CALLIHOO Newsletter ----------------------------------------------------------------- Vol. 6 No. 34 Editor: Julia West January 19, 1999 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Web page: http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/CALLIHOO/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS Huge thanks to the members of CALLIHOO who stuffed envelopes for the Nebula preliminary ballot last week. Your help was vastly appreciated. * * * Two local writers have stories on that ballot: M. Shayne Bell with novelette "The Moon Girl" and Susan J. Kroupa with short story "Walter's Christmas-Night Musik." Congratulations and the best of luck to both of you. (We're very glad the stories are in different categories so you're not competing against each other.) DEADLINES Let me know if you need more information on the contests, anthologies or magazines listed below. A good place to check is the CALLIHOO website, listed above. =The Age of Reason: Stories of the New Millennium= anthology, open 1-31 January, 1999. [SF/F. 500 - 10k words; 3k-5k preferred. Wants fiction dealing with the coming of age of mankind, 4-7 cents/word to $300 on acceptance. No reprints; E-mail subm. okay. Mr. Kurt Roth, Editor, 12543 S. 25th Avenue, Omaha, NE 68123-1725, darkfire@sff.net. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 32)] =Romance and Beyond Magazine= contest, deadline 1 February 1999. [SF/F/H romance to 10,000 wds., awards $50, $20, $15, $10, deadline 1 Feb 99, $10 entry fee, only accepts 1st 30 entries in each category (4 different categories), Briada Press, Inc., 3527 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy, Suite 9; Lafayette, LA 70503-5130. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 20)] Salivan Enterprises Short Story Contest deadline 28 February 99. [Canadian, $5 entry fee, categories SF/F or H or romance to 6,000 wds, each category winner receives 40% of category revenue, pub in antho (on web?) for royalties, Salivan Story Contest, 1692 Place de Lierre, Suite 300, Laval, Quebec, CANADA H7G 4X7. E-mail: salivan@hotmail.com. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 29)] =Eternity Online= Best of the Web anthology/contest, deadline 1 March 1999. [Fiction pub on web in 1998. No word limits or submission fee. 10 $5 prizes, $50 Grand Prize. E-mail subm okay. Steve Algieri, eternityol@aol.com or Eternity, Best of the Web '98, PO Box 930068, Norcross, GA 30003. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 24)] =Writers of the Future=, 2nd quarter 1999, deadline 31 March 1999. [$1000 first, $750 2nd, $500 3rd place. No entry fee. L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest, P.O. Box 1630-JBW, Los Angeles, CA 90078. (GLs in Vol. 6, No. 10)] =Pulp Eternity= Volume 5: Unthemed issue, reading time: 1/1/99 - 4/1/99. [Any genre, to 10,000 wds, but most under 5000, pays 3 cents/wd. on pub. Steve Algieri, Senior Editor, PO Box 930068, Norcross, GA 30003, E-mail: eternityol@aol.com; http://www.pulpeternity.com. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 18)] =Eternity Online= Second Anniversary Issue, deadline 1 May 1999. [genre fiction, incl. SF/F/H, to 5000 wds. No reprints. 1/4 cent/wd. to $50. Send to eternityol@aol.com; put Anniversary Issue in the subject line. Subm. not following guidelines returned unread. http://www.pulpeternity.com. Anniversary Issue, PO Box 930068, Norcross, GA 30003. (GLs in Vol. 6, No. 24)] =Pulp Eternity= Volume 6: Women of Empowerment. Reading time 4/1/99 - 7/1/99. [Female viewpoint to 10,000 wds, but most under 5000, pays 3 cents/wd. on pub. Steve Algieri, Senior Editor, PO Box 930068, Norcross, GA 30003, E-mail: eternityol@aol.com; http://www.pulpeternity.com. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 18)] =Such a Pretty Face: Tales of Power & Abundance= anthology, deadline 31 July 1999. [SF/F/H to 5000 words, fat people in positive roles, 3-5 cents/wd., no E-mail subm., Mrs. Lee Martindale, Editor, Attn: Such A Pretty Face, c/o Rump Parliament, PO Box 865137, Plano, TX 75086-5137. (GLs in Vol. 6 No.30)] =Eternity Online= Halloween Horror Issue, deadline 1 August 1999. [scary stories, incl. H/dark F/dark SF, to 5000 wds. No reprints. 1/4 cent/wd. to $50. Send to eternityol@aol.com; put Halloween Issue in the subject line. Subm. not following guidelines returned unread. http://www.pulpeternity.com. Halloween Issue, PO Box 930068, Norcross, GA 30003. (GLs in Vol. 6, No. 24)] =Pulp Eternity= Volume 7: Alternatives II/ Cyberpunk. Reading time 7/1/99 - 9/1/99. [Alt. sexuality and cyberculture, to 10,000 wds, but most under 5000, pays 3 cents/wd. on pub. Steve Algieri, Senior Editor, PO Box 930068, Norcross, GA 30003, E-mail: eternityol@aol.com; http://www.pulpeternity.com. