CALLIHOO Newsletter ----------------------------------------------------------------- Vol. 6 No. 41 Editor: Julia West March 16, 1999 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Web page: http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/CALLIHOO/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS Ken Rand's stories "The Nine Billion Names of Arthur C. Clarke" and "Scratch, at the Door" are now available to be read at Alexandria Digital Literature. Drop by www.alexlit.com and check them out! * * * Julia West's review of =The Ten Percent Solution= just appeared in the Science Fiction Writers of America's quarterly magazine, =The Bulletin=. * * * Volume 6 to date of the CALLIHOO newsletter has been indexed on the website (URL above). The index contains links to the text version of the newsletter in which that market listing appears (although not to the exact place in the newsletter; you'll have to use the SEARCH function to find it). So now, if you remember that there were guidelines for a certain magazine, contest, or anthology, but don't remember which issue they were printed in, you can find them easily with the index! 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)] =Dark Annie= issue #3, The Modern Myth, open 1 March to 31 May 1999. [Stories of any genre relating to the myths we share with our children, to 5,000 wds, E-mail subm okay at darkannie@ aol.com, Editors: Eva Harstein and Shikhar Dixit, P.O. Box 566, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816, http://members.aol.com/ darkannie/. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 41)] =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) ] =Dark Annie= issue #4, Apocalypse, open May 1 to July 31, 1999. [Stories of any genre relating to myths, realities, speculations or anything else about THE END, be it the end of a culture, the world, or the universe, to 5,000 wds, E-mail subm okay at darkannie@aol.com, Editors: Eva Harstein and Shikhar Dixit, P.O. Box 566, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816, http://members. aol.com/darkannie/. (GLs in Vol. 6 No. 41)] =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)] MARKET GUIDELINES =Dark Annie= [Webzine, to 5,000 wds, 1/2 to 1 cent/wd. on acceptance, see themes, sim, mult and E-mail subm okay.] Issue 3 & 4 Guidelines Editors: Eva Harstein and Shikhar Dixit P.O. Box 566, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816 darkannie@aol.com DARK ANNIE buys Universal Online Rights at a rate of 1/2 cent - 1 cent/word for fiction and $10/piece for art. Pays on acceptance. All rights revert to author six months after publication. ISSUE #3: THE MODERN MYTH OPENS: March 1ST, 1999 CLOSES: May 31ST, 1999 (12AM Eastern Standard Time regardless of postmark or electronic time stamp.) CONTENT: Stories of any genre relating to the myths we share with our children (i.e., Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, the Boogey-man, etc.,) but darker and with unique spins. No commercially-owned characters or concepts, please. ISSUE #4: APOCALYPSE OPENS: May 1ST, 1999 CLOSES: July 31ST, 1999 (12AM Eastern Standard Time regardless of postmark or electronic time stamp.) CONTENT: Stories of any genre relating to myths, realities, speculations or anything else about THE END, be it the end of a culture, the end of the world, or the end of the universe. In keeping with our name and origins, we are also always on the lookout for good Jack the Ripper stories. FICTION: to 5,000 words. Reprints okay. Simultaneous and multiple submissions 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 8 1/2"x11". Last updated 3/11/99 [http://members.aol.com/darkannie/gls3n4.htm] =Outside, Speculative and Dark Fiction Magazine= [Monthly webzine, SF/DF/H, pays 3 cents/wd. for 1500-4000 wds, no sim subs, reprints, or E-mail subm.] Submission Guidelines Who We Are: =Outside= is a paying professional magazine of SF and dark imaginative fiction, aimed at people who love to read well-plotted, character-driven genre fiction. We are interested in fiction that transcends the limitations and ventures outside the stereotypes of genre fiction. What We Publish: short (1500-4000 words) Science Fiction, Horror, and darkly imaginative fiction. We seek well-written, professionally executed fiction, with attention to basics -- grammar, punctuation, usage. We do not accept Sword & Sorcery, pornography, or excessive violence and gore beyond the