Market News for Writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Julia West, Editor Vol. 10, No. 37 15 April 2003 Website: http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/CALLIHOO/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- IN THIS ISSUE News Deadlines Anthology Leviathan 4 (gls) Market Information Aoife's Kiss (closed 'til June) Artemis Magazine Black Gate Harlequin H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror Images, Inc. Realms of Fantasy Strange Horizons Sword & Sorceress 21 Twin Cities Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (dead) Weird Tales ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS Lee Modesitt won the Utah Speculative Fiction Award, awarded April 12 at the downtown Salt Lake City library. Congratulations! ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.) NEW MOON NOV./DEC. 2003 ISSUE: SHHH! IT'S A SECRET! Deadline 1 May 2003 [Bimonthly printzine, fiction for girls 8-14. Fiction about girls/women 900-1200 wds (prints 3 to 6 per year). Occasionally serializes longer fiction. Buys all rts. Sim subs and reprints okay if notify. Prefer E-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 33)] OCEANS OF THE MIND SUMMER 2002 ISSUE: BONESTELL Deadline 1 May 2002 [PDF mag, SF to 8,000 wds. Pays from 5 cents/wd. Stories in this issue inspired by Chesley Bonestell painting Exploring the Moon by Earthlight [picture shown on website]. Stories needn't take place on Moon, but should relate to the painting. No H/F/S&S. Prefers E-mail subs. Sim subs okay. RT E-mail 4-5 wks, snail 6-8 wks. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 29)] BYLINE NEW-TALENT SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline 5 May 2003 [Open to writers who have never won cash prize in ByLine fiction category. Max 5,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $50, $35, $25, $15. Winners not printed; no rights taken. No reprints or E- mail subs. Mult subs okay with separate entry fees. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 33)] HIDDEN TALENTS SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline 31 May 2003 [Canadian contest, short stories to 5,000 wds. Prizes: 1st $500C, 2nd $250C, 3rd $100C, HM $25C; Junior 1st $200C, 2nd $100C, 3rd $50C, HM $10C. Winners pub. Entry fee $10C ($5C for Junior Writers--under age 17). No E-mail subs, reprints. Mult subs okay with separate entry fee & form. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 30)] BYLINE SHORT-SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline 5 June 2003 [General short story to 2,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $70, $35, $20. Winners not printed; no rights taken. No reprints or E-mail subs. Mult subs okay with separate entry fees. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 33)] BYLINE JUVENILE SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline 25 June 2003 [Fiction for ages 5 to 8; 9 to 12; or 13 to 16. State targeted age group on ms.; length appropriate for intended audience (3,000 words max). Entry fee $4. Prizes: $40, $30, $15. Winners not printed; no rights taken. No reprints or E-mail subs. Mult subs okay with separate entry fees. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 33)] LEVIATHAN 4 Deadline 30 June 2003 [Print antho, lit spec fic 5,000 to 20,000 wds. Theme: cities. Pays to $250/story. No reprints or mult subs. E-mail subs okay. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 37)] WRITERS OF THE FUTURE, 3RD QUARTER 2003 Deadline 30 June 2003 [$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. 10 No. 33)] MAIDEN OF PAIN Deadline 1 July 2003 [Novel proposal, Forgotten Realms, Loviatar (Maiden of Pain) priest/ess. Include ten-page, double-spaced writing sample: a scene from your version of Maiden of Pain, one-page, single-spaced story synopsis (whole story), and one-page cover letter about you. No E-mail subs. Final novel to be 90,000 wds, due June/July 2004. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 31)] NEW MOON JAN./FEB. 2004 ISSUE: MAMA SAID THERE'D BE DAYS LIKE THIS Deadline 1 July 2003 [Bimonthly printzine, fiction for girls 8-14. Fiction about girls/women 900-1200 wds (prints 3 to 6 per year). Occasionally serializes longer fiction. Buys all rts. Sim subs and reprints okay if notify. Prefer E-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 33)] BYLINE SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline 5 July 2003 [Fiction on any topic, to 5,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $70, $35, $20. Winners not printed; no rights taken. No reprints or E-mail subs. Mult subs okay with separate entry fees. