’t yet Kickstarted an individual author’s work, so we don’t yet have a contract for that scenario. Once we develop one, we’ll share it as well. We share our contracts publicly for transparency purposes, to give anyone considering working with us an idea of what they may be expected to sign. Note that we are usually open to negotiation on specific aspects of this contract, such as pay rates.
Sample Artist Contract: Anthology Contributor
A sample o f the contract we typically use when working with artists who contribute to our anthology projects. It outlines rights assignments, payment, copyright, and other legalities. We share it publicly for transparency purposes, to give anyone considering working with us an idea of what they may be expected to sign. Note that we are usually open to negotiation on specific aspects of this contract, such as pay rates.
Sample Artist Contract: Merchandise Commissions
A sample o f the contract we typically use when we commission artists to produce the art for merchandise we sell during our Kickstarters. It outlines rights assignments, payment, copyright, and other legalities. We share it publicly for transparency purposes, to give anyone considering working with us an idea of what they may be expected to sign. Note that we are usually open to negotiation on specific aspects of this contract, such as pay rates.
Sample Artist Contract: Cover Art
A sample o f the contract we typically use when we commission artists to make covers for our books. It outlines rights assignments, payment, copyright, and other legalities. We share it publicly for transparency purposes, to give anyone considering working with us an idea of what they may be expected to sign. Note that we are usually open to negotiation on specific aspects of this contract, such as pay rates.
Sample Invoice Form: For Individuals Doing Commission and/or Contract Work
This is an invoice template than anyone working with us is welcome to use for billing us. Using this isn’t a requirement; many people simply don’t have their own invoices already written so we thought providing one would be helpful.
Duck Prints Press Blog: Posts Tagged Writing Advice
We post weekly blog posts on a wide range of topics. Feel free to email us, comment on our blog posts, use the form on our “contact us” page, or drop us an ask on Tumblr if you’ve got a question you’d like us to answer!
Duck Prints Press Blog: Posts Tagged Prompt List
Searching for some inspiration? We love to create prompts! We also love getting prompt list requests, so mail us, comment on our blog posts, use the form on our “contact us” page, or drop us an ask on Tumblr if you’d like your idea made into a prompt list.
To Add/Coming Soon!
DPP’s Internal Ebook Formatting Guide
Fandom Lexicon