CALLIHOO Newsletter ----------------------------------------------------------------- Vol. 7 No. 9 Editor: Julia West July 20, 1999 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Web page: http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/CALLIHOO/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS Ken Rand's story "Side Effects" will be in the Westercon Souvenir CD. His story "Desperate Times" will appear in =Maelstrom= and he sold "Queen O' the Dragons" to an as-yet-to-be named French fantasy magazine. Many congratulations to Ken! * * * E-CALLIHOOt Melissa Shaw had a poem, "Heat," published in =Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers=. This poem garnered an honorable mention in Datlow & Windling's latest Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthology. Great news, Melissa! DEADLINES Check out the CALLIHOO website, listed above, for more information on these contests, magazine issues, and anthologies. (Where it says "GLs in Vol. X No. Y," these are volume and issue of the CALLIHOO newsletter.) =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. (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. eternityol@aol.com; http:// www.pulpeternity.com. (GLs in Vol. 6, No. 38)] =ByLine= contest, 1st chapter of a novel - Deadline August 5, 1999. [Opening chapter of unpub. novel. Mainstream or genre; adult or YA audience. Maximum 25 pages. =Entry fee $5=. Prizes: $70, $35, $20. (GLs in Vol. 6, No. 36)] =On Spec= Theme issue: Future Crime, deadline 31 August 1999. [SF to 6000 wds, pays to $180C. (GLs in Vol 7, No. 2)] Writersblok Short Story Contest, deadline 31 August 1999. [Any genre story to 15,000 wds, =$25 entry fee=, pays $1000 1st, $250 2nd $75 3rd, E-mail subm. okay, http://www.writersblok. com/contest.html. (GLs in Vol 7, No 9)] =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. (GLs in Vol. 6, No. 36)] =Divas of Darkness= anthology, deadline 15 September 99 or when filled. [H by female writers, 750-3000 wds, pays 1/4 cent/wd. on pub., deadline 15 Sep or when filled, no E-mail subm. or sim sub. (GLs in Vol. 7, No. 8)] =Writers of the Future=, 4th quarter 1999, deadline 30 September 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)] =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 pub in =Pulp Eternity=. (GLs in Vol. 6, No. 38)] The Isaac Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story Writing, deadline 15 December 1999. [SF/F by undergrad. students in college or university, 1,000-10,000 wds, 1st place $500, =entry fee $5.00 per story=, no limit to number of entries per person. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 44)] =PRISM international= 15th Annual Short Fiction Contest 1999, deadline 15 December 1999. [Canadian contest, $2,000C 1st prize, 5 $200 runners-up (+pmt for pub), =$20 1st entry fee, $5 all others=, max. 25 pp. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 44)] =Pulp Eternity= Volume 9: I Am Cat. Deadline 15 Dec 1999 or when filled. [SF cat stories, to 10,000 wds, pays 3 cents/wd. on pub. http://www. pulpeternity.com. (GLs in Vol. 7 No. 5)] =Starlight 3= anthology, deadline end of 1999. [SF/F, pays 7-1/2 cents/wd., no upper word limit, (GLs in Vol. 6, No. 38)] CONTEST =Writersblok Short Story Contest= [Any genre story to 15,000 wds, $25 entry fee, pays $1000 1st, $250 2nd $75 3rd, deadline 31 Aug 99, E-mail subm. okay.] WritersBlok 2201 Sherman St. Longmont, CO 80501 Eligibility: 18 years of age or older Deadline: August 31st, 1999 Entry Fee: $25.00 - $5.00 for each additional entry Prizes: First: $1000.00 - Second: $250.00 - Third: $75.00. The winners will also be published and featured on BookLocker.com - Winners keep 80% of all sales - this is the highest paid % of all competitors! Submission Requirements: * All Manuscripts must include a cover sheet with the following information: Author's Name, Author's Age, Address, Home Phone Number, E-mail Address, Title of Manuscript, Total Word Count * Manuscript length should be no more than 15,000 words * Manuscript should be authors [sic] own work and unpublished * All genres are acceptable * Manuscripts should be typed, double spaced and single sided * E-mailed manuscripts must be ASCII, MSWORD or HTML * E-mailed manuscripts will not be read until entry fee is received * If you wish to have your manuscript returned, please include an SASE with correct postage - otherwise manuscript will be recycled. * Submissions that do not follow guidelines will be discarded and entry fee will be refunded * Judges [sic] decisions are final * Entry fee should be U.S. currency - Check, cash or money order * For convenience, you can now pay by check on-line and then e-mail your manuscript to: webster@writersblok.com or mail entry fee & manuscripts to: WritersBlok, 2201 Sherman St., Longmont, CO 80501 [http://www.writersblok.com/contest.html] MARKET