CALLIHOO Newsletter ----------------------------------------------------------------- Vol. 7 No. 17 Editor: Julia West October 12, 1999 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Web page: http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/CALLIHOO/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS Ken Rand sold a reprint of his story "As We Know It" to ePulp. Keep 'em comin', Ken! * * * My home E-mail address has changed (although the old one will still work for a while). It's now juliaw@attglobal.net. Brook's is now brookw@attglobal.net No, we didn't change service providers. AT&T bought the IBM internet connection services. Sheesh. * * * Carol will be going on hiatus from CALLIHOO for a little while. Good luck with all your endeavors, Carol! 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.) =Fantasy, Folklore & Fairytales=, "Who Hid the Yule Log?" deadline is October 20, 1999. [Monthly webzine, themed, F 1500- 7500 wds, pays $10-$15 on accept, E-mail subm okay, website: http://fff.fantasytoday.com/ (GLs in Vol. 7 No. 16)] =Fantasy, Folklore & Fairytales=, "Millenium--The Real Story" closes November 20, 1999. [Monthly webzine, themed, F 1500-7500 wds, pays $10-$15 on accept, E-mail subm okay, website: http://fff.fantasytoday.com/ (GLs in Vol. 7 No. 16)] 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)] =Writers of the Future=, 1st quarter 2000, deadline 31 December 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)] =Extremes: Fantasy and Horror from the Ends of the Earth=, deadline 1 Jan 2000 or when filled. [Limited edition CD anthology, F/H outside USA, pays 1/22 of profits, lwpub@aol.com, http://www.dm.net/~bahwolf/extremes.htm. (GLs in Vol. 7 No. 10)] =Midnight Galleries= first issue deadline 1 Jan 2000. [Quarterly game-based antho series, shared-world, 5000-20K wds, pays 6 cents/wd., query first, E-mail subm okay to Kaytman@aol.com. (GLs in Vol. 7, No. 16)] MARKET GUIDELINES =Artemis Magazine= [Print mag, first issue just came out, SF based on lunar development, to 15,000 words, 3-5 cents/wd., no E-mail submissions] Ian Randal Strock, Editor 1380 East 17 Street, Suite 201 Brooklyn, NY 11230-6011 Tel.: (718) 375-3862 (No E-mail submissions) Writers' and Artists' Guidelines About the Project: The Artemis Project is a commercial venture to establish a permanent lunar base and to exploit the moon's resources for profit. Our strategy for this project is to use its entertainment value as much as possible to pay for its initial development. The project is sponsored by The Lunar Resources Company of Texas. About the Magazine: The magazine is a science and fiction magazine, published by LRC Publications. It was formed as an adjunct to the Artemis Project, but is an independent entity. =Artemis Magazine= publishes the best science and science fiction based, in some way, on lunar development. The more closely related to the Project, the better, but do not sacrifice a good story or informative article simply to get in a reference to the Project. General Guidelines: Present lunar development in a positive, entertaining manner. The moon is an attractive goal, to which people want to go. Please remember that we are part of the Artemis Project, so stories about colonists bashing the company that got them there probably won't make the cut. Include an "about the author" paragraph with your manuscript, on a separate sheet. Mechanics: This is standard: on the first page, put your name, address(es), and social security number in the upper left corner, along with telephone numbers where you can be reached. Put the word count in the upper right corner of the first page. Print your manuscript double-spaced on 8.5" x 11" paper (or the local equivalent) in a legible font with 1-inch margins all around. Do not put it in a binder or staple the pages together. You don't need a separate title page. On every page after the first, put your name and enough of the title that we can reassemble your manuscript after we drop it on the floor and get it mixed up with a bunch of other papers. Put page numbers in the upper right-hand corner. Don't use your word processor's ability to do fancy fonts and italics. Simply underline text to be italicized. Include a self-addressed envelope with your manuscript with sufficient postage to get it back to you. If you don't want your manuscript back, mark it DISPOSABLE and include a business-size self-addressed, stamped envelope. (From outside the US, include IRCs.) Thirty-three cents may not be a lot to you, but when you multiply by the number of submissions we receive, you'll see why we can't respond to any submission without return postage. Science: Non-fiction articles should generally be limited to 5,000 words; short is better, but we'll consider longer. Articles can address any topic related to development of lunar industries, including the role of the moon in further development of space travel. We're looking for anything people will need to know to get to, build, or live in a moon base. Target your work toward a general audience of educated, but not necessarily technically sophisticated, people. Include charts and tables if necessary, and explain them in