CALLIHOO Newsletter ----------------------------------------------------------------- Vol. 6 No. 5 Editor: Julia West June 23, 1998 ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS Julia West's SF story for children, "Granpa is Missing on the Mars Tranship," has been picked up for publication in a sixth-grade reader by Canadian publisher ITP Nelson Canada (the largest Canadian-owned educational publisher). It will also come out on audio tape/CD for students with reading difficulties. Needless to say, Julia is thrilled by the idea of thousands of school kids reading her story. DEADLINES Let me know if you need more information on the contests, anthologies or magazines listed below. 40th Annual Utah Original Writing Competition submission window is 11 May to 26 June 1998. [Novel or nonfiction book from 60,000 wds, book-length collection of poems 50-100 pages, juvenile book: 1st $1000, 2nd $750. Poetry 10 poems, short story or personal essay to 7500 wds: 1st $300, 2nd $200. No subm. fee. Utah residents only. Contest format. Utah Arts Council, 617 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84102. (GLs in Vol. 5, No. 41)] =World Wide Writers=, British quarterly contest/magazine, deadlines 30 Jun, 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] =Writers of the Future=, 3rd quarter 1998, deadline 30 June 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)] =Tales From the Internet= E-zine, open for subs July 1-15, 1998. [H to 3500 wds, 3 cents/wd., E-sub mandatory, see http://www.drcasey.com/literature/tales/submissions.shtml for subm. information. (GLs in Vol. 6, No. 5)] =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)] 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)] 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)] CONTEST/MAGAZINE =World Wide Writers= [British quarterly contest/magazine, prizes $200 to $1000 with yearly $5,000 grand prize +$200 for publication, 1500 to 5000 wds. $10 (œ6) entrance fee. Deadlines 30 Jun, 31 Aug, 31 Oct. E-mail subs okay.] "A Magazine for the Best in Short Fiction" Quarterly Competitions for short story writers and poets. Editor: Alex Keegan URL: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~writintl/ =World Wide Writers= is a quarterly anthology of short stories from the winners of its quarterly competitions. Prizes range from a minimum of $200 up to $1,000 in each issue (plus $200 for each published story) with an annual prize of an engraved Waterford Crystal bowl and a cheque for $5,000 for the best story of the year. The competition is open to all nationalities but entries must be in English. In addition =World Wide Writers= will include vital information for all writers, details of other competitions and new markets for fiction. The next issue will be out on the last Thursday in July, 1998 and entries are required to meet the following dates. 30th June, 31st August, 31st October Any entries missing a deadline will be automatically moved forward to the next competition. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES =World Wide Writers= will seek to find and publish the best of new writing with the emphasis on entertainment and originality. Winning entries will appear alongside the work of established authors. All types of story are required: humour, horror, crime, romance and science fiction. Stories should be literate rather than literary. The key qualities will be readability and entertainment. The preferred length is 2,000 to 5,000 words and the work must not have been previously published. Entries must be typed or computer printed on one side of the paper with good margins and double spaced. No hand-written entries can be accepted. A short biography (25 words) should accompany all entries. You can send your stories by e-mail to writintl@globalnet.co.uk or post them to: World Wide Writers Competition PO Box 3229 Bournemouth BH1 1ZS United Kingdom Disk entries are welcome and should be sent as ASCII text or Apple Mac Word files. E-mail entries will be held on file until the appropriate reading fees have been received. Manuscripts must be numbered and the cover sheet should contain the entrant's name, address, phone number, title of the story and number of words. By entering, authors will have been deemed to offer first publication rights and the rights to appear in any future anthology of World Wide Writers. No manuscripts will be retained for more than three months. All entrants except prizewinners will be sent critical feedback based on a nine-element grid with brief notes. For a further $6 or œ4 authors will receive an additional one page analysis of their story. Entries must include an entry form which can be downloaded from the Internet or taken from the magazine. Photocopies of entry forms are permissible. The final judges are two independent readers and The Editor and Publisher of =World Wide Writers=. No correspondence can be undertaken with authors other than the mailing of the critique." Fees: Entry fee $10 (œ6) Additional analysis $6 (œ4) Price per copy of magazine: $10 (œ6) [E-mail from Malcolm Twigg, 23 June 98] MARKET GUIDELINES =Meisha Merlin Publishing, Inc.