GUIDELINES =Cemetery Dance= [Print mag, H to 5,000 wds, pays 3-5 cents/wd on pub. No E-mail subm, closed Oct 1 - Mar 1] Bill Schafer, Assistant Editor Cemetery Dance P.O. Box 190238, Burton, MI 48519 Unlike many magazines, =Cemetery Dance= doesn't have "official" submission guidelines. What we look for in a story is pretty simple: we love all kinds of horror and suspense and crime fiction. Traditional, contemporary, supernatural, psychological, all of it. Give us something with a dark edge to it. Scare us, make us uncomfortable, make us think ... just don't bore us. Give us a story that moves along, that has a strong narrative drive. If you're going for a more leisurely-paced story, that's fine, but make sure there's something to it. No style over substance. Bottom line is this: send us stories that are powerful and emotional, chilling and disturbing, moody and scary. Our most common reasons for rejection are: lack of originality, lack of power, slow pacing, and disliked storylines. We will read unsolicited short stories up to 5,000 words and our response time is currently 4-10 weeks. Payment is three-five cents per word, upon publication. And don't be afraid to submit we very much enjoy working with new, unpublished authors, as well as the best the genre has to offer! Submissions (with SASE) should go to my assistant editor, Bill Schafer at: Cemetery Dance, P.O. Box 190238, Burton, MI 48519. Please note: we are closed to submissions from October 1 - March 1. Note that =Cemetery Dance= does not accept e-mail submissions, proposals, or queries. Any submissions or queries sent via e-mail will be discarded. In addition, we are always interested in non-fiction for =Cemetery Dance=: articles, essays, and interviews relating to the horror, suspense and crime genres. Always send a query letter first, outlining your idea and projected length. If we like your concept, we'll assign you the job with a deadline. We solicit most of our artwork, but are always interested in seeing samples from new artists. Non-fiction/ art queries should be mailed (with a SASE) directly to Editor Richard Chizmar at: Cemetery Dance, P.O. Box 943, Abingdon, MD 21009. [http://www.cemeterydance.com/html/guidelines.html] MARKET INFORMATION =At The Brink of Madness= Webzine =At the Brink of Madness= On-Line (http://members.spree. com/SIP1/atbrinkof/) is closed to subs until Oct 1, 1999. [DarkEcho, 15 Jul 99] =Cemetery Dance= Cemetery Dance Publications is pleased to announce their brand new website: www.cemeterydance.com Surf on over and check out the biggest and best new website in the horror genre! Featuring dozens of color graphics and very comprehensive listings, covering each and every title ever published by Cemetery Dance! [E-mail dated 16 Jul 99] =Night Terrors= Horror magazine =Night Terrors= is currently behind on reading and will not be accepting new work until Sept 1, 1999. [DarkEcho, 15 Jul 99] =Odyssey= Liz Holliday, editor of British =Odyssey Magazine=, announced in her sff.net newsgroup that =Odyssey= is folding. "I will be making a formal announcement later (with press releases to the appropriate market listings and magazines and so forth). Enquiries about outstanding subscriptions and payments should be directed to Dave Ryan, publisher, Caliver Books (Email dave@caliverbooks.demon.co.uk ; phone +44 1702 473986). "Caliver Books will be relaunching its role-playing magazine, =Valkyrie=, in time for EuroGenCon in September. It will be returning to its policy of publishing one piece of fiction per issue. I will be serving as fiction editor, book reviewer and probably doing some production work." When asked if there would be a final issue, she responded, "To be honest, Dave Ryan is still pondering that. We had the next issue all but ready to go to the printers when the US returns (from the wholesalers) came in. There were two or three long stories in there - but anything short I'm hoping to be able to use in =Valkyrie=, subject to the agreement of their authors, if we don't do the final =Odyssey=." [sff.people.liz, 7, 10 Jul 99] =Web Games Publishing= Keith Bailey from Web Games Publishing has announced that WGP has been purchased by Dryad Games Inc. and is expanding. For year 2000, they plan to start =Midnight Galleries=, a series of story anthologies set in the Web of Horrors world. Length of stories should be 5K-20k words at a rate of $.06 a word). Query to Bailey at kaytman@aol.com [DarkEcho, 15 Jul 99] =Year's Best Fantasy and Horror= Due to a change in US postal regulations, those sending Ellen Datlow material for the =Year's Best Fantasy and Horror=: Thirteenth Annual Collection must now use the following address 48 Eighth Avenue, PMB 405 New York NY 10014 The address was formerly Suite 405 and the PMB stands for "Private Mail Box." [DarkEcho, 15 Jul 99] ==End of CALLIHOO newsletter for 20 July 1999==