CALLIHOO Newsletter ----------------------------------------------------------------- Vol. 6 No. 40 Editor: Julia West March 9, 1999 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Web page: http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/CALLIHOO/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS Brook and Julia West's stories "Sea of Chaos," "A Portion for Foxes," and "The Peachwood Flute" were accepted by Alexandria Digital Literature recently for electronic reprints. We'll keep you posted as to when they'll be available for download at AlexLit. In the meantime, check out AlexLit and rate a bunch of novels and/or stories. Once you've done that, let Hypatia recommend stories she thinks you'll enjoy. It's a fascinating use of computer technology! 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. =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: Eternity Unbound, open submission, deadline 1 April 99 or when it's filled. [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. 38)] =XX= Magazine, issue 1 deadline 1 Apr 1999. [SF 1000-7000 wds, 1/4 cent/wd., no reprints or sim subs, E-mail subm okay, Jon Hodges, editor, c/o XX, 1959 N. Peace Haven Rd. #317, Winston-Salem, NC 27106-4850, E-mail: jon@blindside.net. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 38)] Jewish Science Fiction anthology, deadline 15 April 1999. [Jewish SF, pays $250, 6000-10,000 wds, all subm E-mail to Chaim Mazo, pop@netvision.net.il. [GLs in Vol. 6, No. 38)] The Western Humanities Review Seventh Annual Competition for Utah Writers, deadline 16 April 1999. [Utah residents only, no entry fee, one entry per person per category, contest format, fiction to 25 pp, poetry to 10 pp., $250 prize + pub in WHR. =Western Humanities Review=, LNCO 3500, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 40)] =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. 38)] Carson McCullers Prize for the Short Story, postmark deadline 3 May 1999. [Original unpublished short stories, any genre, to 5,000 words, prizes $2,500 and (3) $1,000, entry fee $10 per entry, get form at website, send to =Story='s Carson McCullers Prize for the Short Story, 1507 Dana Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45207. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 35)] =Pulp Eternity= Volume 6: Women of Empowerment. Deadline 1 July 1999 or when it's filled. [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. 38)] =A Twist of the Knife= anthology, received deadline 1 July 1999 [H/DF about traditional monsters with a twist, to 5000 wds, pays $10, reprints and sim subs okay, e-mail subm preferred, text in the body of an e-mail to kirkwood@nucleus.com, snail-mail to J. Kirkwood, Apt 1, 17728 - 81 Avenue NW, Edmonton AB T5T 1M1 Canada. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 35) ] =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. 38)] ByLine contest, 1st chapter of a novel - Deadline August 5, 1999. [Opening chapter of unpublished novel. Mainstream or genre; adult or YA audience. Maximum 25 pages. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $70, $35, $20. Mail entries to: Contests, ByLine Magazine, PO Box 130596, Edmond, OK 73013. (GLs in Vol. 6, No. 36)] =Pulp Eternity= Volume 7: Alternatives II/ Science Fiction. Deadline 1 September 1999 or when filled. [SF and alt. sexuality, 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. 38)] ByLine Contest, genre fiction - Deadline September 4, 1999. [Short story to 5,000 wds, romance, sci-fi, confession, mystery, western, etc. No children's stories. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $50, $30, $15. Mail entries to: Contests, ByLine Magazine, PO Box 130596, Edmond, OK 73013. (GLs in Vol. 6, No. 36)] Technology: The Price We Pay Fiction Contest, deadline 1 October 1999. [Stories abt. technology, to 10,000 words, no entry fee, 1st prize $300 and publication in =Pulp Eternity=, subscribers unlimited entries, nonsub one entry, Steve Algieri, Eternity Press Technology: The Price We Pay Fiction Contest, PO Box 930068, Norcross, GA 30003. (GLs in Vol. 6, No. 38)] =Pulp Eternity= Volume 8: I Am Cat. Deadline 15 Dec 1999 or when filled. [SF 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. 