CALLIHOO Newsletter ----------------------------------------------------------------- Vol. 7 No. 16 Editor: Julia West September 21, 1999 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Web page: http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/CALLIHOO/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS Sorry there were no issues of the newsletter on September 7 and 14. I've been sick, and just could not get up the gumption to do them. I hope to be back on track now! * * * Sue Kroupa's story "Harden Times" took second place in the 41st Annual Utah Arts Writing Competition. Huge congratulations to you, Sue! * * * Ken Rand sold a reprint of his "The Bell of San Ysobel" to =Jackhammer= E-zine for their Christmas issue. 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.) =Even More Monsters From Memphis= anthology, deadline 30 Sept 1999. [H/SF/DF 1000-10k wds. Set in Memphis or have strong connections with it. Pays 1/2-6 cents/wd. Fee: $15, waived if in HWA or SFWA; will get copy of book. (GLs in Vol. 7, No. 16)] =Mindmares= writing contest open from 1 Apr 99 to 30 Sep 99. [10 most horrific, scary stories. =Fee: $2=; prizes: 1st - $75, 2nd - $50, 3rd - $25. mindmares@prodigy.net; http://pages.prodigy. net/mindmares. (GLs in Vol. 7, No. 16)] =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)] =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)] =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)] ***************************************************************** * "Successful writers are not the ones who write the best * * sentences. They are the ones who keep writing." * * -- Bonnie Friedman * ***************************************************************** ANTHOLOGY =Midnight Galleries= [quarterly game-based antho series, shared-world, 5000-20K wds, pays 6 cents/wd., query first, E-mail subm okay] =Midnight Galleries=, named after the fictional art galleries run by House de' Medici (of the Vampyr) in every major city in the World, is a short story anthology series much like the Fantasy series 'Thieves World.' In =Midnight Galleries= writers are asked to share characters and settings from the Web of Horrors game setting. Authors may use other writers characters, but only the original creator of the character may kill the character off. "Stories are to be [5,000-20,000] words in length, shorter or longer works will be considered, but not encouraged. The Galleries are open to any interested author. We ask only that a story synopsis or outline be sent first, before a completed ms. MSs when requested should be double space type written or computer printout. (Electronic subs should be sent in Microsoft Word or text format). "Snail-mail subs should be sent to: Keith Bailey, 3044 Mt. Vernon Dr., Gastonia NC 28056. Kaytman@aol.com. Please send any pertinent info, awards, published work lists, contact info, with your synopsis or outline. "=Midnight Galleries= will be published by Web Games Publishing Group under the Ravenswood Press Watermark. Distribution will be through established book distributors, and on the Internet. Payment for accepted works is $.06 per word. MG will publish 4 issues a year starting in year 2000 (there will only be two in...2000)... Each will contain 5-8 stories depending on length. Not being accepted for the first MG does not mean not being accepted at all, all ideas will be kept on file along with contact info, and may be used in later Mgs... Deadline for MG1 is Jan 1, 2000." [Speculations online update #14] MARKET GUIDELINES =Fantasy, Folklore & Fairytales= [Monthly webzine, themed, F 1500-7500 wds, pays $10-$15 on accept, E-mail subm okay] Published by Fantasy Today, a division of ChaosManor Enterprises, Ltd. Publisher: Lea Docken publisher@fantasytoday.com Editor: Kathleen Hill editor@fantasytoday.com Website: http://fff.fantasytoday.com/ E-mail submissions to submissions@Fantasytoday.com Chaosmanor Enterprises and their website at www.Fantasytoday.com announce the premiere international e-zine for fantasy readers and writers - =Fantasy Folklore & Fairytales=. We are now accepting submissions (manuscripts and artwork) and advertising. FF&F is a monthly e-zine, and will publish the 1st issue on September 1, 1999. Charter member subscriptions are free for 2 months (Sept/Oct 99). See the above webpage for subscription information. We will feature articles and reviews, short stories, poetry and artwork dealing with