CALLIHOO NEWSLETTER Market News for Writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Julia West, Editor Vol. 10, No. 10 16 July 2002 Website: http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/CALLIHOO/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- IN THIS ISSUE News Publication Notes Deadlines Contest Phobos Fiction Contest (gls) Market Information 3SF Deep Outside SFFH Imaginings anthology ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS PUBLICATION NOTES "Ken Rand's =Tales of the Lucky Nickel Saloon= is cleverly written, imaginative, and highly entertaining. It's fiction of an entirely new flavor." -- Kevin J. Anderson, coauthor of =Dune: The Butlerian Jihad=. Available now from Yard Dog Press (www.yarddogpress.com) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.) THE ETERNAL NIGHT WRITING CONTEST Deadline 31 July 2002 [Contest, SF taking place at night, 3,000 wds up. Prize $50 and signed print + publication on site. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 9)] GLIMMER TRAIN'S VERY SHORT FICTION AWARD Deadline 31 July 2002 [Contest, fic to 2,000 wds. No reprints. 1st place $1200 +pub. 2nd $500, 3rd $300. Submit on website. Reading fee $10. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 6)] NEW CENTURY WRITER AWARDS Deadline 31 July 2002 [Contest, screenplay or stage play any style, theme, or genre. $30 entry fee. Screenplay 1st $3000, 2nd $1500, 3rd $500, 4th-10th $200 each. Stage play 1st $2000, 2nd $1000, 3rd $500, 4th-10th $200 each. Mult. subs. okay. No e-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 16)] SECOND ANNUAL PHOBOS FICTION CONTEST Deadline 31 July 2002 [Contest, SF to 7500 wds. 3 $1000 prizes, 12 $500 prizes. Winners possibly pub in Phobos antho. No entry fee. May submit up to 3 stories. Contest format. Requires application form. Electronic subs only. No reprints or collaborations. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 10)] OCEANS OF THE MIND FALL 2002 ISSUE: MYSTERIES Deadline 1 August 2002 [Quarterly e-mailzine in .pdf format. SF to 8,000 words. Pays 5 cents/word & up. Themed. Prefers E-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 7 and Vol. 10 No. 3)] BYLINE 1ST CHAPTER OF A NOVEL CONTEST Deadline 6 August 2002 [Opening chapt unpub novel. Mainstream or genre; adult or YA. Max 25 pp. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $70, $40, $20. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 25)] THE BOOK OF MORE FLESH Deadline 16 Aug 2002 [Print antho, zombie fiction 3,000-7,000 wds. Pays 3-5 cents/wd. 30 days after pub. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 4)] DEATHLINGS.COM "THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT" CONTEST Deadline 1 September 2002 [Use contests to submit to magazines. H/DF to 4,000 wds. Pays 3 cents/wd. E-mail subs only. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 6 and Vol. 10 No. 3)] BYLINE GENRE FICTION CONTEST Deadline 5 September 2002 [Romance, sci-fi, confession, mystery, western, etc. story. No children's stories. Maximum 5,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $50, $30, $15. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 25)] THE SECOND ANNUAL DR. MAXIMILIAN TUNDRA MEMORIAL POETRY AND SHORT SPECULATIVE FICTION CONTEST Deadline 14 September 2002 [Contest. Spec fic 1,000-2,000 wds. Prize: $150C and pub in journal. Hon mention pub on website and in journal. Entry fee $10C from Canada, $10US elsewhere. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 4)] UPC SCIENCE FICTION AWARD Deadline 14 September 2002 [European contest, SF (Catalan, Spanish, English, or French) 70 to 115 pp. Prizes 6,000 and 1,500 Euros +pub. No reprints or E- mail subs. Submit in contest format. No entrance fee. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 20)] 2002 ZOETROPE: ALL-STORY SHORT FICTION CONTEST Deadline 1 October 2002 [Contest. Fiction to 5,000 wds. 1st $1000, 2nd $500, 3rd $250. No reprints. $15 entry fee per story. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 3)] BYLINE FLASH FICTION CONTEST Deadline 5 October 2002 [Short story or vignette under 1,000 words, which nevertheless feels complete. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $50, $30, $15. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 25)] SCIENCE FICTION WRITERS OF EARTH Deadline 30 October 2002 (postmarked) [Contest for new writers, SF/F 2,000 - 7,500 wds. $5 fee 1st entry (gives year's membership to SFWoE)/$2 fee further entries. 1st prize $200, 2nd $100, 3rd $50. No E-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 9)]] WRITERS OF THE FUTURE, 4TH QUARTER 2002 Deadline 31 October 2002 [$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. 9 No. 1)] MOTA: AN ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY OF FINE FICTION Deadline 1 November 2002 [Annual antho, fiction to 10,000 wds (to 8,000 wds preferred). Pays $100 on pub. Mult subs and reprints okay. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 9)] OCEANS OF THE MIND WINTER 2002 ISSUE: CANADIAN WRITERS Deadline 1 November 2002 [Quarterly e-mailzine in .pdf format. SF to 8,000 words. Pays 5 cents/word & up. Themed. Prefers E-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 7 and Vol. 10 No. 3)] BYLINE NEW-TALENT SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline 4 November 2002 [Writer who's never won a cash prize in a ByLine fiction contest. Max 5,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $50, $35, $25, $15. GLs in Vol. 9 No. 25)] THE NATIONAL FANTASY FAN FEDERATION SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline 1 December 2002 [Contest, SF/F/H. 1st place $50, 2nd $30, 3rd $20. Reading fee $2.00. No E-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 1)] BYLINE SHORT-SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline 5 December 2002 [Short story, any type or subject, to 2,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $60, $30, $20. