CALLIHOO Newsletter
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Vol. 6 No. 9             Editor:  Julia West        July 21, 1998
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                    What does "CALLIHOO" mean?

Over the years, I've had a number of people ask me "Does CALLIHOO
mean something?"  I printed the explanation once in the
newsletter, but couldn't find it.  So I asked Dave Urbanek, who's
another CALLIHOO founder and remembers what it does mean, to
share with the new members of CALLIHOO and those who get this
newsletter by E-mail.  Thanks, Dave!

When we first started our writer's group there were a few things
we wanted. We wanted to meet every week because we wanted faster
turn around times for critiques. We wanted to have some good
writers and readers. We wanted it to last for a good long time.
One of our members, Charlene, said that her research into social
behavior indicated that groups tend to last longer if there is
some lore or secret that members know which is not general
knowledge such as a unique or symbolic name.  So that's what we
came up with. For those who want to know, CALLIHOO is an acronym:
Creative Authors of Literary Legerdemain, (two words starting
with I and H) and Obscure Oxidemitry.

The IH words were never really agreed upon. Charlene and I
thought long and hard and came up with a few possibilities. I
think originally the IH words were "Inspiring Heroism". After a
while it was more fun to have an acronym with the parenthetic
phrase (two words starting with I and H).  Consider the IH words
as interchangeable depending on the situation.

If you're a obsessive compulsive person -- and a lot of writers
seem to be -- you can come up with your own two words starting
with I and H.  They should be long, multi-syllabic, obscure
members of the English vocabulary. We could have a contest
seeking the best IH combination (winner to get his/her feet
licked by a cat or something). This would also serve to create a
list of good IH words that can be inserted whenever needed.

                            DEADLINES

Let me know if you need more information on the contests,
anthologies or magazines listed below.

=More Monsters From Memphis=, second in a series, deadline 30
July 1998. [Horror about Memphis, 1000-10,000 wds, 1/2 to 6
cents/wd., $15 reading fee unless HWA or SFWA member, Beecher
Smith, Editor, 44 N. Second St., Suite 1000, Memphis, TN
38103-2220.  (GLs in Vol. 5, No. 41)]

=World Wide Writers=, British quarterly contest/magazine,
deadlines 31 Aug, 31 Oct 1998.  [Prizes $200 to $1000 with yearly
$5,000 grand prize, 2,000 to 5,000 wds.  $10 (œ6) entrance fee.
E-mail subs okay.  Requires entry form; can be downloaded from
www.users. globalnet.co.uk/~writintl/, World Wide Writers
Competition, PO Box 3229, Bournemouth BH1 1ZS, United Kingdom. 
(GLs in Vol. 6, No. 5]

UPC Science Fiction Award 1998, deadline 14 September 1998.  [SF
in Catalan, Spanish, English or French, 70 to 115 pages (25,000
to 40,000 words), first prize of 1,000,000 PTA (abt. $8,000),
perhaps a special mention of 250,000 PTA.  Winning novella
published by the UPC through Ediciones B, in its collection "NOVA
ciencia ficcion." Consell Social de la UPC, Edifici NEXUS, Gran
Capita 2-4, 08034- Barcelona (SPAIN).  (GLs in Vol. 5, No. 30)]

=Writers of the Future=, 4th quarter 1998, deadline 30 September
1998.  [$1000 first, $750 2nd, $500 3rd place.  L. Ron Hubbard
Writers of the Future Contest, P.O. Box 1630-JBW, Los Angeles, CA
90078.  (GLs in Vol. 4, No. 32)]

The next reading period for =Tales of the Unanticipated= (issue
#20) is tentatively set for 1 September to 1 October 1998.

Eighteenth Annual Science Fiction/fantasy Short Story Contest
Sponsored by Science Fiction Writers of Earth, deadline 30
October 1998.  [SF/F 2,000 - 7,500 wds, $5.00 entry fee 1st subm,
$2.00 thereafter, unpublished writers.  $200 1st prize, $100 2nd,
$50 3rd.  SFWoE, P.O. Box 121293, Fort Worth, Texas 76121.  (GLs
in Vol. 5 No. 34)]

=Altair= Issue #3 competition, deadline 1 Nov 1998.  [SF/F 2,000
to 10,000 wds, entry fee $5.00 U.S./each, mult. subm. okay, 1st
$400, 2nd $200, 3rd $100.  E-mail subm. okay to
altair@senet.com.au (pay entry fee by credit card) or mail to
Altair Publishing, PO Box 475, Blackwood 5051, South Australia,
Australia.  (GLs in Vol. 5 No. 32)]


                        MARKET INFORMATION

=Cartwheel=
A writer on Genie notes that Cartwheel (Scholastic) is closed to
unsolicited submissions).  Her ms. was returned with the address
blacked out and "Unsolicited Return To Sender" written on it.

According to the '98 =Children's Writer's & Illustrator's
Market=, they are open to submissions of complete mss.  And she
had submitted to them before (although quite some time ago), and
received a personal rejection letter.
[SFRT4, Cat 4, Top 6, 6 Jul 1998]

=Huckleberry=
A writer warns her peers:  "This just in from my agent.  I've
always suspected the publishing industry was a bit of a "racket"
but this is ridiculous!  Sounds to me like it's time for all
honest writers to black-ball Huckleberry."

The agent writes,"Received the following from one of my clients. 
From SCBWI [Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustraters]:

"The May issue of the Houston newsletter had an interview with
Noreen Wise, editor, at Huckleberry.  One of our members
submitted with SASE. Returned in the SASE (sans manuscript) was a
long letter complaining about people who browse bookstores
without buying and how much money she (Wise) had invested in
Huckleberry books.   Wise stated in the letter that they would
assess your manuscript if you 'purchase $25 worth of our books'
(naming her own as examples).  Then you are to 'send us your
receipts' marking the envelopes that receipts are enclosed. 'All
envelopes marked as such will be opened first and assessed.'

"Wise went on to say that if the person submitting would get 10
friends to do the same (buy $25 worth of Huckleberry books) and
send the receipts from all of them, 'We will move heaven and
earth to assist you in getting published.'

"As a note, our member did not receive her manuscript.  With the
above-mentioned letter, there were guidelines stating that
Huckleberry does not return manuscripts.  The member has sent
notice she is withdrawing her story."

         ==End of CALLIHOO newsletter for 21 July 1998==