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 18)] =Pulp Eternity= Volume 8: I Am Cat. Reading time 9/1/99 - 12/15/99. [Cat stories, to 5000 wds, pays 3 cents/wd. on pub. Steve Algieri, Senior Editor, PO Box 930068, Norcross, GA 30003, E-mail: eternityol@aol.com; http://www. pulpeternity.com. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 18)] AWARD The Endeavour Award for the best Science Fiction or Fantasy novel by a Pacific Northwest author(s) will be presented for the first time this November, for a book published during 1998. The award will include a statue and a cash grant of at least $500, and will be announced at OryCon in Portland, Oregon. Deadline For Books Published During 1998: February 15, 1999 [We have some leeway in the deadline if you let us know a book is on the way.] Deadline For Books Published During 1999: February 15, 2000 If you are a SF/F writer living in the Pacific Northwest [Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and British Columbia], or know of a novel published by a Pacific Northwest writer, help us ensure that it is nominated for the Endeavour Award. To be eligible for the award, a work must be an original science fiction or fantasy novel published for the first time in the United States or Canada during the calendar year preceding the giving of the award. Eligible novels must be at least 40,000 words long, and must be generally available to the public in print. The author(s) may not have shared in the expense of publishing the book. Comic books or graphic novels are not eligible. [See below.] Four copies of each nominated book should be mailed to the award committee at the address given below. The award is named for H.M. Bark Endeavour, the ship in which Capt. James Cook explored the Pacific. The award represents a collaborative effort by writers and fans of Science Fiction and Fantasy to encourage the growth of literature in the field and recognize works of excellence. It is sponsored by Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc., [OSFCI]. OSFCI sponsors OryCon and other conventions, the Susan Petery Clarion Scholarship, and the Jo Clayton Memorial Medical Emergency Fund. You will find the award rules and nomination process, and an entry form, on-line at: http://www.osfci.org/ [Click on the link to The Endeavour Award, or go directly to: http://www.osfci.org/endeavour/index.html] You may also send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the following address: Endeavour Award, c/o OSFCI, P.O. Box 5703, Portland, Oregon 97228 If you have any questions, you can reach Jim Fiscus by email at fiscus@teleport.com, or call me at (503) 239-7641. Jim Fiscus, Chairman, Endeavour Award Committee The Endeavour Award Eligibility Requirements and Submission Process 1 - ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible for the award, a work must be an original science fiction or fantasy novel published--either as a hardcover or paperback--for the first time in the United States or Canada during the calendar year preceding the giving of the award. The publication date shall be the official date of publication, and not the date the book first appears on the stands. 1A - Eligible novels must be at least 40,000 words long, and must be generally available to the public in print. The author(s) may not have shared in the expense of publishing the book. In accord with the professional publication standards of the of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, comic books or graphic novels are not eligible. 1B - WITHDRAWAL: Authors may withdraw from consideration, without prejudice, any work published in a regional or otherwise limited edition. Any work so withdrawn shall be eligible for the award when first published in a mass market, trade, or hardcover edition. 2 - RESIDENCE OF AUTHOR FOR ELIGIBILITY: The author(s) must have been living [maintaining legal or physical residence] in the Pacific Northwest [the states of Alaska, Oregon, and Washington and, the Province of British Columbia] when they signed the contract for the book, and must affirm that they wrote the majority of the book while living in the Pacific Northwest. 