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 25)] THE MOONLIGHT & MAGNOLIA FICTION WRITING CONTEST: SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HORROR Deadline 15 December 2002 [Annual competition for new writers, SF/F/H to 10,000 wds. No reprints. Prizes: 1st $250, 2nd $100, 3rd $50. Entry fee $7.50 per story ($2.50 2nd and thereafter to 3 entries). (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 17)] OCEANS OF THE MIND SPRING 2003 ISSUE: WOMEN WRITERS Deadline 1 February 2003 [Quarterly e-mailzine in .pdf format. SF to 8,000 words. Pays 5 cents/word & up. Themed. Prefers E-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 7 and Vol. 10 No. 3)] POLYPHONY: STORIES BEYOND GENRE ANTHOLOGY Probably opens 1 Mar 2003 [Biannual print antho, slipstream/magical realism. Pays 5 cents/wd on accept. First open reading period abt. 1 Mar 2003. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 22)] ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONTEST SECOND ANNUAL PHOBOS FICTION CONTEST [Contest, SF to 7500 wds. 3 $1000 prizes, 12 $500 prizes. Winners possibly pub in Phobos antho. No entry fee. May submit up to 3 stories. Contest format. Requires application form. Electronic subs only. No reprints or collaborations. Deadline 31 Jul 2002.] Submissions: contest@phobosweb.com Speculative visionaries sought for the Second Annual Phobos Fiction Contest It's that time of year again. Phobos Entertainment has launched its second annual fiction contest, dedicated to discovering and cultivating new and established science fiction literary talent. From now until August 1, 2002, we welcome all writers to submit SF short stories demonstrating innovation, insight and far sight. Phobos Fiction Contest awards include cash prizes, and the opportunity for publication in Phobos Book's Fiction Anthology. Already the 10 winners of the first annual Phobos fiction contest will see their works printed in Empire of Dreams and Miracles: The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology. This collection of incredible stories features an introduction by Orson Scott Card and a science foreword by Lawrence Krauss, as well as original cover art by Doug Chiang. Winners will also have the opportunity to see their works transformed into film, TV or video games. In our inaugural year, Phobos collected a wealth of terrific fiction, and garnered such genre talents as best-selling novelist Orson Scott Card, Star Wars Episodes I and II design director Doug Chiang, physicist and The Physics of Star Trek author Lawrence Krauss, The Matrix Executive Producer Andrew Mason, The Sci Fi Channel's Senior Vice President of Programming and Acquisitions Tom Vitale and former Marvel comics editor Jim Shooter to serve as contest judges. This year Phobos expects to receive even more terrific tales of wonder, and gather together an even more diverse array of SF luminaries to help select the contest's most thought provoking tales. This year, we have confirmed the following judges: Orson Scott Card, author of the Ender Series Larry Niven, author of =Ringworld= John Roche, an independent film producer Check back for a more comprehensive list of judges. So dust off those brilliant-but-overlooked literary SF gems, or put pen to paper and dream up an exciting new reality, and submit to us right away. Please cut and paste the application form [at the website] and send it to contest@phobosweb.com. You can get the application form [at the website]. For complete contest rules, see below. If you have any questions, email us at info@phobosweb.com. Phobos Entertainment is truly an "Empire of Dreams and Miracles," dedicated to creating, developing and promoting only the best in Science Fiction. Keith Olexa Phobos Book and Web Editor [http://www.phobosweb.com/fiction/] Contest Rules The Phobos Writing Contest (the "Contest") is sponsored by Phobos Entertainment Holdings, Inc. ("Phobos"). The Contest begins on April 1, 2002 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time ("EST") (the "Start Date"), and ends on July 31, 2002, midnight EST (the "End Date"). By participating in the contest, entrants fully and unconditionally agree to accept and be bound by these official rules. 1) Eligibility to participate in the contest. a) General Eligibility. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER. The Contest is open to any individual who is, as of the Start Date, (i) a legal resident of one of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia (specifically excluding Puerto Rico and all other territories and possessions) (the "Eligibility Area"), and (ii) 18 years old or older. Please note that misrepresentation of age, upon discovery by Phobos, will DISQUALIFY the applicable entrant. Void outside of the eligibility area and where otherwise prohibited or restricted by law (certain states may impose additional eligibility restrictions). Employees, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, and representatives of Phobos and its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, and advisors (such entities, collectively, the "Contest Entities"), and their immediate family members (spouse, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, or son, regardless of where they live) or members of the same households (whether related or not), are not eligible to win any prize. Phobos reserves the right, at any time and in its sole discretion, to refuse to allow any individual to participate or continue to participate in the Contest, or to disqualify any individual it suspects to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or Site; to be in violation of these Official Rules or to be acting in bad faith. Any attempt to deliberately damage the site or tamper with or undermine the operation of the contest is a violation of these official rules as well as criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, Phobos reserves the right to seek remedies and damages from any responsible entrant(s) to the fullest extent permitted by law, including, without limitation, criminal prosecution. By participating in the Contest, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by ALL decisions of Phobos, which decisions shall be final and binding in all respects. 