CALLIHOO Newsletter ----------------------------------------------------------------- Vol. 6 No. 17 Editor: Julia West September 15, 1998 ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS The updated market list will be ready SOON for download at the CALLIHOO website, http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/ CALLIHOO/index.htm. Or you can E-mail me and ask to have it E-mailed to you as an attachment. It's in four separate files now, as ZIPped WordPerfect 6/7/8 or Acrobat .pdf files. DEADLINES Let me know if you need more information on the contests, anthologies or magazines listed below. =The Alsop Review= Short Story and Poem Contest, deadline 30 Sept 98. [literary e-mag, no entry fee, submission must be E-mail, send to competition@alsopreview.com, no mult. subs.; $100 prize. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 13)] =Cemetery Sonata= and untitled Civil War ghost anthologies, deadlines 30 September 1998. [Ghost stories and "things that go bump in the night" and Civil War ghost stories or ghost stories relating to that era. 500-6,000 words, 3 cents/wd. Reprints OK. No E-mail subs. E-mail WZTT67B@Prodigy.com for more information. Jane Hubbard, editor, Chameleon Publishing, 3430 Salem Drive, Rochester Hills, MI 48306. (GLs in Vol. 6, No. 10)] =Glimmer Train= Short Story Award for New Writers, must be postmarked between 1 Aug and 30 Sept 1998. [Short fiction contest, 1st place $1,200 and publication; 2nd place $500, 3rd place $300. For writers whose fiction hasn't appeared in a nationally distributed publication with a circ. over 5,000. $12 entry fee per story. Short Story Award for New Writers, Glimmer Train, 710 S.W. Madison, #504C, Portland, OR 97205-2900. (GLs in Vol. 6, No. 16)] =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. 6, No. 10)] =Star Trek: Strange New Worlds II= contest/anthology, deadline 1 October 1998. [Star Trek stories, non-pro writers over 18, to 7500 wds, 1st prize $1000, 2nd prize $600, 3rd prize $400, all plus 10 cents/wd. for pub. in antho.; hon mention pub in antho for 10 cents/wd. No reprints or E-mail subs. Strange New Worlds II, Star Trek Department, Pocket Books, 1230 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10020. (GLs in Vol. 6, No. 13)] 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)] =Dark Annie= issue #2 deadline 31 October 1998. [Genre E-zine, to 5,000 wds, 1/2 to 1 cent/wd. on accept. Reprints okay, snailmail or E-mail submissions. E-mail darkannie@aol.com Editors: Eva Harstein and Elizabeth Watts, P.O. Box 566, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816. (GLs in Vol. 6, No. 17)] =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)] The =Amelia= Science Fiction/Fantasy Award deadline is 15 December 1998. [SF/F to 3000 wds, $100 prize. Entry Fee: $5 each. Amelia Contests, Frederick A. Raborg, Jr., Editor, 329 "E" Street, Bakersfield, CA 93304-2031. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 17)] =Scaremongers 3=, British horror anthology, deadline 31 Dec 1998. [non-trad. H to 6,000 wds, L15/1000 words on pub., E-mail subs fine. Anthony Barker, Editor, 1st Floor, Alpha House, Countesthorpe Road, South Wigston, Leicester LE18 2PJ ENGLAND, E-mail jennie@tanjen.demon.co.uk, Web site: http://www.tanjen. demon.co.uk. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 12)] CONTESTS =Amelia Magazine Contests= Frederick A. Raborg, Jr., Editor 329 "E" Street, Bakersfield, CA 93304-2031 805-323-4064 amelia@lightspeed.net CONTEST DEADLINES & GUIDELINES [Editor's note: there are many more contests than those listed. If you're interested, either E-mail the magazine for the list, or let me know. --Julia] All of our competitions are annuals. They may be entered at any time with the understanding that decisions are made 8-10 weeks following deadline date. All deadline dates are postmarks. Any number may be entered. Include an SASE with all entries- one for each category entered--if return is desired. If no SASE is included, non-winning entries will be destroyed following announcement of winners. =Amelia= nor its staff can be responsible for materials lost in the mails. Except for the quarterly Encore Awards, First North American Serial Rights are required of all winners, otherwise the entry will be disqualified. Be sure that name, address and Social Security number appear on each entry. Telephone numbers