38)] =Starlight 3= anthology, deadline end of 1999. [SF/F, pays 7-1/2 cents/wd., no upper word limit, Starlight 3 c/o Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor Books, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010. (GLs in Vol. 6, No. 38)] CONTEST =The Western Humanities Review Seventh Annual Competition for Utah Writers= [Contest, deadline 16 Apr 99, Utah residents only, no entry fee, one entry per person per category, contest format, fiction to 25 pp, poetry to 10 pp., $250 prize + pub in WHR] =Western Humanities Review= has appeared quarterly for the past fifty years and includes a mix of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction essays on topics of both general and scholarly interest. It has published many distinguished writers, including, in recent years, Joseph Brodsky, Jeanette Haien, Deborah Eisenberg, Albert Goldbarth, Allen Grossman, Debora Greger, Bin Ramke, Philip Levin, Lucie Brock-Broido, James MacManus, Gordon Weaver, Richard Poirier, Timothy Liu, Rachel Wetzsteon, Joyce Carol Oates , and Helen Vendler. One of our aims is to put writing produced in Utah and the rest of the Mountain West into a national context and to draw attention to the distinctive character of local voices. Two first prizes will be awarded, one for fiction and one for poetry. Each winner will receive a cash award of $250 and publication in the Fall 1999 issue of =Western Humanities Review=. Eligibility: Writers should be current residents of Utah, and all material submitted should be previously unpublished. Previous winners may not enter in the same category. Entry Guidelines: * Submissions of poetry should not exceed 10 pages or 5 poems. * Submissions of fiction should not exceed 25 pages. * All prose manuscripts should be typed and double-spaced. * So that the entries may be judged anonymously, the writer's name should appear =only= on the cover sheet. The cover sheet should include the author's legal name and address, daytime phone number, title of the manuscript or manuscripts submitted, and the category in which entries are submitted. * Entries should be mailed to =Western Humanities Review=, LNCO 3500, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. * A self-addressed, stamped envelope must be included for return of the entries and/or notification of contest results. Works submitted with insufficient postage will not be returned. Selection: Initial screening will be carried out by the staff and editorial board of =Western Humanities Review=. Final selection will be made by nationally recognized writers not affiliated with the University of Utah. The names of the judges will be announced at the same time as those of the winners. Schedule: The deadline for submissions to the contest is Friday, April 6, 1999. Winners will be announced by July 1999. =The Western Humanities Review= gratefully acknowledges the support of the Utah Arts Council as enabling this contest. [Flyer from =The Western Humanities Review=] For more information call WHR at 581-6070 or E-mail questions to whr@lists.utah.edu. Jenny Mueller, Managing Editor of =The Western Humanities Review=, says, "There are no stipulations as to style -- only genre (that is, the competition awards prizes in poetry and fiction, but not in "creative non-fiction" or other forms of prose). There will be one judge for fiction and one for poetry; both will be writers of reputation and significant publication in their field who are not affiliated with the University of Utah, and their names will not be released until after the judging process has been completed and winners have been notified. "With rare exceptions, authors published in WHR grant the magazine first North American serial rights on the published work. That means publishers need to write us for permission to reprint the work, which is usually granted for free in exchange for acknowledgement that the work first appeared in WHR. "You can send or drop off the submission to the WHR campus mailbox, which is in LNCO 3500 (the English department office) next to the faculty mailboxes. "There are copies of WHR in the [University of Utah Marriott] library. "One [entry] for fiction and/or poetry per person. Multiple entries in the same category are strictly prohibited." [Additional information gathered from E-mails] MARKET GUIDELINES =Papyrus= [Webzine, SF/F 1000-2500 wds, 5 cents/wd for e-mailed or 4 cents/wd for snailmailed subm. (4 or 3 cents/wd for reprints).] Brent P. Newhall--editor Papyrus Submissions P.O. Box 976 Great Falls, VA 22066-3331 http://www.papyrus-fiction.com/ submissions@papyrus-fiction.com What we're looking for Quality science fiction and fantasy short stories (sorry; no novellas just yet), of approximately 1,000 to 2,500 