2) SUBMISSIONS. a) Each Entrant may submit up to THREE (3) short stories to be entered into the Contest. All Science Fiction sub-genres are welcome; however, works of high fantasy or horror that lack a Science Fiction theme or conceit will not be considered. b) Submissions will be accepted electronically beginning at 9:00 a.m. EST on the Start Date and ending at midnight on the End Date. Each entry must comply with all of the following requirements (together, the "Submission Requirements"): i) Be written in the English language. ii) Include a filled-out entry form. iii) Include a title page with author's name, current mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address. iv) Have numbered pages with the title of the work appearing on each page (preferably as a footer) but NOT the author's name. (This is to ensure fairness in judging.) v) Be submitted in electronic format readable in Microsoft Word (.doc, .wrd, .rtf, .txt) only and only to contest@phobosweb.com (do not send hard copies via mail, fax, or any other means--they will not be accepted). vi) May not contain material from other published sources. Such material includes quotations, music, lyrics, poetry and any reference to or incorporation of characters, creatures, places or things from other Science Fiction or other fictional sources. vii) Any submission that the judges believe too closely resembles work from another copyrighted source will be subject to disqualification. viii) To aid in fair judging, the submission must not contain the name or other personally identifying information of the Entrant; ix) All submissions must also comply with the following short story requirements: c) Short Story Submissions. A submitted short story must meet ALL of the following criteria. i) The story should be double-spaced and must be no longer than 7,500 words long; and ii) No story may have appeared in a previous for-pay professional online or print publication. iii) The story must be written by a single individual. d) General Rules Regarding Submissions. Any submission that fails to fulfill all of the eligibility criteria and other requirements (including, without limitation, the Submission Requirements) set forth in these Official Rules will, upon Phobos' discovery of such failure, be subject to disqualification from the Contest (if such failures are discovered upon submission, any such story will not be accepted for review, will not be deemed a Submission, and will not be entered into the Contest). Please note that no changes may be made to a story once it has been submitted-to be safe, please make certain your submission is in compliance with these Official Rules before submission. No responsibility is assumed by Phobos for lost, late, incomplete, illegible, inaccessible, corrupted, or otherwise unusable Submissions; any computer, telephone, cable, network, satellite, server, service provider, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections, or availability; garbled or jumbled transmissions; service provider/Internet/Site inaccessibility or unavailability; Internet traffic congestion; or unauthorized intervention. All non-winning submissions will be destroyed by Phobos and its judges. e) Warranties. Each Contestant represents and warrants to Phobos that each Submission: (a) is or will be the individual's own original work, and that each such submission created solely by such individual; (b) does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights or other rights of any other person or entity; (c) does not and will not violate any applicable laws, and is not and will not be defamatory, libelous, pornographic, or obscene; (d) complies with these Official Rules; and (e) will not contain any "viruses" or other information, code, or material(s) that may damage or otherwise interfere with Phobos computer systems or data. These representations and warranties shall be deemed, for purposes of these Official Rules, the "Warranties". 3) THE CONTEST. a) Review of Short Story Submissions. i) An experienced professional staff of Science Fiction editors will make a preliminary evaluation of all eligible submissions and select stories for final judging; ii) Their selection criteria will be as follows: (i) originality of conception; (ii) excellence in execution; (iii) proper use of grammar, spelling and punctuation. iii) A panel of well-known judges will choose the top 12 stories. Stories will be judged on their own merits and the judges' decisions will be final. iv) Their final selection will be made no later than October 15, 2002. v) Due to the number of anticipated entrants, Phobos will not provide entrants with the judges' rationale for selecting one submission over another. b) Short Story Prize. i) 12 contest-winning short story authors shall each receive a cash prize of $500. The authors of the top three (3) contest-winning short stories shall each receive an additional prize of $500. ii) The contest-winning short stories will be considered for possible inclusion in an upcoming Phobos anthology of short stories. (If Phobos decides, in its sole discretion, that it wishes to do