pre-selected topics. Additionally, we will feature a Strange Picture Contest monthly, which will be interactive with the Fantasytoday.com website, where all electronic submissions will be available for review by the public. Each month the readers will vote for their top 2 favorites. The winners will be published in the next issue along with the Editor's Choice. December's theme is "Who Hid the Yule Log?" and the deadline is October 20th. January's theme is "Millenium The Real Story" and closes November 20th. Subjects will be posted 3 (three) months in advance in the magazine. We will accept submissions up to 3 (three) months in advance, but no more. Please be sure to specify which theme is used. What we are looking for: FF&F is interested in publishing quality fiction, non-fiction and art with a fantasy, folklore and/or fairytale background. We feel the subjects of fantasy, folklore and fairytales intermingle, but can also stand separately. Fantasy deals with things that can't quite be. Folklore is based on myth and legend. Fairytales span the reaches of time, creating parodies of life. First and foremost we want to be entertained. Submission guidelines are as follows: All manuscripts should be double-spaced and in a readable font such as Courier or Times New Roman, size 10 to 14. For poetry, see specific guidelines below. Your name and address (including e-mail if you have it), monthly theme, title of piece and word count should be on the cover page along with a short bio. Please number your pages and put your last name on each page. Include a SASE for reply. Do not send us originals. If you want your manuscript returned, you must send a SASE with sufficient postage. E-mail submissions should follow basically the same guidelines so when they are printed off they will be easily readable. Please paste the manuscript into the body of the e-mail; no attachments at this time. Also, please send only one poem or manuscript per e-mail. E-mail submissions will be replied through e-mail. If you want further help with your work, contact us through the webpage for classes and editing services. All work will be subject to editorial approval; no explicit sex or extreme violence. FF&F will retain rights for the month in which your work is published. After that, rights will revert back to you. The author/artist will be required to sign a release of the rights for the month the work is published by us. Hard copy will be mailed, and those with e-mail will be sent e-mail, both to be returned in hard copy or by fax. Articles and Reviews must deal with art, books, games, history, movies, or other publications that fall under our subject headings. These do not necessarily have to match the monthly themes, but are better if they do. They should not be in excess of 1,500 words. Articles and reviews pay $5 per accepted manuscript upon publication. Artwork must be yours. Please send a publishable photocopy and keep your original, as they will not be returned. Photographs of your drawings, paintings, sculpture or other art forms are acceptable. Again photos will not be returned --do not send originals. If you are interested in illustrating stories and can work quickly under a short deadline, send us samples of your work (remember, copies!) with a background. We will need several people 'on call' for monthly illustrations or covers. Cover art pays $20 on acceptance. Other art will pay $5-$15 upon acceptance. Poetry should be laid out on paper exactly as you want it published including line breaks, capitalization and punctuation. There is no limit as to lines, but be reasonable: no epic poetry here. It must agree with the subject matter for the month submitted. Please send no more than 3 poems per month. Remember to only send 1 (one) poem per e-mail. If using regular mail, up to 3 may be sent together. Poetry pays $3 for each poem chosen for publication upon acceptance. Short Stories must follow the theme per issue. Word count acceptable is 1,500 to 7,500. Shorter pieces may be published. If the story is an excerpt from a novel, please note this in your cover letter. But, the story must be able to "stand alone." If you have illustration, that's wonderful. If not, we may contract illustration for the piece. After all, we do print art, too. Contracted illustration will be chosen by the staff of FF&F, and is not subject to approval by the author. Short stories will pay $10-$15 upon acceptance. The