also may be helpful. FEBRUARY 1 DEADLINES The Amelia Mystery/Horror Fiction Award: $100 is offered for best mystery or horror fiction to 3,000 words. Entry Fee: $5 each. The Amelia One-Liner Awards: Six awards of $35, $15, $10 plus three $3 HMs are offered for best one-liners, including haiku. Entry Fee: $2 each. New & Unpublished Writer's Award: A writer's library valued at $250 approximately is offered for best poem to 200 lines or best short story to 3,500 words by a writer who has not yet published in a magazine with a circulation larger than 1,000. Entry Fee: $10 each. FEBRUARY 15 DEADLINES The Patrick T. T. Bradshaw Fiction Award: $200 offered for best short story or novella, any genre to 25,000 words. Any number may be entered. Entry Fee: $10 each. APRIL 1 DEADLINE The Willie Lee Martin Short Story Award: $200 is offered for best short story, any type to 4,500 words. Entry Fee: $7.50 each. MAY 1 DEADLINE The Amelia Short-Short Fiction Award: $50 is offered for best short-short fiction, any type to 500 words. Entry Fee: $4 each. MAY 15 DEADLINE The Frank McClure One-Act Play Award: $150 is offered for best one-act play to 45 minutes running time. Winner will be published in Amelia and the playwright will receive 10 free copies. Play may have been produced (include acknowledgments) but not published. Entry Fee: $15 each. (Include $9.95 if copy of issue with winning play is desired when published). JUNE 1 DEADLINES The Cassie Wade Short Fiction Award: $200 is offered for best short story, any type to 5,000 words. Entry Fee: $7.50 each. The Joe Logan Short Humor Awards: Six awards of $30, $20, $15 plus three $3 HMs are offered for best short humor, poem or prose, to 500 words. Entry Fee: $4 each. JULY 1 DEADLINES The Amelia Chapbook Award: $250 plus 10 copies are offered for best chapbook to 48 pp. (no more than 35 lines per page). Include acknowledgment. Winner will be published in chapbook form. Any number of manuscripts may be entered. Entry Fee: $15 (Include $9.95 if copy of winning chapbook is desired when published). AUGUST 1 DEADLINES The Earl Stine Short Fiction Award: $100 is offered for best story, any type to 1,500 words. Entry Fee: $5 each. The Douglas Manning Smith Epic/Heroic Poetry Prize: $100 is offered for best epic/heroic poem, traditional or experimental, to 200 lines. Entry Fee: $5 each. AUGUST 15 DEADLINES The Stella Wade Children's Story Award: $125 is offered for best story to 1,500 words. Illustrations may be included, but they will be considered only after announcement of winner. Entries from children under age 17 must be signed by parent, teacher or guardian verifying originality. Entry Fee: $7.50 each. SEPTEMBER 1 DEADLINE The Reed Smith Prize for Fiction: $200 is offered for best short story to 3,000 words. any type. Entry Fee: $7.50 each. OCTOBER 1 DEADLINES The Charlie Henning Fiction Award: $100 is offered for best story, any type to 1,500 words. Entry Fee: $5 each. The A & C Limerick Contest: Six awards of $50, $30, $20 plus three $5 HMs are offered best limericks. Entry Fee: $4 each. NOVEMBER 1 DEADLINES The Ruby Doyle Rice Short-Short Fiction Award: $100 is offered for best short-short fiction, any type, to 1,500 words. Entry Fee: $5 each. DECEMBER 15 DEADLINES The Amelia Science Fiction/Fantasy Award: $100 is offered for best science fiction or fantasy to 3,000 words. Entry Fee: $5 each. SPECIAL DEADLINE (MAY 15) THE AMELIA STUDENT AWARDS: $200 is offered for best poem to 100 lines or short story to 1,500 lines words by a high school student. One entry per student, and each entry must be signed by a parent, teacher or guardian verifying originality. No entries will be returned. Entry Fee: none. For guidelines and sample, SASE & $3 handling. [E-mail dated Thu, 10 Sep 1998] =CONduit Short Story Contest Rules= [SF/F/H to 5000 wds, entry fee $2.00 for con members, $5.00 otherwise. 28 Feb 1999 deadline. Cash prizes.] The CONduit 9 short story contest is open to anyone. Multiple entries are allowed. All entries must meet these requirements: 1. Entries must be original, less than 5000 words and unpublished. They must fit into the science fiction, fantasy or horror genres to be considered. No adult themes--which includes excessively foul language. CONduit tries to remain no more than PG-13 rated and the stories are available in CON-suite to be read by anyone who can read. Please do not base stories in copyrighted worlds or backgrounds. This exempts them from being considered original. (Examples: Star Wars, Star Trek, Valdemar, etc.) 2. Please indicate if you are an amateur (no published stories and haven't won this contest before) or professional. Each category will have separate winners. 