so, it will contact the author in advance to discuss publication.) iii) By entering this Contest, the author agrees that with regard to all Contest-winning stories Phobos shall have the following rights: (1) Right of First Negotiation: Prior to selling, optioning, licensing or transferring any rights in the story to any third party, the author will contact Phobos and give Phobos the chance to obtain such rights. The author shall negotiate with Phobos for at least 90 days after contacting Phobos with respect to mutually agreeable terms. (2) Right of Matching Last Refusal: If the author and Phobos are unable to agree upon terms, then the author shall have the right to offer to third parties such rights. However, prior to entering into any agreement with any third party, the author shall first submit to Phobos the terms that the author is then prepared to accept from such third party. Phobos shall have the right, within 10 business days after receipt of such terms, to notify author that Phobos elects to enter into an agreement with the author on all of such terms, in which case author shall enter into an agreement with Phobos on such terms. If Phobos does not notify author of its wishes to enter into such an agreement, then author shall be free to enter into an agreement with a third party on such terms. (3) These rights shall apply only to the winning short story and not to any other story submissions. c) Notification. Short story winners will be notified by Phobos either by telephone or by e-mail. If Entrant fails to respond to Phobos within 14 days of Phobos's notification, then Entrant will be disqualified, and the next runner-up in the applicable category shall be named the winner. 4) MISCELLANEOUS a) General. By entering this Contest, entrants agree to abide by the terms of these Official Rules, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this Contest. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. All federal, state and local taxes connected with any prize are the sole responsibility of the winners. Each winner must, if so requested by Phobos, complete Phobos' online winner verification process and/or execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and a Liability/Publicity Release within a period of time dictated by Phobos. All prizes awarded in connection with the Contest are nontransferable. No substitution of prizes is permitted, except that in the event of the unavailability of any prize, Phobos reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value, in its sole discretion. b) List of Winners; License. After the winners are selected, their names will be posted to the Site. Winners agree to grant to Phobos and its licensees and assigns, the right to print, publish, broadcast, and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the World Wide Web, at any time or times, the winner's name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness and biographical information as news or information and for advertising and promotional purposes without additional consideration. c) Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability. The Contest Entities make no warranties, and hereby disclaim any and all warranties, express or implied, concerning any prize furnished in connection with the Contest. The Contest Entities are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused or created by Site users, by tampering or "hacking," or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized as part of the Site or the Contest, and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, destruction, or unauthorized access to the Site. d) If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of damage by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical limitations or failures, strikes, industry conditions, marketplace demands, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of Phobos, could corrupt, compromise, undermine, or otherwise affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, viability, or proper conduct of the Contest, as applicable, Phobos reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to modify these Official Rules and/or to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest. e) In no event will the contest entities be responsible or liable for any damages or losses of any kind, including without limitation direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages, arising out of your access to and use of the site, the downloading from and/ or printing material downloaded from the site, or the acceptance, possession, use, or misuse, or any harm resulting from the acceptance, possession, use, or misuse, of any prize awarded in connection with the contest. Without limiting the foregoing, the contest and all materials provided on or through the site are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. f) Dates and Deadlines. Phobos reserves the right, in addition to those other rights reserved herein, to modify any date(s) or deadline(s) set forth in these Official Rules or otherwise governing the Contest. g) Release and Indemnification. By entering the contest, entrants release and hold the contest entities harmless from and against any and all losses, damages, rights, claims, and actions of any kind arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the contest or resulting directly or indirectly from acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize awarded in connection with the contest, including without limitation personal injury, death, and/or property damage, as well as claims based on publicity rights, defamation, and/or invasion of privacy. h) Arbitration. In the event of any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Official Rules or the Contest, regardless of the