words. We'll take adventure, contemplative, courtly, vampiric, character- oriented, cyberpunk, epic, space opera, or whatever else you'd like to throw at us, as long as it's interesting and makes its point. The less sex, profanity, and violence, the better. If it's truly necessary for the story, fine, but we're not in the market for X-rated stories. Probably the best advice I can give writers about what to submit is to quote Patrick Nielsen Hayden, an editor at Tor: "Experience has taught me -- as it tends to teach many editors -- that the book I really want is probably one I haven't thought of." We would like some sort of cover letter or introduction with your submission, explaining previous experience and such; this is used mainly for our write-up. You may include an introduction or overview to the story, though that is not required. What you have to do Here's what we accept for submissions, in order from most preferred to least preferred: E-mailed submissions, with the story contained in the body of the e-mail, in HTML formatted as we have it on our site. Be sure to indicate where the story begins and ends ("BEGIN STORY" and "THE END", on separate lines, should do nicely). E-mailed submissions, with the story in plain-text contained in the body of the e-mail. Bold should be indicated by surrounding the text with asterisks (*like this*), and italics with underscores (_like this_). E-mailed submissions, with the story attached as a plain-text, Microsoft Word (up to Word 97), or Corel WordPerfect (up to version 8.0) format. In Word or WP submissions, simply format your document as you want it to appear. The URL of an already-web-published story. We will take the existing HTML, modify it to fit our site, and post that. If the original web version is radically different from our format, we may either A) just forget it, or B) ask you to send us a regular version. Regular mail submissions. Be warned that this involves more work for us, and consequently somewhat lowers your chance of being accepted. Please do not use fancy formatting, such as strange font sizes, different fonts for the first few words of a section, changing the color of your text, putting the first few words in all caps, or messing with the margins. We prefer a Courier-style font, in 10- or 12-point, throughout the document. Indicate a section break (blank lines separating sections of the story) with a # or * in the center of the line. If submitting via e-mail, please put the title of the story in the subject line of the e-mail (a subject of "Story Submission" isn't particularly helpful when sorting through submissions!). PLEASE NOTE: By submitting a story to =Papyrus=, you must agree to the following: Your story will be published to our site, on the world-wide web, for a period of 28 calendar days, and your story may not be a plagiarism of existing work. We pay 5 cents per word, on acceptance, for electronic submissions, and 4 cents per word for snailmailed submissions of previously-unpublished stories. We offer 4 cents per word and 3 cents per word, respectively, for e-mailed or snail-mailed reprints (on acceptance). These rates are for stories up to 2,500 words (in other words, an e-mailed unpublished story would garner $125 if its word count is above 2,500 words). E-mail your story to submissions@papyrus-fiction.com, or regular-mail them to the address below. Papyrus Submissions P.O. Box 976 Great Falls, VA 22066-3331 Please only submit one story per e-mail or envelope. Wait at least six months before submitting a story again, even after rewriting it. Include your name, mailing address, and e-mail address with every submission. What we will do We'll take your submission, read it, and get back to you in a week or so with a yes or no. We'll then publish your story as soon as possible, depending on our publishing schedule. Once your story is published, we'll delete any other copies we may have. After one month, we will remove your story from our server. Obviously, don't publish it anywhere else while we have it on our site. If we reject your story, we'll include in our response some indication of why we rejected it. We consider this a courtesy to writers, and, hopefully, an encouragement to try again. A note on re-publishing In general, publishing a story on the web is considered "real" publishing of that story. Thus, a story published here will probably be accepted by print publishers only as a reprint (which pro publishers generally don't want). The