The Pendragon Society

Thank you for wanting to learn more about our society and the lore behind this fantastical endeavour. Overall the society is run by a team that adores fantasy, magic, literature and authenticity. We value our readers as much as we do our writers and aim to bring a little magic into the world. In a world that seems to be run by cogs, governments and an overpowering demand for realism, the society decides to focus on daydreams. Whether thats by making small entertaining tidbits that get you further absorbed into your latest obsession, curating old knowledge about long dead writers that formed the foundation of literary spheres, or formulating beautiful anthologies through collaboration and expression. The Society is a home for fantasy, where magic is written and dreams are brought to light.

Our Ethics

The Society intends to provide equal entertainment and opportunity to our audience and contributors. We don’t judge by class, race, species, gender or magical affinity. We value all writers, readers and artisits, whether they come with dragonwings or snake eyes. We welcome diverse stories that branch into ethnicity, culture and social vibrancy but please don’t feel ‘boxed in’ by your identity. The Society aims to blur lines, not solidify them. Take strange perspectives, new interpretations, research obscure heritages. Write about whatever you’d like and leave it up to our curators to find a spot for it.

Our Guidelines

We hate to be anti-cyborg at the society but unfortunately we draw the line at artifical intelligience. If you’re entering one of our competitions or being featured in an anthology, please write, draw and create your own work. If you submit something written by AI, then technically the author is ChatGPT and you, and that doesn’t look as nice on an author page. We’d rather have rough sketches, typos, nonsensical grammar and glitching animations that have work that’s missing the magical element found in human nature. AI is a lovely, helpful tool. But here we’re looking for humanity, expression, magic and freedom and that’s not found in code. It’s found in you. So say goodbye to conversation prompts and rather hand in the rough draft.

How To Join The Pendragon Society

The Society isn’t just made up of the people who work behind the scenes, its a collaborative effort of writers, readers, inventors, artists and everyone that desire a little magical corner to belong. We’re trying to grow a community that can explore their interests and foster opportunities for fantasy lovers. The artist is always neglected but we believe that art is an expression of the essence of humanity. It’s how we foster empathy, care and consideration. It’s how we document time and events. It’s how we commemorate people and places. So there’s multiple ways to connect and become an active part of the society.

Submit to the Society:

Submit A Blog Post

We feature an array of topics, from books and movies. To shows and games. If you’re building up you’re portfolio or simply have a topic you adore and nowhere to express it, feel free to submit the blog post to submit@pendragonsociety.com

All blog posts should be under 2000 words, use British spelling and grammar and be void of any discriminatory, racist, transphobic, islamaphobic or prejudice commentary. All submissions will first be viewed and judged for acceptability for publication.

Please use the tagline [BLOG SUBMISSION/WORDCOUNT/TOPIC]

If your blog post is a review about a form of media, please use this tagline [REVIEW/WORDCOUNT/TOPIC]

Include your name (or pen name if you prefer) as well as an author bio of around 100-250 words. The author bio is optional but we’ll add it to the bottom of the post if you’d like (along with up to 3 socials). Currently we’re not offering payment for blog posts. We’re simply allowing people to share their opinions, voices and stretch their blogging fingers.

You’re welcome to include up to 5 images that should be in the blog post in the ratio of 16:9 in jpg format. Add them as attachements on the email. You’re welcome to edit these or add words to the images but they should be clear, presentable and not AI generated. Please note that NO blog submissions should be written by AI, but you’re allowed to use softwares for editing, spelling and grammar checks.

Review and publication of blog posts can take up to three weeks. If your blog post is rejected, we will give you feedback and offer you either an alternative topic, editing that needs to be done or another writing opportunity.

Enter A Competition

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Submit To An Anthology

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How to Become A Dragonrider

Careers

Lead Writer and Editor (Remote Role)

The society is currently hiring a new lead writer and editor as our beloved former scirbe is departing on a new adventure. That being said, our former lead will be in charge of your training, which will be conducted virtually. Desired applicants will be in charge of running the blog, comments section, and monthly paper. You will also be in charge of a small team of writers and editors. Every form of content that gets published will be final checked by you.

The requirements for this application is:

You must be over the age of 21+

You must have a tertiary education in the field of English, Literature or Linguistics OR

You must be able to prove your writing and editing capability and experience.

You must showcase leadership qualities and project management skills.

You must be familiar with SEO, WordPress and online publishing.

You must be adaptable, social, well-mannered and agreeable.

You must be a South African citizen or have the legal right to work within South Africa.

The Pendragon Society prides itself on a team that values inclusivity and kindness. We don’t tolerate problematic, controversial or politically derivative people. We love and adore all introverts but this role will require you to communicate with every single person on our team, on a daily level. You will have to do presentations, lead team meetings and pitch new concept ideas. We offer a salary of R23k. Please submit your CV and writing/editing portfolio to erika@pendragonsociety.com

Contact Us

If you have an severe grievances, enquiries, or are simply curious. Pop us a letter at: enquiries@pendragonsociety.com