legitimate needs of a story. Also no derivative works (e.g., emulating TV shows and movies - no Star Trek stories, for example). Our goals: We strive to be both writer-friendly and reader-friendly. We eagerly look forward to receiving top quality, professional material from you. Requirements: All stories must be typed double-spaced, on only one side of each sheet with sheets loose -- no fasteners of any kind. The author's full name and address should appear in the upper left-hand corner of page one; an approximate word count should appear in the upper right-hand corner. Each page should be numbered and include the title and author's last name. We will accept letter quality 24-pin dot-matrix computer print -- please separate the pages. If you choose to submit photocopies, they must be clear and readable. No simultaneous submissions, please. Grammar, punctuation, spelling, and usage weigh heavily as we consider the story. You must master these essentials to be a professional writer. We expect that a professional writer owns, and regularly uses, a dictionary and at least one or two usage books (e.g. Strunk & White, Fowler). To be a successful writer, you should be a voracious but discriminating reader. Many books are available about the craft of writing -- read them all for free through your public library. Join a writers' group. Write constantly to improve your craft -- it's a tough discipline, as difficult and time consuming as learning to play symphony-quality violin or piano. Visit SharpWriter.Com for a comprehensive writer's resource. Finally, despite all these somewhat dire words, we wish you a passionate and successful love affair with writing. We pay three cents per word upon acceptance of your manuscript for First Serial Rights for one year. Acceptance constitutes final editorial approval of content. We strive to pay as promptly as possible, but please allot a reasonable amount of time (6-8 weeks after acceptance) for your check to arrive. Manuscripts must be sent by postal mail only. E-mail submissions will be deleted without being read. Please include an appropriately sized, self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE). (Contributors residing outside the United States should use international reply coupons.) Even if you do not want your manuscript returned, we require a letter-size SASE for our response; manuscripts without an SASE will not be returned. If you have an e-mail address, please furnish it on your hardcopy. Our e-mail address is outside@clocktowerfiction.com. We usually respond within six weeks after receiving a submission. Depending on many variables, however, it can sometimes take longer. Please give us ample time before you begin writing to inquire about a submission's status. Please do not send us the only copy of your manuscript (accidents happen and mail gets lost). No simultaneous or previously published work. All submissions should be sent to the attention of: Clocktower Fiction 6549 Mission Gorge Road Box 260 San Diego, California 92120 [http://outside.clocktowerfiction.com/Main/guidelines.shtml] =Silicon Sorcery Magazine= [Quarterly print magazine, SF/F to 5,000 wds, 1/4 cent/wd (min $5) on pub, E-mail and sim subs okay] A Quarterly Digest of Science Fiction and Fantasy. P.O. Box 34040 Baltimore, MD 21221 submissions@siliconsorcerymag.com editor@siliconsorcerymag.com Submission Guidelines =Silicon Sorcery= is looking for well-written science fiction and fantasy that is compelling and fun to read. The magazine is a small press publication, printed in monochrome (black & white). All submissions will be commented on regardless of acceptance. We look forward to working with new and amateur authors. Preferred length for all fiction is 5,000 words, maximum. Please do not submit stories that exceed this limit, they will be returned. Submissions to =Silicon Sorcery= can be emailed to submissions@siliconsorcerymag.com or sent via postal carrier to the following address: Silicon Sorcery Magazine P.O. Box 34040 Baltimore, Maryland, USA 21221 Please include a brief letter of introduction with your submission. Tell us who you are and what, if anything, you have published and where. If submitting via email, please copy your submission into the body of an email (not as an attachment). We do accept simultaneous submissions, but limit them to two pieces per author, per issue. Our typical response time is two-to-four weeks but can vary according to