3. Entries must be typed double-spaced on one side of 8 1/2 x 11 in. White paper, with the title on each page. The author's name must not be anywhere on the manuscript. Good quality dot matrix and photocopies are acceptable. 4. Entry fee is $2.00 per story for registered CONduit participants, or $5.00 for those not preregistered and for non-participants. Please send check or money order made out to CONduit. Cash prizes will be awarded from this fee. The alternate to the traditional entry fee for those who are monetarily impaired: Service reading to others (suggest children, but impaired adults will be acceptable) through existing Library programs or local library. You will need to send a statement to that effect, which must accompany entry. This statement must be signed by the person supervising the reading. Suggested reading time is 2 hours but more will be accepted. Less or alternates must be negotiated. Contact short story director about those. Use the same address as for contest entry. 5. Multiple entries may be sent together as long as the fee is paid for each story. 6. Attach entry form to each story. It should be the only thing identifying the author. Put the title on the entry form to identify your story. DO NOT put your name on the story itself. You do not need to send a cover letter with your entry. 7. Send all entries to CONduit 9, Short Story Contest at the address below. CONduit committee members will be preliminary judges. If possible, the guest author may be persuaded to serve as final judge-but that is not guaranteed. The final judge will be a published professional writer. 8. Contest deadline is February 28, 1999. 9. Winners will be announced at CONduit and copies of the winning entries will be available for reading in the CONduit con-suite. No rights will be purchased to entries, so authors can submit these stories elsewhere after the contest deadline. Short Story Contest Entry Form CONduit 9 Short Story Contest Attn: JJD P.O. Box 11745 Salt Lake City, Utah 84147-0745 Please fill out, detach, and enclose with each entry. (Print a form with this information on it.) Story title (This is the only identification we will have.) Name and address of author I have read the rules for the CONduit 9 Short Story Contest and I agree to abide by them. Signed Date [E-mail dated 27 Aug 1998] MARKET GUIDELINES =Amelia= [Print magazine, SF/Gothic horror to 4500 wds., $35.00 on accept. for over 2000 wds, less for under. No E-mail subm.] Frederick A. Raborg, Jr., Editor 329 "E" Street, Bakersfield, CA 93304-2031 805-323-4064 amelia@lightspeed.net WRITER'S GUIDELINES The best guideline to any magazine's particular needs is, of course, a copy of the magazine itself. Single copies of =Amelia= are available for $9.95 ppd., annual subscriptions are $30.00 one year, $56.00 two years, $80.00 three years. Writer's Guidelines =Amelia= uses perhaps more traditional fiction and poetry than any other small press magazine published today, but we also look for the fresh and innovative as well. And neatness does count. FICTION: We look for depth of plot and strong characterization in stories of any type to 4,500 words. A piece would have to be exceptional to exceed that length. We use science fiction, westerns, romance and Gothic horror as well as mainstream. We like to have a feeling of "the whole world" in storylines. Payment of $35 on acceptance, plus two contributor copies, for stories over 2,000 words; less for shorter pieces. POETRY: We look for a strong sense of kinship with the reader, a feeling of importance and worth, stance and control in our poetry, any form to 100 lines. We use very short poems often as filler to break up long stretches of narrative. One-liners and aphorisms also are welcomed. Payment: $2 to $25 on acceptance, plus two contributor copies, except one-liners and aphorisms for which payment is one copy of the issue containing the piece. BELLES LETTRES: We also like to use one belle lettre in each issue, any topic including fictional vignettes, to 2,000 words. See the works of Joan Frank or Ruth Shigezawa