Strange Picture Contest will be interactive with the webpage at www.Fantasytoday.com. You must access the submission form through the webpage. In 500 words or less, write a story or poem about the picture, and remember it must fall under the heading of fantasy, folklore and/or fairytales. The monthly theme does not apply to this section, but if you can work it in, then kudos! Remember that all submissions will be posted on the website for you to vote on throughout the month. The top 2 readers' favorites and the Editor's Choice will be published in the next month's issue. It will be interesting to see if they agree! Please send e-mail submissions to submissions@Fantasytoday.com Regular mail submissions should be sent to: FF&F submissions c/o Chaosmanor Enterprises, P. O. Box 753, Sioux City, IA 51102. Letters to the Editor can be e-mailed or mailed to either above address. To FAX us dial 712-258-3635. Subscription and advertising information can be accessed through the website at www.Fantasytoday.com or by contacting the publisher at publisher@Fantasytoday.com. We offer yearly subscriptions as well as single copy rates. Thank you for your interest in this exciting new venture! We look forward to seeing your work with anxious anticipation and gratitude. Sincerely, Kathleen A. Hill, Editor Fantasy, Folklore & Fairytales E-Zine Phone: 712-258-2655 Div. of Chaosmanor Enterprises, Ltd. Fax: 712-258-3635 [http://fff.fantasytoday.com/About_FF_F/Submissions/ submissions.html] MARKET INFORMATION =Back Brain Recluse= Contrary to rumor, BBR has =not= folded. They moved a few months ago, to 65 Guinness Buildings, Fulham Palace Rd., London W6 8BD UK. [Speculations online update #14] =Bonetree= Ms. K.A. Corlett is now coeditor of Canadian webzine =Bonetree= (www.bonetree.com). "Of late, [=Bonetree= has] received an alarming number of snail-mail with incorrect postage--or no postage at all--for its return. Add to this the exceptionally minute percentage of postal subs that we actually publish, and we have had to reconsider our policy...[A]s of August 1st, we are actively discouraging snail-mail subs. Because we realize it takes market listings up to several months to change, we will still grudgingly accept snail-mail subs until December 1. We make no promises as to how quickly they will be read, but guarantee they will be entirely ignored after that date. "The only correspondence we encourage through post is artwork. If you are a writer without access to e-mail, please query first before sending any fiction or poetry subs through the post...All appropriate snail-mail material can be sent to Bonetree, c/o J. Kirkwood, Apt. #112, 11041 109 St., Edmonton, AB T5H 3C3 Canada. Please include a SAE and International Reply Coupon or a SASE with appropriate Canadian postage for our response... Please send subs to bonesubs@ bonetree.com." [Speculations online update #14] =Carpe Noctem= Horror magazine =Carpe Noctem= has updated its lengthy, detailed GLs. Read them before submitting. E-mail *fiction* subs to Gumby@ CarpeNoctem.com. E-mail other subs to submit@carpenoctem.com. Hardcopy *fiction* subs to Carpe Noctem Submission, 2192 Wahlquist Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83401. Other hardcopy subs to Carpe Noctem Magazine, 1093 E. Main St., PMB #518, El Cajon, CA 92021. [Speculations online update #14] =Dark Regions= Horror magazine =Dark Regions= is closed until 1 March 2000, when the zine will become an annual or biannual. Please watch for new updates and guidelines in the near future. [DarkEcho, 2 Sep 99] =Eternity Online= Webzine =Eternity Online= is currently closed to submissions. Will open again in early 2000. [Heliocentric Writer's Network, Sept 99] =Etoiles Vives= Andre-Francois Ruaud, editor of French anthologies and magazine =Etoiles Vives=, says, "As editor of =Etoiles vives=, a small French publishing house dedicated to SF & Fantasy, I'm preparing several anthologies, for which I accept submissions: "Histoires d'anges" ("Stories of Angels" - fantasy only, deadline Sept. 1999), "Le retour des dinosaures" ("The Return of the Dinosaurs" - science-fiction only, deadline Feb. 2000), and "Retrofutur!" ("Retrofuture!", a steampunk/gaslight romance anthology, including articles & interviews, deadline Apr. 2000). "I'm also editor of the book-magazine "Etoiles Vives", for which I mostly want "upbeat" fictions, sense of wonder, adventure, humanism, dreams, exotism, humour, speculative