the text. A series of articles on the same subject might work, but each must stand on its own (remember, every issue is some reader's first). Send a proposal and samples. Illustrations should be separate from the text, with captions on a separate page. Fiction: We're looking for near-term hard science fiction in which lunar development or life in a moon colony plays a major role; however, stories need not be set on the moon. We want well-plotted, character-oriented stories. We're especially looking for stories which put the reader into the lunar development scenario. Technical accuracy is an absolute requirement, but don't bog down the story with unnecessary detail. We'll consider any length up to 15,000 words. Shorter is better. We don't plan to serialize novels, but might welcome a series of stories based on the same characters. Again, remember that every issue is some reader's first. Poetry: Keep the project and the purpose of the magazine in mind, and keep it short and not too obscure. Inspire the reader; appeal to his sense of wonder. Art: We need artists to illustrate articles and stories. Send copies of examples of your work along with notes about prior publication and the type of art you prefer to do. Cartoons and stock submissions are welcome. For stock art ideas, you can read about the project in the "frequently asked questions" document, or elsewhere on the Artemis Project web site. Payment: Payment will be on acceptance, 3 to 5 cents a word, for science and fiction. One dollar per line for poetry. A final note: These guidelines describe what we expect the magazine to be. If you can write a piece that fits this bill, we want you! However, we're also open-minded enough to be interested in a story that contradicts everything written here, and yet won't let us reject it. --Ian Randal Strock, Editor Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 LRC Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Updated 30 June 1999. Please remember that we don't accept electronic submissions, and we won't return anything that arrives without sufficient return postage and envelope (if your manuscript or portfolio is disposable, say so, and include a stamped business-sized envelope for our reply). [www.lrcpubs.com/artemismagazine/guidelines.html] MARKET INFORMATION =Amazing Stories= Kim Mohan, editor of =Amazing Stories=, sent out this E-mail: "I want to explain and clarify what's happening at =Amazing Stories= with respect to unsolicited submissions. First, we are not closed to all types of unsolicited work--I want to hear from anyone with significant credentials in science fiction. The information we've put out (on the website and in letters to people) is being amended to make this clear. The reason we can't continue to handle unsolicited submissions from writers with no publication credits has to do with workload. Every member of the magazine's editorial staff has a full-time "day job" in addition to his or her duties at the magazine. It's just not physically possible for us to individually handle every submission we receive anymore. "Anyone who has ever received a rejection from me or another staff member can attest to the fact that =Amazing= does care about nurturing new writers. Until we found ourselves forced to start sending out the form letter that talks about our current situation, we had never used a form letter to communicate with a writer in all the time I've been doing this job. The decision to change our policy was not made lightly, nor do we have any agenda, hidden or otherwise, beyond what I've stated here. "Anyone who wants to chat about this more is welcome to contact me by E-mail. [kmohan@wizards.com] Please do us a favor and share this information with anyone you think would be interested in knowing it." Kim Mohan Editor-in-Chief, Amazing Stories [E-mail dated 5 Oct 99] =Gothic.Net= http://www.gothic.net 431 Holloway San Francisco, CA 94112 Publisher/Editor in Chief: Darren P. Mckeeman Fiction Editor: Seth Lindberg Non-Fiction: Mehitobel Wilson submit@gothic.net =Gothic.net= has issued new guidelines that include payment of 4 cents/wd for "horror and dark fantasy fiction that strives to be intelligent, macabre, interesting, and truly weird" up to 5000 words. Some non-fiction needs for 3 cents a word. Request complete guidelines via e-mail. They don't seem to be available from the website yet. [DarkEcho, 7 October 1999] =The Grimoire== The website for =The Grimoire= says this, "Thank you for visiting. Unfortunately, =The Grimoire= has had to close due to time restrictions and to allow the editors to concentrate on their own writing." [http://members.aol.com/Seanchas/Grimoire.html] =Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine= The =MZBFM= webpage notes: "It is with great sadness that we announce that Marion Zimmer Bradley suffered a major heart attack on Tuesday, September 21, and died Saturday, September 25, 1999." There is no indication yet as to how (if at all) this will affect the magazine. [http://www.mzbfm.com/news.htm] SF/F MARKET WEB PAGE Ralan Conley has a great market web page at http://www.ralan.com. Check it out! ==End of the CALLIHOO newsletter for 12 October 1999==