number or identity of defendant(s) or plaintiff(s), such dispute shall be submitted to arbitration in the County of New York, State of New York, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the American Arbitration Association then in effect (as amended herein), provided that said arbitration shall be heard before a single arbitrator, selected pursuant to such rules and regulations, and shall be conducted on an expedited basis and in confidence. The arbitrator shall have at least ten (10) years of related intellectual property experience, and be well acquainted with the entertainment, new media, and Internet industries. The arbitrator selected pursuant to these Official Rules shall be well acquainted with the entertainment, Internet, and new media industries, and shall not have the power to impose punitive damages. Each party hereby waives any and all rights and benefits which it might otherwise have or be entitled to under federal law or the laws of New York or any other state to litigate any such dispute in court, it being the intention of the parties to arbitrate, according to the provisions of these Official Rules, all such disputes. The arbitrator's decision shall be controlled by the terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and any other agreements you may enter into with Phobos in connection with the Contest, and shall be final and binding, and shall provide for each party to bear its own costs of arbitration and attorneys' fees. EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A JURY. Judgment upon the award of the arbitrator may be entered or enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction. If either party shall fail to appear at the hearing on the date designated in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association, or shall otherwise fail to participate in the arbitration proceeding, the arbitrator is hereby empowered to proceed ex parte. In the event of any dispute concerning these Official Rules or any other agreement between you and Phobos in connection with the Contest, your sole and exclusive remedy shall be to seek damages pursuant to an arbitration authorized by this Section 5f and in no event will you be entitled to seek injunctive or other equitable relief. If you do not agree to these requirements (or any other provision herein), then please do not participate in the Contest. i) Governing Law. The Contest and these Official Rules are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, United States of America, without regards to its principles of conflicts of law. For any dispute not subject to arbitration according to Section 5f above, entrant agrees to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction by the federal and state courts located in the County of New York, United States of America, and waives any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby irrevocably waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys' fees, other than participant's actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with participating in the Contest), and entrant further irrevocably waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. [http://www.phobosweb.com/fiction/guidelines.html] ----------------------------------------------------------------- MARKET INFORMATION 3SF Liz Holliday, editor of upcoming British print magazine =3SF=, said, "Yes, we have achieved Paypal! "You can now subscribe to =3SF= via Paypal--the only thing being that (for reasons I'm really not going to go into here) it's not on the =3SF= website, it's on Big Engine's: www.bigengine.co.uk "Go ye forth and subscribe... oh yeah, and tell all your friends." [sff.publishing.3sfmagazine, 24 Jun 02] Ms. Holliday griped, "I have just discovered that someone . . . who really ought to know better simsubbed. I had the story on my second read pile and was almost certainly going to buy it. Now I find this person has sold the story to an anthology. "What can I say? I am royally pissed off at having my time wasted. I could understand it if my return times were long (as they were with Odyssey, when really I could see how someone would get fed up waiting). But they aren't, and this is unfair. "If anyone else has it in mind to do this PLEASE DON'T. Not only will you piss me off now, I'll be very unlikely to look at another sub from you, on the grounds--not unreasonable, I think-- that if you wasted my time once, you might well do it again. "I try to act fairly at all times. It would be nice to be treated with the same respect." [sff.publishing.3sfmagazine, 2 Jul 02] DEEP OUTSIDE SFFH Online magazine =Deep Outside SFFH= has new submission guidelines. "We are now accepting e-mail submissions! We also no longer accept snail mail submissions. This convenience will both help smooth our own operations, and also make it easier and quicker for individuals to submit short fiction. However, there are some extremely important details. Because we are automating our systems, it is essential that you read our guidelines and follow them to the letter, in order to make sure that your story is considered by our editorial staff. Visit our guidelines at http://outside.clocktowerfiction.com/Main/guidelines.shtml Please read and follow our guidelines before submitting fiction." IMAGININGS After the deadline for the =Imaginings= anthology had passed, editor Keith R.A. DeCandido said, "I have received a grand total of 451 submissions. "Of those, 165 have been returned, 18 will be returned, and the remaining 268 *whimper* are still in the TBR [to be read] pile. "I will be spending a great deal of time in the latter half of July whittling down that latter number to ten." [sff.publishing.albe-shiloh, 2 Jul 2002] ==End of the CALLIHOO Newsletter for 16 July 2002==