fiction... Both in the science fiction and fantasy genres. "Submissions to: aeff@easynet.fr, or to my physical address: Andre-Francois Ruaud, 245/247 rue Paul Bert, 69003 Lyon, France. "We pay $100 per story, one time publication rights only. The circulation of our books (trade paperback, B-format) is between 1000/2000." [E-mail dated 11 Jun 99] =Even More Monsters From Memphis= Anthology =Even More Monsters From Memphis= needs H/SF/DF fiction of 1k-10k wds. The story must be either set in Memphis or have strong connections with it. Stories that draw strongly upon Memphis history and Southern culture will be favored. Pays 1/2-6 cents/wd. Deadline: 9/30/99. Fee: $15, waived if in HWA or SFWA; will get copy of book. Beecher Smith, Editor, 44 N. Second St, Ste 1000, Memphis TN 38103-2220. [Heliocentric Writer's Network, Sept 99] =Gothic.Net= Thomas S. Roche is no longer the nonfiction editor at webzine Gothic.Net. Mehitobel Wilson took over his former duties. Wilson is looking for subs, but please request GLs before submitting to her at sighs@gothic.net." [Speculations online update #14] =Lore= Rod Heather, managing editor of =Lore= magazine, says, "Well, we've experienced something of an unanticipated hiatus through the summer and our response time has really suffered. We're getting back on the ball now though, and I ask anyone who has something with us to please be patient for a bit longer. We're getting through the piles now. "Again, query before sending something that exceeds 5,000 words. Chances are, unless we're familiar with your work, we'll want to see what you can do in 5,000 words or less before we'll be interested in seeing your longer work. "We do not accept e-mail submissions at this point. We pay two cents (US) per word for original tales upon publication. And, we pay 1/4 cent per word for reprint rights. Please query before sending along a reprint. "If you already have sent us something and have not heard back, do not send us something more before you have. "We will be getting our review column underway very shortly. The =Lore= reviewer is Andrea Locke, formerly of =Deathrealm=, and you may send review copies to her directly at 4809 Carnbrook Pl., Charlotte, NC 28212." Lore, P.O. Box 381, Matawan, NJ 07747-0381 loredigest@earthlink.net [no electronic submissions] http://www.loredigest.com [DarkEcho, 16 Sep 99] =Mindmares= Webzine =Mindmares= writing contest is open from 4/1/99-9/30/99, looking for the 10 most horrific, scary stories. Fee: $2; prizes: 1st - $75, 2nd - $50, 3rd - $25. Tracy Martin, , 18503 NE 158th St, Brush Prairie WA 98606; mindmares@prodigy.net; http://pages.prodigy.net/mindmares. [Heliocentric Writer's Network, Sept 99] =Planet Relish= Webzine =Planet Relish= now pays $5 per story. [Speculations online update #14] =Scheherazade= British magazine =Scheherazade= is still closed to submissions. [Speculations online update #14] =Talebones= Small press quarterly magazine T=alebones= has a new web address. They can now be found at: http://www.fairwoodpress.com. For now, the E-mail address talebones@nventure.com is going to continue working. They'll also be joining the SFSite on Aug 16th (http://www.sfsite.com). [DarkEcho, 19 Aug 99] =Terra Incognita= Jan Berrien Berends, Editor of =Terra Incognita=, (terraincognita@writeme.com) reports "=Terra Incognita= is by no means dead. The next issue is about to come out, a large batch of manuscript responses just went out (a couple of them positive), and the fifth issue is being prepared.... We are scrambling to catch up with the manuscripts, and we hope to be back to a reliable six-week turnaround time soon. In the mean time, we extend our sincere apologies to all writers who haven't heard from us. We do respond to all submissions." [Inklings, 15 Sep 99] =Vampire Dan's Story Emporium= =Vampire Dan's Story Emporium= needs more fantasy. [Speculations online update #14] =Weird Tales= Anyone who has had a manuscript at =Weird Tales= for longer than they expected should contact the editor if they haven't received a response. George Scithers at =Weird Tales= said (in response to an inquiry): "We've just cleared out our backlog, and can check our files to see if we got it." [Inklings, 15 Sep 99] =Writer's Network= The Writer's Network web site is now at http://www.jps.net/meszziah/bastmedia/. [Heliocentric Writer's Network, Sept 99] ==End of CALLIHOO newsletter for 21 September 1999==