state of things I currently receive two or three stories a day. That's fifteen to twenty in a week, of which I only accept one. About half of what I receive I reject outright for being too amateurish or just plain bad. Roughly half of what's remaining is nice, but contains one or two flaws. The rest (about 25% of what I get) is good and publishable, and at that point I choose the one I like the best, no offense to the others. Copyright 1999 Papyrus Fiction, Inc. All Rights Reserved. [From website at http://www.papyrus-fiction.com/submissions.html] =Sapphire Magazine= [Quarterly webzine, all genres, $25 - $50, to 5000 words, no reprints] Submission Guidelines We currently publish the Web-based quarterly, =Sapphire Magazine=, and a weekly supplement, =Sapphire Sunday= -- a free, subscription-based newsletter delivered via e-mail. We are paying for original, unpublished fiction, non-fiction, poetry, art and opinion. Please do not submit material that has been previously published, regardless of the publication format. Before you submit material, please read the publications! =Sapphire Magazine= can be accessed at http://www.sapphiremag.com To read =Sapphire Sunday= send any e-mail to subscribe@sapphiremag.com (unsubscribe instructions are contained in the newsletter). Deadlines Submissions for =Sapphire Sunday= (small filler items--humor, puns, limericks, poetry, anecdotes, non-fiction, etc. (max. 250 words)) have no deadline per se, but if you wish to target a specific date please submit your material as far in advance of that date as possible. We are not interested in material that: * focuses on erotica or sexual content * promotes unlawful or criminal activities * encourages discrimination, prejudice, or violence * violates copyrights or intellectual property rights We support your right to freely express yourself, and similarly exercise our right to publish material as we see fit. Rejection or acceptance is solely at our discretion. Editorial Calendar The major editorial theme is in upper case. =Sapphire Sunday= operates under no specific editorial calendar, but if you do have an article, story or poem that coincides with a certain date please provide your copy as far in advance of that date as possible. Date / Issue / Theme July 1999 Volume II, No. 1 [deadline: May 31, 1999] THE SEXES / Summer / Fire / Youth / Movies & TV / Computer Graphics October 1999 Volume II, No. 2 [deadline: August 31, 1999] THE NEW CENTURY / Fall / Earth / Adulthood / Hobbies / Computer Games January 2000 Volume II, No. 3 [deadline: November 30, 1999] HUMOR / Winter / Wind / Old Age / Taxes & Finance / Future of Computing RIGHTS PURCHASED =Sapphire Magazine= and =Sapphire Sunday= make a one-time purchase of the following rights: 1. First Internet publication 2. Electronic archival (back issue - 12 months) 3. One-time hard-copy anthology To amplify, we purchase first Internet publication in an upcoming issue, with online availability of your material for 12 months subsequent to the end of the issue, and possible placement in a future hardcopy anthology. If selected for the anthology it will be credited to the author and noted "Originally appeared in =Sapphire Magazine=/=Sapphire Sunday= [date], re-printed with permission." A sample publication contract appears at the bottom of this document. =Sapphire Sunday= makes a one-time purchase of first electronic publication rights. Copyright reverts to the author after Internet or newsletter publication. Note that forwarding and/or distribution of the entirety of the =Sapphire Sunday= newsletter is encouraged in order to increase exposure and the subscriber base. A primary function of the newsletter is to keep the Web site in focus. PAYMENT SCHEDULE - SAPPHIRE MAGAZINE Payment is a flat fee (in US dollars) on publication: Poetry: $10.00 - 20.00 Fiction: $25.00 - 50.00 Non-Fiction: $20.00 - 40.00 Fillers: $5.00 - 10.00 Artwork: see below Artwork: =Sapphire Magazine= seeks original cover art and smaller items that coordinate aesthetically with the cover to be used throughout each issue. We occasionally will use artwork as illustrations for a particular article/theme, and also editorial and other cartoons or comic strips. Refer to the Editorial Calendar above for information on our general focus as well as the description below and please contact us if you feel you can contribute. Rates begin at $35.00 per cover/issue, illustrations, cartoons/comics begin at $15.00. Artwork must also be original material