= [Book pub, SF/F/H novels or short story collections, no length limit, advance and standard royalties, send chapt. & outline or synopsis] New publisher of SF/F/H. Pays standard royalties: 10% on 1st 5000 copies, 12 1/2% on next 5000, 15% after, paid in August for Jan-June sales & Feb for July-Dec sales. Advance based on author's name, type of book, and length, 1/3 on signing, 1/3 on manuscript completion, 1/3 on publication; if the ms is sent complete 1/2 on signing & 1/2 on publication. No length requirements. Buys all rights; unused rights revert to author after 3 years. Looking at SF/F/H novels or short story collections. All books will be in either soft or HC trade editions, on 50 pound acid-free paper. All covers are UV protected and fully laminated. For novels: "I am looking for those novels that combine elements from more than one genre. Like =BloodWalk= is dark fantasy and mystery, =Bridling Chaos= and =Hellspark= are science fiction and mystery, or =Plan B= science fiction and romance. Or I want a novel that has a different slant or feel. I enjoy the basic science fiction, fantasy, or horror novel, but there are enough houses doing these today. If you are going to use a 'basic' character like vampires, werewolves, outer space exploration, aliens, elves, unicorns, or dragons please give them something unique. I want to see someone or something I can identify with that takes me to somewhere, introduces me to someone, or helps me see me in a new perspective." Send first 60-75 pages with outline or synopsis. Stephen Pagel, Editor/President, P.O. Box 7, Decatur, GA 30031 E-mail (GLs & info only): Meisha.Merlin@USA.net URL: http://angelfire.com/biz/MeishaMerlin [Information downloaded 23 June 1998 from http://home3.inet.tele.dk/rac/sf_pay.htm, not from Meisha Merlin's website] =Romance and Beyond= [print mag, F/SF/H emphasizing romantic relationships, to 10,000 wds, pays $5 - $15, no E-mail subs] ACQUISITIONS The editors of =Romance and Beyond= Magazine are seeking fantasy, science fiction, horror, and other speculative fiction (up to 10,000 words) in which a romantic relationship develops between the hero and heroine. Most (or all) of the internal conflict must be created--then resolved--by the emotional/physical/spiritual attraction between the hero and heroine, the more intense the better. A wide range of sensuality is acceptable, from sweet to sizzling, but no pornography. Sources of external conflict are left to your imagination, the more original the better. Tone can be very dark to humorous, but the story must be a romance and must have a happy ending. We are, also, interested in purchasing nonfiction articles on mixing romance with other genres, on writing for publication in general, and on New Age topics. Query first for articles over 1000 words. We also include poetry and fillers (such as relevant quotations, cartoons, and jokes) that relate to speculative romance. MECHANICS Submit your complete manuscript double-spaced, single-sided, non-proportional, and clearly typed. On the first page, type your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address (if you have one) at the top left corner. Type the title of your story, centered, about one-third of the way down the first page, followed by 3 or 4 blank lines, then your story. The name of your story, your last name, and the page number should appear across the top heading of each page after the first page. Include a #10 self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) with $0.32 U.S. postage attached or enclosed. Be sure to keep your original manuscript; submissions will not be returned. We would also appreciate a one-page, single-spaced cover letter which tells us about yourself, including your writing interests and experience. PAY RATE We pay $5 to $15 per story or article, one free copy of the magazine in which your work appears, and a discount on future orders. We also give a contributor's copy or discount on orders in exchange for poetry and fillers. RIGHTS We acquire one-time rights with the restriction that the work is not published elsewhere six months before or after it is published in Romance and Beyond. ADDRESS SUBMISSIONS TO: Mary Tarver, Editor Briada Press, Inc. 3527 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Suite 9 Lafayette, LA 70503-5130 We DO NOT accept on-line submissions, but you may request an occasional update on your submission using our e-mail address. Best wishes in your writing career, and thank you for considering =Romance and Beyond Magazine=. Mary Tarver, Editor [Downloaded 23 Jun 98 from website at http://members.aol.com/RBeyond/index3.html] =Tales From the Internet= [E-zine, H to 3500 wds, 3 cents/wd., E-sub mandatory, next open for subs July 1-15, 1998] Time to pull those old manuscripts out of the drawer and brush the dust off -- =Tales From The Internet= is interested in seeing them. The guidelines are simple - All submissions must have been previously unpublished and be sent in ASCII, MS Word, or WordPerfect format (any that are not, will not be considered). We are looking for fiction up to a maximum of 3500 words that is horror in nature. We realize that this is pretty general, but please understand that if you send something