as a good example. Payment $10 plus two copies. TRANSLATIONS: We use translations of excellent quality of both fiction and poetry in above lengths. Copies or photocopies of the original works must accompany each piece, along with a biographical sketch of both the author and translator. Payment in most cases, the same as for similar categories above, plus two copies. CRITICISM: We use one critical essay in every issue, approximately 2,500 words. Essays may evolve from any discipline but must be related to literature, and preferably to literature as it affects small press. Submissions may be included in theses or dissertations not yet complete for degree consideration, but none may have been previously published. Payment $10 plus two copies. BOOK REVIEWS: We welcome review copies of small press books. We do consider tightly written reviews of important works from the small press on a speculative basis. Payment: Two copies. ILLUSTRATIONS: We also use many b/w spot drawings, more fully realized b/w illustrations (fine pen and ink or line), sophisticated cartoons, and b/w photos with or without captions. We pay $5 to $25 on assignment to a particular issue, depending on use, size and relationship to editorial content. See The Artist's Market for a more complete description of our needs and rates. OTHER: We like to be surprised. Give me something excellent which I haven't touched on above and I'll take it too. For instance, we frequently use prose poems. Though we do not wish to see the pornographic, we do use well-made erotica. We do not shy away from strong language, but we are not a gutter either. Do not try to shock us for shock's sake, in all likelihood it already has been done. It is important that you read at least one issue of any magazine for which you would like to write. When you succeed with us, we are as delighted as you are. Now, let us see some of your work. Frederick A. Raborg, Jr., Editor [E-mail dated Thu, 10 Sep 1998] =Aurealis= [Australian print mag, SF/F/H 1500-6000 wds, $20-$60/1000 wds on pub. No E-mail subm.] Submission Guidelines Chimaera Publications, PO Box 2164, Mt Waverley, Victoria 3149, Australia. Submission queries may be sent to the address above, or emailed to: Enquiries@aurealis.hl.net AUREALIS DOES NOT ACCEPT EMAIL SUBMISSIONS. 1. We are open to unsolicited submissions of previously unpublished short science fiction, fantasy or horror stories of 1,500 to 6,000 words. Contributors should only submit one story at a time. 2. We are interested in articles between 500 and 4000 words about Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror, as well as articles of interest to Australian writers of science fiction, fantasy and horror. 3. We will consider reviews of recently released Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror books between 300 and 500 words. 4. We would also appreciate any market and publishing news of interest to Australian readers and writers of science fiction, fantasy and horror, including individual sales of short stories to paying markets. 5. We do not want any poetry or novel extracts. We do not serialise longer stories. 6. All types of science fiction, fantasy and horror will be considered, but we do not want stories which are derivative in nature, particularly those based on TV series. 7. Stories do not have to be explicitly Australian, although we would like to see some with Australian characterisation and background, provided the Australian element is not merely a self-conscious insertion into a standard plot. 8. Aurealis is a highly competitive market. We only want your best stories. Do not send us stories you know require more work. 9. Stories should have a cover page which has the author's name, address, phone and fax numbers, Email address, the title of the story and the word length. 10. Stories must be typed on one side of the page only, with double spacing and broad margins, and the pages should be numbered. They should be stapled in the top left hand corner. 11. A covering letter should accompany the submission containing the story's title and word length. It should indicate whether you wish the manuscript to be returned and whether the story is available on disk, and if so, which word-processing package was used. Queries, author bios, market news and other information should be on a separate page. 12. Stories must always be accompanied by a stamped self-addressed envelope. If you wish to have your manuscript returned, please ensure that your return envelope is adequate and that sufficient postage has been attached. 