and previously unpublished. PAYMENT SCHEDULE - SAPPHIRE SUNDAY $5.00 - $10.00 (US) SAPPHIRE MAGAZINE - WHAT WE SEEK Our slogan says it: "A virtual diversion of literature and opinion." The focus of =Sapphire Magazine= is to provide our readers with well-written, thought-provoking, entertaining and informative articles. Literature is simply a body of writings--prose or verse. Opinion is understood as a belief not necessarily backed with positive proof. In other words, the doors are wide open. Fiction - Max. 5000 words Well-developed original fiction in virtually all categories: adventure, mystery, horror, humor, science-fiction, fantasy, mainstream, metaphysics/religion, suspense, western, etc., all have a place in Sapphire. We will consider longer works for publication in serial format: please provide an outline and a couple of chapters for review. Non-Fiction - Max. 3000 words Crisp, accurate articles on how-to, art, business, consumer issues, games, self-help, family, history, book reviews, music reviews, movie reviews, television, Web sites, outdoors, indoors, rural life, city life, youth, adulthood ... you get the idea. Bear in mind that we are currently a quarterly publication--current events material may be "stale" by the time an issue is published. Since our format is Web-based, consumer-related articles about computers, software and hardware (reviews, tips and tricks, etc.), online resources, and so on, are certainly of interest. We also have an understandable focus on the craft of writing and items that contribute to the enjoyment of literature, especially in the electronic milieu. Opinion - Max. 3000 words Thoughtful, well-articulated and carefully reasoned opinion/essay pieces on virtually any subject will be considered. Poetry Metered or free verse, haiku, limericks ... all forms of non-prose expression are considered. Sapphire Sunday - What We Seek We are generally interested in smaller (500 word or less) "filler" fiction and non-fiction items of types similar to those described for SAPPHIRE MAGAZINE above. All forms of poetry are also considered. SUBMISSION FORMAT - Please Read Carefully With all submissions, include: Your name, E-mail address, URL (if available), Mailing address, A brief biography, Copyright date. E-MAIL IS THE PREFERRED SUBMISSION MEDIUM. Send either plain ASCII text or MS Word-compatible (any release up to MS-Word 98) documents. E-mail your submissions to submissions@sapphiremag.com Artwork may be attached to emails in the usual formats (.BMP, .JPG, .GIF ...). ZIP (PKZIP/WinZIP) compression to reduce transmission time is appreciated, but not required. Hardcopy: articles/fiction should be type-written, double-spaced, single-sided, numbered pages with the title and your name on each page. Poetry can be single-spaced, single-sided, pages numbered with the title and your name on each page. Artwork is acceptable on hardcopy, although electronic transmission is preferred to ensure no loss of image fidelity in a scanning process. PLEASE DO NOT FAX SUBMISSIONS - THEY WILL BE DISREGARDED. Machine-Readable media: 3.25" PC-formatted floppy--plain ASCII text or MS Word-compatible files for articles, please. Be sure to use a protective mailer, and to include a self-addressed mailer with adequate postage if you want the media returned. Submissions can be mailed to: Submissions, Sapphire Magazine, P.O. Box 260050, Plano, TX 75026-0050, USA Mailed submissions are returned only if you include a self addressed envelope with proper postage. INCLUDE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS WITH ALL SUBMISSIONS, PLEASE. You will receive e-mail acknowledgement that your submission was received, and e-mail notification within four-to-six weeks as to its rejection or acceptance. If a submission is considered acceptable for publication, a contract defining the specific terms will be sent to you along with the acceptance notification. This contract must be signed by the creator of the material or his or her agent before publication. Thank you for considering =Sapphire Magazine=. We look forward to working with you! Ron Kolb, Senior Editor editor@sapphiremag.com http://www.sapphiremag.com [From website at http://www.sapphiremag.com/] MARKET INFORMATION =Phic-Shun= The web market I had guidelines from last issue, =Phic-Shun=, replied to my E-mail asking about payment. Co-editor Roland Mann said, "=Phic-Shun=, unfortunately, does not pay for web publishing at this time. Our main draws are that you get