that treads familiar ground (vampires, serial killers, etc.), it will not be published unless we feel that it takes the concept to a new level. Due to our broad-based audience, we are not interested in erotica or stories with extreme graphic violence. In return, we are paying $0.03 per word for First Worldwide Serial Rights and non-exclusive anthology reprint rights. Please include a cover letter with your submission with a list of previously published works and some information about yourself. Please limit your submissions to one story for each set submission dates. We are looking for the best you have to offer, but encourage you not to be put off by the guidelines above. If you have never published a piece of work before, we are still more then interested in hearing from you. Show us what you got. Due to the high volume of submissions, we will only be accepting during set dates. Any submissions received before or after these dates will not be considered. Expect three to five weeks for a reply. Watch the web page for information on how and when to submit. Next open submissions dates - July 1-15. [http://www.drcasey.com/literature/tales/ submissions.shtml, downloaded 23 June 98] =The Tales' Realm= [E-zine, SF/F 500 - 10,000 wds., 1/4 cent/wd on acceptance, (1/10 cent for reprints) e-subs only, no sim subs, mult subs okay.] We welcome and encourage new writers. I am currently looking for any Science Fiction/Fantasy Stories. And I do mean any. Hard Sci-Fi, High Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, anything! I accept any style, topic and/or theme, but I have the following restrictions: * No excessive sex/porn. * No graphic torture (sexual or otherwise). * No child abuse. Other than that, I'll accept anything. But remember, I just love a story with an exotic setting. I accept all stories ranging from 500 to 10,000 words. Please query if over 10,000 words, and if your story is less than 1,000 words, please don't sacrifice character development for length. Yes, I know it's a challenge. I accept electronic submissions only. Please send all of them to: Dengar@prodigy.net If sent as a file attachment, all manuscripts must be double-spaced on one side of the page, preferably in a monospaced font, (such as Courier New). Your last name and the title of the story should appear in the upper left hand corner of the page, with the word count appearing in the right. Please include a cover page, where your name and address are listed, as well as the title of your story. Your e-mail address must be included as well. All manuscripts sent in the body of the e-mail, please ignore font and double-spacing and such things, but please include all of the information requested above. I pay 1/4 cents per word on acceptance for First North American Serial Rights, and I pay 1/10 cents per word for reprints. I no longer accept simultaneous submissions, sorry, but I do accept multiple submissions. Just please don't flood me with your entire portfolio. I also accept poetry, which is to be single-spaced. Your last name and the title of your poem are to appear in the upper left-hand corner of the page. Poems also should have some sort of sci-fi/fantasy bend. I pay the same rate for poetry as for stories. I am also very eager for artwork! Please send all artwork by e-mail to the e-mail address above, preferably in GIF or JPG format. I pay various rates for artwork depending on size. [Downloaded from =The Tale's Realm= website at http://pages.prodigy.net/dengar/index3.htm 23 June 98] =Vampire Dan's Story Emporium= [Quarterly print mag, SF/F/H to 5000 wds, 1/4 cent/wd., E-mail subs, reprints, sim subs okay. No mult subs] Looking for: science fiction, fantasy, horror. Humor related to these topics is OK. Issues are published quarterly. Fiction length: up to 5000 words. Please, no sex, splatter-gore, reviews, non-fiction, or interviews. Poetry: Up to 100 lines. I will look at up to ten pieces at a time. Art: I will look at portfolios and contact you if interested. SUBMISSIONS: Must be typewritten. You may either mail to the P.O. box or E-mail them to me, as long as the submission is IN THE BODY OF THE E-MAIL. Please don't send attached files. To put your submission in the body of the E-mail, highlight it, then copy it. Open up a blank E-mail letter to my address with SUBMISSION in the title line if applicable. Paste your document in the body area. Make it as neat as possible so that when it gets to me, it isn't a jumbled mess. My E-mail address is: DMedici@AOL.COM. Reprints OK, just let me know. Simultaneous submissions OK, just let me know too, but no multiple submissions except poetry. Please include SASE with all submissions! Response time: 4-6 weeks. If you want the manuscript back, tell me and make sure you put enough return postage on the SASE. Please include a short cover letter/bio with your submission. Also, tell me how you discovered Vampire Dan's. Payment: I take FNASR and pay 1/4 cent a word for fiction, $2 per poem, and 1 contributor copy which will be sent to you on publication of the issue your piece is in. As soon as you are published, your rights revert back to you. Have a look at a sample issue of =Vampire Dan's