Reprint contracts for SFF zine - anyone got some boilerplate?

July 28, 2016 8:55 AM

I'm publishing a SFF zine. I need advice on REPRINT contracts for short stories and art.

I've sold a few stories myself but can't seem to find a sample contract for this.

I want to buy nonexclusive electronic reprint rights for short stories & art. I want the nonexclusive rights to both 1) post them on the publication's website, and 2) put them into ebooks anthologies that *I* will create/host (no third party). All will be 100% free to read/download. Nothing is for sale. I am paying creators, yes.

Anyone got resources for some boilerplate I can grab? My google-fu is failing me. Thank you in advance!

(I will also take answers to the question "what the fuck was I thinking, trying to publish a zine ...")

posted by aperturescientist to Writing & Language (1 answer total)

Best answer: Some magazines have their reprint contracts on their site. Here's Lightspeed's, and here's one for Pseudopod, both of which are reputable publishers.

SFWA also has a (recently updated) model magazine contract on their site.

If I were you, I'd take the SFWA boilerplate as a base, and then modify it for reprints with the two sample contracts I linked to as a guide.
posted by Narrative Priorities at 9:22 AM on July 28, 2016