web and or email links from your bio, and the fact that Phic-Shun gets some pretty decent traffic. We're working on trying to get a "paper" edition, but when/if that happens, all writers will be contacted. It will most likely be for a royalty only deal. This, of course, has yet to happen. [E-mail from Roland Mann dated 23 Feb 99] =Shadow Feast/A Twist of the Knife= =Shadow Feast Online= and its upcoming print anthology, =A Twist of the Knife=, are both filling fast, so submissions should come in as early as possible. Also, they're trying to get all electronic submissions replied to within two weeks of receipt. They should never take more than three weeks. Snail mail subs, on the other hand, might take up to 6 weeks. Complete guidelines for both are available at http://www.nucleus.com/~kirkwood/static/sub.htm. [sff.writing.response-times, 2 Mar 99] WORKSHOP LAST CHANCE! This is definitely worth the time and money. Writing a Bestseller, Part I Since dozens of people have requested it, Dave Wolverton will again be teaching part I of his seminar on writing a bestselling novel. This seminar focuses on advanced techniques that can help you generate and flesh out your own novel. Learn how most new authors sabotage their own careers. Find out "Why People Read" so that you can make your work accessible to a wider audience. Discover some of the elements that are hallmarks of a potential blockbuster bestseller in any genre. Find out the secrets to writing a great plot, and learn a number of principals that can make any story more gripping. Learn advanced techniques for creating well-rounded characters. Discover how to avoid pitfalls in plotting your novels--such as the sagging middle or the dwindling end. Find out how you can create a powerful, memorable ending to your story. Saturday, March 20, 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM Saturday, April 3, 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM American Fork Quality Inn, 712 S. Utah Valley Drive Price: $165.00 This seminar will be slightly revised and expanded from his first iteration, and Dave does not plan to give this seminar here in Utah again. So, if you're interested, register now. For we most certainly will never pass this way again. To register, contact Dave Wolverton at (801) 225-5135, or via e-mail at dwolvert@itsnet.com. GILA QUEEN UPDATES The annual mystery/suspense issue of THE GILA QUEEN'S GUIDE TO MARKETS is now available. GQ#99 features nearly one hundred mystery/suspense US, Canadian and foreign markets (book publishers, magazines, online publishers, plus listings for resources, writers' organizations, anthologies, contests and awards, conferences and workshops, and a whole lot more) for both fiction and nonfiction writers. A mystery/suspense update is in Issue #100, which is also the romance/women's fiction issue. #100 can be pre-ordered for $8. This promises to be a big issue, because it's THE GILA QUEEN's anniversary. You don't want to miss out on this one! Special Issue #2, the erotica issue, is available for $7. YOU MUST BE 21 OR OLDER TO ORDER THIS ISSUE. PLEASE PROVIDE AGE STATEMENT. Some 180+ markets are listed: book publishers, anthologies, magazines, gay/lesbian, webzines, etc. A little something for everyone. Copies of the SF/F/H issues (#97 and #98) are still available, but they're going fast. $7 each, or both for $15. Just a reminder: there are new or updated sf/f/h markets in every issue of THE GILA QUEEN. The Dead Market Listing costs $5 and lists nearly 2000 dead markets, cataloged from 1998 to the present. Don't waste your time and postage by submitting to a magazine that hasn't been around for a while. Subscription rates for 12 issues: $34/US sub; $38/Canada; $50/overseas. Mention where you read about The Gila Queen and get an extra issue--this offer expires May 30th. Each issue of THE GILA QUEEN features a particular topic (or two or three), and also has sections for "regular" markets, updates on where editors are, new addresses, dead markets, what editors really want, publishing news, anthologies, and contests, as well as excellent articles written by professional freelancers. Order from Kathryn Ptacek (check or money order in US dollars, payable to her). PO Box 97, Newton NJ 07860 (973)579-1537; fax: (973)579-6441 E-mail: GilaQueen@aol.com http://members.xoom.com/GilaQueen If you use the order form at the Web site, you get an extra issue added to your subscription. ==End of the CALLIHOO newsletter for 9 March 1999==