Story Emporium= before submitting, this will save you both time and money, and will be enjoyable as well! SUBSCRIPTIONS: All subscriptions come with a limited guarantee that if you order a year's subscription, you get FOUR ISSUES, or you get a refund on the difference. This means that if the magazine were to be discontinued, you would not be penalized for the remaining issues. I believe in this because this is the way I would have liked to be treated by some CERTAIN magazines who decided to cancel and VANISH after the first issue, reneging on my year's subscription. United States: $16.00 for four issues (one year), sample issue: $4.00. Canada: $18.00 for four issues (one year), sample issue $4.50 Europe: $22.00 for four issues (one year), sample issue $5.50 Make checks or money orders payable in U.S. funds to Daniel Medici. All prices include postage. Vampire Dan's Story Emporium Attn: Daniel Paul Medici P.O. Box 252 Syracuse, NY 13215 Dmedici@aol.com [Downloaded from Vampire Dan's Story Emporium website, http://members.aol.com/ ~dmedici/guidline.htm, on 23 June 98] MARKET INFORMATION =Cadence= A February report on the Web says that mail is being returned from =Cadence= magazine, John J. Liptow, Box 8128, Janesville WI 53547-8128. [http://www.bayarea.net/~stef/sf-markets.txt] =Cemetery Dance= =Cemetery Dance= has a website at http://www.horrornet.com/ dance.htm. They don't have submission guidelines there, though. =Dark Starr= I found this information out on the web at http://www.globalserve.net/~iandl/address.txt. I don't know anything else about this magazine. =Dark Starr=; P.O. Box 1107, Blythe CA 92226-1107; Richard Navarro, Editor; Marjorie Navarro, Fiction Editor. No E-subs. Genres: fantasy, science fantasy, sword & sorcery, horror, SF. 300-8,500 words, payment 1/4 cent/wd. on acceptance. Sim subs, reprints OK. Last update 20 Feb 98, source =Writer's Market=. =Dream Forge= An April report on the web (dated 5 April 1998) says that =Dream Forge= has temporarily lost its funding and cannot pay right now. This was confirmed by checking the =Dream Forge= website at http://www.pcisys.net/~drmforge/dftoc.htm =Epitaph= The horror magazine put out by the same people who publish =Pirate Writings=, has a website at: http://www.horrornet.com/ epitaph.htm. Again, no submission guidelines available online. =Explorer Magazine= Another one listed at http://www.globalserve.net/~iandl/ address.txt. =Explorer Magazine=, Flory Publishing Co., Box 210, Notre Dame, IN 46556; Raymond Flory, Editor. SF, 300-700 wds, pays $10 to $25 on publication. Sim subs okay. Source: =Writer's Market=. =Galaxy= =Galaxy= e-magazine has a new URL: http://www.galaxyezine.org/. The entire site has changed from the former very unfriendly one to one that's chatty, interesting, and actually has stories on it! I didn't, however, find writer's guidelines. =Intermix= In an E-mail Michael Hicks, publisher of =Intermix= said, "Please note that the =Intermix SF/Fantasy Online= has ceased publication." He listed an address, E-mail, and phone number for if anyone has questions about submitted work. Michael Hicks, Publisher, 72 Edgemont Road, Milford CT 06460. Tel/fax: (203) 874-0312 E-mail (for inquiries only): mhicks@greenwich.com [18 Mar 98] =The Third Alternative= Another bit of information found out on the web. =The Third Alternative=, a SF/F/H print magazine. Pays semi-pro rates, no length restriction (within reason). Pays on publication. "We publish modern, character-led horror, fantasy and science fiction, and we specialise in borderline material which might not specifically be of these genres, i.e. slipstream/crossgenre, stories that use elements of the above genres, to varying degrees, but with a mainstream sensibility." No reprints, E-mail or sim subs. Out-of-UK subs need 2 IRCs (will also E-mail response if ms is disposable). Include cover letter. Andy Cox, Editor, TTA PRESS, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB, England. =The Tales' Realm= The editor of =The Tales' Realm= says, "I would like to formally apologize to all of the readers and authors who are working at turning this into a real magazine, and especially to all of the authors (and I know you're out there) who sent me submissions, or whose work I had accepted, that I have neither contacted nor printed here. I am terribly sorry for the delay, however my hard drive died and all of my e-mail addresses, files, submissions, records, etc. were destroyed. I have been working night and day since getting a new HD to put the magazine back together. However, due to the delay, I am now forced to combine the January and February issues together into one oversize January/February issue. However, I know there were a couple of authors who I could not contact, and who expect the appearance of their work here. I am very sorry, but I lost your work along with my hard drive and could not dig up your e-mail address or printed copy of your work. However, I do have your names and the titles of the works written down, and if you re-send it to me, I will print it post-haste." [http://pages.prodigy.net/dengar/index3.htm, downloaded 23 June 98] ==End of the CALLIHOO newsletter for 23 June 1998==