many factors. Please be sure to include your address or email address so that we can contact you about the status of your submission. Payment is 1/4 cent per word for works of fiction, with a minimum of five dollars (United States Currency). Payment also includes one (1) contributor's copy. Poetry receives a flat payment of $2.00 (US) per work and one (1) contributor's copy. Payment is made upon publication, in US dollars. If your work is accepted for publication, we will contact you with a standard contract to be signed and a request for your byline and a short bio. =Silicon Sorcery= buys First North American Serial Rights and North American Reprint Rights. We look forward to working with you. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to email us at editor@siliconsorcerymag.com or contact us via postal carrier. [http://www.siliconsorcerymag.com/submissi.htm] MARKET INFORMATION =Altered Perceptions/Primordial Publications= A writer on SFF.NET says he got word from the editor of Primordial Publications that she is closing up shop due to unforseen difficulties. [sff.writing.response-times, 12 Mar 99] =Back Brain Recluse= Editor/Publisher: Chris Reed, editor/publisher of British magazine =Back Brain Recluse=, says "Back Brain Recluse, the award-winning British fiction magazine, actively seeks new fiction that ignores genre pigeonholes. We tread the thin line between experimental speculative fiction and avant-garde literary fiction." Payment:10 pounds ($15)/1000 words, on publication for First English Language rights. Art: Artists are invited to send samples of their work for consideration; pays 20 pounds ($30) on publication per b/w full page used. Tips: "If you wish us to reply by E-mail, send disposable copy and no return postage. E-mail submissions will not be considered." Sample 4 pounds (in US, send $10 to Anne Marsden, 31192 Paseo Amapola, San Juan Capistrano CA 92675-2227, payable to Anne Marsden). ResponseTime -- 2 months P.O. Box 625, Sheffield UK S1 3GY Email: magazine@bbr-online.com Web: http://www.bbr-online.com/magazine [DarkEcho, 4 March 1999] =Dark Planet= Lucy Snyder, editor of =Dark Planet=, says, "Just wanted to let you know that a new update of Dark Planet has gone up at http://www.sfsite.com/darkplanet/ "The update features stories by Gary A. Braunbeck, Robert Boyczuk and Kelly Link; poetry by Scott Halstad; and reviews of Wil McCarthy's =Bloom= and Damien Filer's =From Blood To Water=. "=Dark Planet= is also open again to submissions until the end of May; after that, it will be closed for three months so I can devote my time to doing production work on the site. Please read the Writers' Guidelines at http://www.sfsite.com/darkplanet/ guidelines.html before submitting." [e-mail from Lucy Snyder dated 1 Mar 99] =Outside= Editor John T. Cullen says, "Great news from =Outside: Speculative & Dark Fiction=! We are in the midst of changes that will enhance our visual appeal and make the fiction written by our topnotch authors even more compelling! "You'll want to be in on the action at the leading edge of this exciting new medium of the Internet. You'll want to be sure and read each value-packed issue that comes to you monthly. "First, we'll start publishing monthly in March 1999, instead of 3x yearly as we did through 1998. That means every month you will receive, free, with absolutely no strings attached, some of the best fiction appearing on the Internet -- or anywhere for that matter. We accept work by both new authors and those already well known, and some of these stories will go on to win major awards and republished in anthologies." See guidelines above for more information about =Outside=. [http://outside.clocktowerfiction.com/, downloaded 16 Mar 99] =Shiver= Editor/publisher T.L. Craigen has confirmed that Canadian print zine =Shiver, The Magazine for Active Minds Bent on Twisting Others= is folding. Its fifth issue will serve as its final one. Subscribers will all be contacted and reimbursed. All stories accepted for =Shiver 6= will be paid for and all rights revert to the writers. Craigen stated: "I still don't regret putting out =Shiver=. It was the writers who made it worthwhile. Always courteous, thankful that they had a market. . . . I feel very bad for them. Fantasy, horror and science fiction markets are so rare and I really wish I could still be there for them. I want people to know how much I enjoyed working on the magazine and I don't