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 33)] OCEANS OF THE MIND FALL 2003 ISSUE: SCIENCE FICTION MYSTERIES Deadline 1 August 2003 [PDF magazine, SF to 8,000 wds. Pays from 5 cents/wd. Mysteries. Robbery, murder, piracy, locked room. No H/F/S&S. Prefers E-mail subs. Sim subs okay. RT E-mail 4-5 wks, snail 6- 8 wks. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 29)] BYLINE 1ST CHAPTER OF A NOVEL CONTEST Deadline 5 August 2003 [Opening chapter of unpub novel. Mainstream or genre; adult or YA audience. Max 25 pages. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $70, $40, $25. Winners not printed; no rights taken. No reprints or E-mail subs. Mult subs okay with separate entry fees. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 33)] BORDERLANDS 5 ANTHOLOGY Deadline 1 September 2003 [Non-theme antho, dark spec fic to 5,000 wds. Pays 5-7 cents/wd. Sim and E-mail subs okay. No reprints. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 31)] NEW MOON MAR./APR. 2004 ISSUE: FEELIN' GROOVY (MUSIC & DANCE) Deadline 1 September 2003 [Bimonthly printzine, fiction for girls 8-14. Fiction about girls/women 900-1200 wds (prints 3 to 6 per year). Occasionally serializes longer fiction. Buys all rts. Sim subs and reprints okay if notify. Prefer E-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 33)] BYLINE GENRE FICTION CONTEST Deadline 5 September 2003 [Short story that fits category: romance, sci-fi, confession, mystery, western, etc. No children's stories. Max 5,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $50, $30, $15. Winners not printed; no rights taken. No reprints or E-mail subs. Mult subs okay with separate entry fees. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 33)] BYLINE FLASH FICTION CONTEST Deadline 10 October 2003 [Short story or vignette under 1,000 words, which nevertheless feels complete. These often depend on atmosphere and technique more than plot. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $50, $30, $15. GLs in Vol. 10 No. 33)] NEW MOON MAY/JUN. 2004 ISSUE: 25 BEAUTIFUL GIRLS Deadline 1 November 2003 [Bimonthly printzine, fiction for girls 8-14. Fiction about girls/women 900-1200 wds (prints 3 to 6 per year). Occasionally serializes longer fiction. Buys all rts. Sim subs and reprints okay if notify. Prefer E-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 33)] OCEANS OF THE MIND WINTER 2003: AUSTRALIAN WRITERS Deadline 1 November 2003 [PDF magazine, SF to 8,000 wds. Pays from 5 cents/wd. No H/F/S&S. Prefers E-mail subs. Sim subs okay. RT E-mail 4-5 wks, snail 6-8 wks. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 29)] BYLINE NEW-TALENT SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline 5 November 2003. Open to writers who have never won cash prize in a ByLine fiction contest. Maximum 5,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $50, $35, $25, $15. Winners not printed; no rights taken. No reprints or E-mail subs. Mult subs okay with separate entry fees. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 33)] DAIKAIJU ANTHOLOGY Deadline 30 November 2004 [Antho, giant monster stories to 12,000 wds. Pays Aus$30/story. Enquire for E-mail subs. GLs in Vol. 10 No. 31)] BYLINE SHORT-SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline 5 December 2003 [Short story of any type or subject, to 2,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $60, $30, $20. Winners not printed; no rights taken. No reprints or E-mail subs. Mult subs okay with separate entry fees. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 33)] NEW MOON JUL./AUG. 2004 ISSUE: IT'S NOT EASY BEIN' GREEN (THE ENVIRONMENT) Deadline 1 January 2004 [Bimonthly printzine, fiction for girls 8-14. Fiction about girls/women 900-1200 wds (prints 3 to 6 per year). Occasionally serializes longer fiction. Buys all rts. Sim subs and reprints okay if notify. Prefer E-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 33)] OCEANS OF THE MIND SPRING 2004 ISSUE: COLONIES Deadline 1 February 2004 [PDF themed magazine, SF to 8,000 wds. Pays from 5 cents/wd. Science Fiction stories about colonies. How they do or don't survive, the challenges and rewards. No H/F/S&S. Prefers E-mail subs. Sim subs okay. RT E-mail 4-5 wks, snail 6-8 wks. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 29)] NEW MOON SEPT./OCT. 2004 ISSUE: IF I HAD A HAMMER Deadline 1 March 2004 [Bimonthly printzine, fiction for girls 8-14. Fiction about girls/women 900-1200 wds (prints 3 to 6 per year). Occasionally serializes longer fiction. Buys all rts. Sim subs and reprints okay if notify. Prefer E-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 33)] NEW MOON NOV./DEC. 2004 ISSUE: WHAT A GIRL WANTS (READERS' CHOICE AWARDS) Deadline 1 May 2004 [Bimonthly printzine, fiction for girls 8-14. Fiction about girls/women 900-1200 wds (prints 3 to 6 per year). Occasionally serializes longer fiction. Buys all rts. Sim subs and reprints okay if notify. Prefer E-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 33)] OCEANS OF THE MIND SUMMER 2004: SPIRITUAL SCIENCE FICTION Deadline 1 May 2004 [PDF themed magazine, SF to 8,000 wds. Pays from 5 cents/wd. No H/F/S&S. Prefers E-mail subs. Sim subs okay. RT E-mail 4-5 wks, snail 6-8 wks. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 29)] ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANTHOLOGY LEVIATHAN 4 [Print antho, lit spec fic 5,000 to 20,000 wds. Theme: cities. Pays to $250/story. Reading from 7 Apr to 30 Jun 03. No reprints or mult subs. E-mail subs okay.] Forrest Aguirre, Editor 1718 Weber Dr. Madison, WI 53713 Submissions: ministryofwhimsy@yahoo.com World Fantasy Award finalist Ministry of Whimsy Press will be reading for the fourth installment of its British Fantasy Award and Philip K. Dick Award-finalist original fiction anthology series =Leviathan= from April 7th to June 30th. The anthology will be edited by Forrest Aguirre. Submissions should be 5,000 to 20,000 words long. Please adhere to the minimum and maximum word count. Maximum payment of $250 per accepted piece. =Leviathan 4= is a themed anthology--The theme is "Cities". We are looking for previously unpublished stories where a city or cities is (are) so critical to the success of the story that the tale utterly fails if moved to another location, real or imagined. The works we publish might be described as surreal, decadent, experimental, slipstream or magically real, but with a strong literary sensibility. Tales for =Leviathan= should contain some fantastical element, however slight, with a strong sense of atmosphere and word-crafting throughout. We are not afraid of experimentalism, but do note that our readers appreciate some sense of linearity, though this sense might be minimal. Remember, a city must, in essence, be a character, be the plot, be the ouvre of the work. Please do not send ANY stories that feature such traditional tropes as vampires, werewolves, zombies, or faeries. Traditional science fiction, hardcore horror, sword and sorcery, and stories in which humor is the primary element stand little chance of acceptance. Monkeys, small children, and anthropomorphic cleaning products are also not welcome. No multiple submissions, please. You can submit your story to editor Forrest Aguirre via email at ministryofwhimsy@yahoo.com in RTF or Word .doc format. You can also submit your story via snail mail to Forrest Aguirre at 1718 Weber Dr, Madison, WI 53713. Stories submitted via snail mail without adequate SASE will be disposed of unread. Submissions to the Ministry's Tallahassee address will not be read. We strongly recommend that you buy a copy of the =Leviathan 3= anthology to get an idea of the type of story for which we are looking. Past volumes of =Leviathan= have featured fiction from L. Timmel Duchamp, Richard Calder, Stepan Chapman, Rhys Hughes, Rikki Ducornet, Brian Evenson, and Michael Moorcock, among others. "One of the best collections of quality fiction at any level that I've seen in years...not since Damon Knight's =Orbit=." - Tangent "Every story is well-crafted and inherently substantial: it's easy to imagine any one of them appearing in, say, =The New Yorker=." - CLF Newsletter "A potent antidote to the quotidian thinking (and writing) that infuses much of mainstream life." - Review of Contemporary Fiction "Decadent fantasy has rarely had this attractive and substantial a vehicle." - Locus "The variety and ambition of this compilation mandates that lovers of speculative fiction consider it for their own self-defined libraries." - Publisher's Weekly Forrest Aguirre, Managing Editor Ministry of Whimsy http://www.ministryofwhimsy.com [sff.net, 15 Apr 03] ----------------------------------------------------------------- MARKET INFORMATION AOIFE'S KISS A message on the Sam's Dot Publishing message board said, "Because I have plenty of material for the June issue, I have closed =Aoife's Kiss= to submissions until 1 June 2003. If you already have submissions with me, they will be read and responded to. Our other publications, including =Between Kisses Newsletter= and =Kisses for Kids=, remain open. ~tyree" [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=291&show_all_t opics=0, 10 Apr 03] ARTEMIS MAGAZINE Ian Randal Strock, editor of =Artemis Magazine=, said, "Well, now the exams are over, I've been at work for nearly two weeks (I'm getting the hang of it), and last weekend has ended. Oh, yeah, last weekend my parents threw Kit and me a wedding party: small, but intense, and I've been off-line for about a week because of it. I'm back on-line now, but one of the efforts for the party (printing labels) kinda screwed up my printer, so it's in the shop, and I'm hoping to have it back real soon. "Once the printer is indeed back, I will be reading the pile of manuscripts currently threatening to engulf my feet, and then putting together the next issue (#8) of =Artemis Magazine=." [sff.publishing.artemismagazine, 11 Apr 03] BLACK GATE John O'Neill, editor of =Black Gate= magazine, said, "We have discovered that the address used for electronic submissions to =Black Gate= (submissions@blackgate.com) was mistakenly de-activated by our ISP last Friday. A quick call to Cyberus in Ottawa sorted out the problem, and we are now back up and running. "Anyone who sent in a submission or query between Friday and Monday afternoon should have received a bounce message informing them that their message never arrived. I would ask anyone who got such a message to submit to us again, either at the regular address or directly to me at john@blackgate.com. And thank you for bearing with us. "Apologies for the inconvenience." [sff.publishing.black-gate-magazine, 8 Apr 03] HARLEQUIN There's an interview with an editor for Harlequin's new fantasy line at http://www.crescentblues.com/6_4issue/int_hussey.shtml It mentions quite a few famous fantasy/SF authors as examples of what they are after. [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=291&show_all_t opics=0, 8 Apr 03] H. P. LOVECRAFT'S MAGAZINE OF HORROR John Betancourt, publisher of Wildside Press, said, "Wildside Press is launching =H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror= this fall. It will be a standard sized fiction magazines, 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, on newsprint, with a full-color cover. First issue has a Bob Eggleton cover. It's not an open market for fiction at this time (not until it's more settled and the editor has time to read a slushpile). But we are looking for interviews with major figures in the horror field, as well as proposals for a couple of non-fiction columns. Payment is 3 cents/word for non-fiction." [sff.publishing.market-report, 15 Apr 2003] IMAGES, INC. Ron Chironna said, "I'm the new submissions editor for: http://www.nova-audio.com/ and we're a small, but expanding company looking to acquire both short stories and novels by serious (and GOOD) writers for future publications. "In general, and at this point in our development, we're looking for stories that will appeal to middle grade readers, but not younger, and any age group older than that, including tasteful erotic science fiction or fantasy. "If you want to reply to me privately, please use this address: art@ronaldchironna.com. Please don't call Images, Inc. or use any other e-mail address at this time, since all submissions have to go through me." [E-mail, 14 Apr 03] REALMS OF FANTASY Carina Gonzalez, editorial assistant for =Realms of Fantasy=, said, "The latest batch is in for =Realms of Fantasy= (postmarks from 2/1/03 and on) and the website is being updated daily accordingly. www.geocities.com/roflist/slush" [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=204&show_all_t opics=0, 7 Apr 03] STRANGE HORIZONS Jed Hartman, one of the fiction editors for =Strange Horizons=, said, "SH is definitely still interested in hypertext stories. For more details, see some of my journal entries from last fall: general discussion of what I'd like to see in hyperfiction [http://www.kith.org/logos/journal/show-entry.php?Entry_ID=750], some examples [http://www.kith.org/logos/journal/ show-entry.php?Entry_ID=753], and info on how to submit hyperfiction http://www.kith.org/logos/journal/ show-entry.php?Entry_ID=759]. "As for humor, I think in many cases it's not so much that editors are reluctant to accept humor, as that people's senses of humor are idiosyncratic. We in the SH fiction dept., for example, are delighted when we get a piece that we all three think is funny, but that doesn't happen very often." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=204&show_all_t opics=0, 3 Apr 03] Lorem Ipsum, Being the online journal of Jed Hartman Hyperquestion, hyperanswer 11 December 2002, 10:24 AM A reader (I'm never sure whether to identify people by name when they send me questions 'n' stuff) asks how one would submit a hypertext story to SH. Another good question. I'll try and remember to cover that in our new revised more extensive guidelines. But I'll also cover it here. If you have a website, the process is simple: Post your hyperfiction to the web, in a new directory on your site, with no links to it. Make sure there are really no links to it. Don't make it publicly accessible, or we can't consider it. (Note, btw, that if your piece contains a link to another site, and you or we follow that link, your piece's URL may end up in the other site's referrer list. And sometimes referrer lists are made public, and bots follow those links and index them. So if you're linking elsewhere, you probably ought to use any of various systems to ensure that well-behaved bots won't index these pages. If you don't know how to do this, look for information on robots.txt files online, or ask us.) If you really want to be careful, password-protect the directory. If you have the capability to do this, it's probably a good idea, but not essential. Submit the URL of a good starting page for your piece to us. Follow our regular submission guidelines, only instead of the text of the story, paste in the URL. If you password-protected the directory, provide the username and password. Also, please mention in your cover letter that the piece is not publicly accessible, so we won't have to worry about that. If you don't have a website, there are various options, but it gets messy. Query us. Probably the simplest approach would involve creating a zip or tar archive and sending it to us; there may also be options involving presenting the piece as plain text (with notes indicating links and such). But again, query before trying these options. Hope that helps. [http://www.kith.org/logos/journal/show-entry.php?Entry_ID=759] SWORD & SORCERESS 21 ANTHOLOGY A writer on the =Speculations= Rumor Mill said, "Some people have queried S&S now and have learned that Diana Paxson is now editing the antho. As of about a month ago, she'd read maybe half of the submissions, but was waiting to send out rejections until she could give specific reasons and hoping to get the decisions made soon. (Apologies for the paraphrasing. I didn't query myself, so this is second hand info--aka a RUMOR.) So that's the news from the early queryers." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=204&show_all_t opics=0, 3 Apr 03] Another writer said, "Another writer reported an e-mail rejection from the S&S anthology this morn." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=201&m=15582&sh ow_all_topics=0, 9 Apr 2003] TWIN CITIES MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION A writer on the Rumor Mill said, "Today I received a letter from Lucas Rayala, editor of the =Twin Cities Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction=. The letter stated that he was discontinuing the zine as of the end of March. "I've visited the website; it is no longer there. "One more zine gone." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=291&show_all_t opics=0, 14 Apr 03] WEIRD TALES achillesva [achillesva@hotmail.com] [[didn't leave any other name--ed.]] said, "If you have =Weird Tales= questions. . .just shoot me an email at the [E-mail] addy above. "I go to the WT offices about 1/month to do asst. ed. work, and while I can't be as responsive as Carina Gonzalez [editorial assistant for =Realms of Fantasy=], I will do my best to check on stuff or to pass comments on to the senior eds. if you have any problems. "Please accept a blanket apology for any delayed responses. We've got an enormous slush pile and we really do try to make every effort to respond in a timely manner." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=201&m=15582&sh ow_all_topics=0, 9 Apr 03] A writer on the Rumor Mill said, "=Weird Tales= . . . editors apparently don't like stories where the protagonist is possibly insane." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=201&show_all_t opics=0, 12 Apr 03] ==End of the CALLIHOO Newsletter for 15 April 2003==