Synopsis: Selected by Christopher Sirmons Haviland over a span of ten years, these real story submissions in their context will supplement all those "how to write and submit" books by showing you how it's done. Contained within these pages are never-before-seen story submissions by international bestsellers, grandmasters, multi-award winners, and rising stars, each with an original biography and introduction. A collection of actual submissions to publishers by H.G. Wells, Jack Williamson, Andre Norton, Robert A. Heinlein, James Gunn, Frank Herbert, Ben Bova, Piers Anthony, Michael Bishop, Joe Haldeman, Terry Brooks, Robert E. Vardeman, Orson Scott Card, David Brin, Connie Willis, Janny Wurts, James P. Blaylock, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Bruce Coville, Margaret Weis, Judith Tarr, Nancy Varian Berberick, Robert J. Sawyer, Sara Douglass, Louise Marley, Robert Gellis, Ian R. MacLeod, Julie E. Czerneda, Jacqueline Carey, Chris Roberson, and Eldon Thompson, plus editorial feedback by Frederik Pohl and Damon Knight, and an introduction by former Vice President and Editor-in-Chief of Del Rey, Betsy Mitchell.