want the fact that we are shutting down to scare off anyone who has been kicking around the idea of starting a magazine." Email: shiver@clubtek.com Web site: www.clubtek.com/shiver {DarkEcho, 3 Mar 99] =Silicon Sorcery Magazine= From the website of =Silicon Sorcery Magazine= comes this important notice: "On March 11, 1999 at 10:30pm, =Silicon Sorcery Magazine= suffered an equipment failure resulting in the loss of all data on our main server. This included but was not limited to subscription information, layouts for the October issue, contract data, and email. "We at =Silicon Sorcery Magazine= back up our data on a weekly basis. By falling back on these backups, we were able to recover 100% of the following data: * Subscription Information * Layouts * Accepted Submissions * Contract and Legal Data "However, due to a fault in the backup, we have lost all email submissions from March 1, 1999 forward. If you submitted to SSM via email during that time, please resubmit your work and we will review it on an accelerated schedule. "We apologize for any inconvenience. Sincerely, The Silicon Sorcery Magazine Staff " [http://www.siliconsorcerymag.com/importan.htm] Under "current status," they say, "We've finished reading for the October 1999 issue of SSM and are now reading for the January 2000 issue. "We were very impressed by the quality and quantity of submissions received. After accepting the material for our first issue, we are confident that we will be bringing you a publication of the best science fiction and fantasy short stories and poetry to be found." [http://www.siliconsorcerymag.com/current.htm] =Weird Tales= Although Weird Tales has been overstocked in the past, they are no longer overstocked. [DarkEcho, 25 Feb 99] Be Aware Locus magazine reports that SFWA has discovered a "Pirate SF" Website. Members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have turned up a massive pirating of American SF novels and stories on a Russian website. Though the site is in Russian, using the Cyrillic alphabet, works have been identified by writers from Asimov and Bradbury to Silverberg and Zelazny, including the complete works of Heinlein and Tolkien. Readers who can read Russian are invited to help in the investigation by browsing these sites: http://kulichki-win.rambler.ru/moshkow/ http://kulichki-win.rambler.ru/moshkow/SCIFICT/lsgurch.txt http://kulichki-win.rambler.ru/moshkow/INOFANT/ Contact Dave Smeds of the SFWA Foreign Reprints Committee. [http://www.locusmag.com/News/1999/News03a.html, 10 Mar 99] SF Markets on the Web Check out Spicy Green Iguana at http://members.aol.com/mhatv/main.htm for more SF/F/H market information. Publishing Statistics According to preliminary estimates from the Association of American carried in an article in Publishers Weekly, =book sales= increased 6.4% in 1998, to an estimated $23.03 billion. The 6.4% gain is the best improvement the industry has seen since 1993, when total sales also rose 6.4%. Every category but mail order, which had a 9.7% decline, posted gains last year. * The lagging trade segment showed improvement with sales up 6.5%, the largest gain since 1994, when sales rose 10.3%. * The two paperback segments recorded the largest growth: adult trade sales up 10.2%, to $1.9 billion; children's paperback sales ahead 13.8%, to $535.2 million. The increase in the children's paperback segment follows an 18.9% decline in 1997, so sales in the segment are still below the high-water mark of $579.9 million set in 1996. * The mass market paperback segment recovered some ground it lost in 1997, when sales fell 7.8%, posting a 5.6% gain, to $1.51 billion, in 1998. * Gains in the hardcover segments were not as strong, adult hardcover posted only a 3.3% increase, to $2.75 billion; children's hardcover was up 5%, to $953.9 million. * Educational publishing segments recorded a second consecutive year of gains, with sales in elementary/high school up 10.3%, to $3.31 billion, and sales in the higher education category rising 8.2%, to $2.89 billion. * The university press segment managed a 6.5% gain, to $391.8 million, an increase slightly above the industry average, while the 6.3% sales rise posted by the professional segment was just shy of it. * Among the other segments: religious book sales were up 4%, to $1.18 billion, and book club sales increased 5.8%, to $1.2 billion. [DarkEcho, 3 Mar 99] ==End of the CALLIHOO newsletter for 16 March 1999==