4 - NOMINATION OF BOOKS FOR CONSIDERATION: 4A - NOMINATION: Writers, editors, and attendees of the previous year's OryCon may nominate works for consideration. If that nomination does not include four (4) copies of the nominated work for review by the judges, the Committee shall request four copies of the work from the publisher. If the publisher is unable or unwilling to provide copies, the Committee may--if it possesses the funds necessary--purchase copies for the readers. 4B - CONFIRMATION OF ELIGIBILITY: Following nomination of a book, the Committee shall contact the author(s) and confirm the book's eligibility. [sff.publishing.market-reports, 15 Jan 99] MARKET INFORMATION =The Age of Reason anthology= Kurt Roth, editor of the sff.net anthology =The Age of Reason, Stories of the New Millennium=, says, "As you may know, I'm looking for stories about the next phases in human development, spurred by various types of change -- technological, sociological, biological, emotional, etc., on both individual and broader levels -- told within the context of the new millennium. On the whole, the stories I've received so far have been well written, but not very well suited to our theme. I'm getting a lot of First Contact / Alien Intervention stories, along with quite a few Virtual Reality pieces. I enjoy alien stories as much as the next person, but when it comes down to it aliens are, well, =alien=. They're external to humanity, an outside force. What I'm really looking for are forces and changes more internal to humanity, changes we've brought upon ourselves. Aliens can be used in that context, of course. I just haven't seen them used that way in our submissions to date. As for Virtual Reality, cyberpunk, etc., I may as well be blunt: I'm not a big fan of the stuff. It's going to be a tough sell, especially considering the volume of it showing up in my mailbox every day -- most of which fails to A) do anything inventive with VR and/or B) jibe with our theme. If you really want to try a VR story on me, feel free, but I don't want anyone to think of this as an editorial challenge. Contributors might be better advised to skip VR stories altogether. Finally: it seems like we're getting a lot of trunk stories, which is fine -- it's only logical; the last anthology was open for 9 days or so; it's not a bad idea to jump in with both feet and submit something ASAP -- but I want to remind everyone that we will =definitely= be open until January 31st. It's not long, but it should be time enough to consider our theme and write something new to fit. Unlike many other themed anthologies, our needs are pretty broad. Anything you write for =The Age of Reason=, should I happen to reject it, really ought to be suitable for quite a few alternate publications. I hope you'll give it a shot." [sff.publishing.news, 9 Jan 99] In answer to the question, "Does that mean far-future stuff is outside the theme of the anthology?" editor Roth replied, "It really depends on how loosely related it is to where we are right now, technologically, sociologically, etc. Not every story has to take place at or near the turn of the millennium. I'm basically using the new millennium as a fulcrum, or springboard. But if your story is so far-future that it clearly has nothing to do with the "next" phases of human development -- if it's five or ten or fifty steps ahead of where we are right now, if your future is one in which society, language, naming systems, etc. are so unrecognizable that you may as well be writing about an alien culture -- I probably won't be interested." [sff.publishing.news, 11 Jan 99] =Dell Magazines= According to the current ==, Dell Magazines (=Asimov's=, =Analog=) is "moving in January to 475 Park Ave. South, 32nd Floor, New York, NY 10016." A writer on sff.net says that Gardner Dozois, in a chat on Delphi, mentioned that "they probably wouldn't be moving into the new offices until later in the month. The mail will be forwarded for some time after the move and therefore not lost. But, mail sent to the new address before the move might be returned to its sender or even lost. "... Continue using the old address until February, just to be sure it gets where you want it to go." [sff.publishing.market-reports 6 & 7 Jan 99] =Storisende Verlag= A writer on sff.net says that German publisher Storisende Verlag's fantasy anthology is now filled and they won't begin reading submissions for the next anthology until the fall. [sff.writing.response-times, 18 Jan 99] ==End of the CALLIHOO newsletter for 19 January 1999==