13. Our payment rates are between $20 and $60 per 1,000 words, depending on the level of Government grants received, and payment will be made soon after the publication of the issue containing your story. Minimum payment is $20. 14. We buy First Australian Serial Rights, the non-exclusive rights to publish the story electronically and the non-exclusive rights to reprint the story in a Collector's Edition anthology. All other rights remain with the contributor. 15. Our response time is around six months. Where time permits, unsuccessful authors will be sent a reply in the form of a checklist critique and/or a personal note. All submissions by subscribers will be fast-tracked through our assessment process, and will receive a personal note. Subscribers should write a large, circled "S" in the top right of the cover page and cover letter. Queries regarding submissions must be in writing and accompanied by a stamped self-addressed envelope. 16. While the utmost care is taken, Chimaera Publications cannot accept responsibility for the loss or damage of any of the manuscripts. Artists' Guidelines 1. We are looking for full colour cover art. Send colour samples with sufficient postage if you want them returned. 2. All covers must have some Australian element. Please study previous covers for the sorts of images and styles which have been used. 3. =Aurealis= buys the rights to use the cover on an issue of the magazine as well as for subsequent promotional purposes. We acknowledge the artist in the issue in which the work appears. 4. Internal artwork is commissioned, but we will consider samples of your black and white work if accompanied by a stamped self-addressed envelope. Please supply an envelope with sufficient postage if you wish the samples to be returned. 5. Our payment is $75 for cover art, $25 for black and white story illustrations, and $10-15 for graphics. Payment is made soon after the publication of the issue with your work. 6. While the utmost care is taken, Chimaera Publications cannot accept responsibility for the loss or damage of any artwork. [From Aurealis website at http://www. aurealis.hl.net/GUIDELIN.HTM] =Dark Annie= [Webzine, fiction (past, present or future) with historical significance, to 5000 wds, pays 1/2 to 1 cent/wd., reprints & E-mail subs okay, deadline 31 Oct 98] Editors: Eva Harstein and Elizabeth Watts Associate Editor : Shikhar Dixit P.O. Box 566, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816 darkannie@aol.com http://members.aol.com/darkannie/ Issue 2 Guidelines FICTION: to 5,000-words (Firm). Stories of any genre, sub-genre (such as cyberpunk or gothic) or genre hybrid, of historical significance i.e. surrounding or focusing on a character, era, object, event, or the resurgence of a time period no more recent than 1950 AD. Though stories do not necessarily need to take place in the past (and can even take place in the future,) they must involve at least one of the key elements mentioned above. We will also continue to look at exceptionally crafted stories about Jack the Ripper. Profanity and sex okay if integral to the plot. Avoid excess. Be subtle. Test the horizons. Dazzle us. We buy Universal Online Rights at 1/2 to 1 cent/word. Reprints okay. The first page of the manuscript must include your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address. Include SASE for response. Snail mail submissions preferred, but e-mail's okay if sent in MS Word (.DOC), Rich Text Format (.RTF) or Text (.TXT) to darkannie@aol.com. Subject headings on e-mail should read accordingly i.e. "Submission", "Query", etc. ART: Looking for one cover-piece and several spot illustrations. Color or B&W okay. Photos, drawings, paintings or combinations thereof acceptable. Send copies only or attached files through e-mail in one of the following formats: .JPG, .GIF, .TIFF, .EPS, or .CPT. Artwork should be no larger than 81/2"x11". PAYMENT: 1/2 to 1 cent-per-word. $10/piece. Pays on acceptance. DEADLINE: 12 AM Eastern October 31st 1998 regardless of postmark or electronic delay. Last updated 7/24/98 [From Dark Annie website at http://members. aol.com/darkannie/gls2.htm] ==End of CALLIHOO newsletter for 15 September 1998==