CALLIHOO Newsletter Market News for Writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Julia West, Editor Vol. 10, No. 33 18 March 2003 Website: http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/CALLIHOO/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- IN THIS ISSUE News Deadlines Contests ByLine Contests (gls) Writers of the Future Contest (gls) Market Guidelines Abyss & Apex (gls) Bloodlust-UK (gls) ByLine Magazine (gls) GateWay S-F Magazine (gls) Horror Garage (gls) Leading Edge (gls) New Moon (gls) Planet Relish (gls) Realms of Fantasy (gls) Market Information 3SF Artemis Oceans of the Mind On Spec Realms of Fantasy Spectrum SF (temp closed) ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS James C. Christensen, well-known fantasy illustrator (from Utah), has won the 2002 Chesley Award in the category of "Best Cover Illustration: Magazine" for his work on issue 41 (the 20th anniversary issue) of =Leading Edge= (published in Utah). His piece beat out other covers from several major publications including =Analog=, =Dragon Magazine=, and =Fantasy & Science Fiction=. Our congratulations go out to Mr. Christensen for his excellent work! [http://tle.byu.edu/] ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.) SKIN DEEP Deadline 31 March 2003 [British children's antho (12 and up), stories about racism (incl hist/SF) to 5,000 wds. Pays 400-500GBP/story. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 31)] WRITERS OF THE FUTURE, 2ND QUARTER 2003 Deadline 31 March 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)] BYLINE FLASH FICTION CONTEST Deadline 5 April 2003 [Quick fiction; feels complete in less than a 1000 wds. Often depend on atmosphere, technique, and sense of immediacy. 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 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)] 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. 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)] 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. 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)] ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONTESTS BYLINE MAGAZINE CONTESTS [Various contests, various deadlines, various entry fees, various cash prizes. Winners not printed; no rights taken. No reprints or E-mail subs. Mult subs okay with separate entry fees.] All dates listed are postmark deadlines. Enter your own work only. Type your name, address, phone number and the contest category on the first page of the manuscript (no cover sheet). Prepare in standard manuscript format. Entries will not be returned, so there's no need for SASE. You may send multiple entries to any contest, but each entry requires an entry fee. Entries should be unpublished when entered. A list of winners in each category will be printed in the issue of =ByLine= dated three months after deadline. Winning manuscripts are not published so that authors retain all rights. Mail entries to: Contests, =ByLine= Magazine PO Box 5240 Edmond, OK 73083-5240 [Note: there are many more contests; these are just some that may appeal to SF/F/H writers] FLASH FICTION--Deadline April 5, 2003. A quick fiction which feels complete in less than a thousand words. These stories often depend on atmosphere, technique, and a sense of immediacy. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $60, $30, $20. NEW-TALENT SHORT STORY--Deadline May 5, 2003. Open to any writer who never has won a cash prize in any ByLine fiction category. Maximum 5,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $50, $35, $25, $15. SHORT-SHORT STORY--Deadline June 5, 2003. General short story up to 2,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $70, $35, $20. JUVENILE SHORT STORY--Deadline June 25, 2003. Fiction for ages 5 to 8; 9 to 12; or 13 to 16. State targeted age group on ms.; length should be appropriate for intended audience (3,000 words maximum). Entry fee $4. Prizes: $40, $30, $15. SHORT STORY--Deadline July 5, 2003. Fiction on any topic, up to 5,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $70, $35, $20. 1st CHAPTER OF A NOVEL--Deadline August 5, 2003. Opening chapter of an unpublished novel. Mainstream or genre; adult or YA audience. Maximum 25 pages. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $70, $40, $25. GENRE FICTION--Deadline September 5, 2003. Short story that fits a particular category: romance, sci-fi, confession, mystery, western, etc. No children's stories. Maximum 5,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $50, $30, $15. FLASH FICTION--Deadline October 10, 2003. A 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. NEW-TALENT SHORT STORY--Deadline November 5, 2003. Open to any writer who never has won a cash prize in a ByLine fiction contest. Maximum 5,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $50, $35, $25, $15. SHORT-SHORT STORY--Deadline December 5, 2003. Short story of any type or subject, up to 2,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $60, $30, $20. [http://www.bylinemag.com/contests.asp] L. RON HUBBARD'S WRITERS OF THE FUTURE CONTEST [Quarterly contest. SF/F/H to 17,000 wds. New writers only. No entry fee. Quarters begin Oct 1, Jan 1, Apr 1 and Jul 1. No reprints, mult or E-mail subs. Prizes 1st $1,000, 2nd $750, 3rd $500 + pub in antho (separate pmt.) Yearly Grand Prize chosen from 1st place winners (additional $4,000 prize).] CONTEST RULES Opportunity for new and amateur writers of new short stories or novelettes of science fiction or fantasy. No entry fee is required. Entrants retain all publication rights. All awards are adjudicated by professional writers only. Prizes every three months: $1,000, $750, $500. Annual grand prize: $4,000 additional! Don't delay! Send your entry to: L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest P.O. Box 1630-JBW Los Angeles, CA 90078 1. No entry fee is required, and all rights in the story remain the property of the author. All types of science fiction, fantasy and horror with fantastic elements, are welcome. 2. All entries must be original works, in English. Plagiarism, which includes the use of third-party poetry, song lyrics, characters or another person's universe, without written permission will result in disqualification. Excessive violence or sex, determined by the judges, will result in disqualification. Entries may not have been previously published in professional media. 3. To be eligible, entries must be works of prose, up to 17,000 words in length. We regret we cannot consider poetry, or works intended for children. 4. The Contest is open only to those who have not had professionally published a novel or short novel, or more than one novelette, or more than three short stories, in any medium. Professional publication is deemed to be payment, and at least 5,000 copies, or 5,000 hits. 5. Entries must be typewritten or a computer printout in black ink on white paper, double spaced, with numbered pages. All other formats will be disqualified. Each entry must have a cover page with the title of the work, the author's name, address and telephone number, and an approximate word-count. Every subsequent page must carry the title and a page number, but the author's name must be deleted to facilitate fair judging. 6. Manuscripts will be returned after judging, if the author has provided return postage and a self-addressed envelope. All other manuscripts will be destroyed. 7. There shall be three cash prizes in each quarter: a First Prize of $1,000, a Second Prize of $750, and a Third Prize of $500, in U.S. dollars or the recipient's locally equivalent amount. In addition, at the end of the year the four First Place winners will have their entries rejudged, and a Grand Prize winner shall be determined and receive an additional $4,000. All winners will also receive trophies or certificates. 8. The Contest has four quarters, beginning on October 1, January 1, April 1 and July 1. The year will end on September 30. To be eligible for judging in its quarter, an entry must be postmarked no later than midnight on the last day of the quarter. 9. Each entrant may submit only one manuscript per quarter. Winners are ineligible to make further entries in the contest. 10. All entries for each quarter are final. No revisions are accepted. 11. Entries will be judged by professional authors. The decisions of the judges are entirely their own, and are final. 12. Winners in each quarter will be individually notified of the results by mail. 13. This contest is void where prohibited by law. About the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest The L. Ron Hubbard Writers of The Future Contest is an ongoing competition designed to discover new and amateur writers of science fiction and fantasy, present certificates of merit when earned and award monetary prizes to the winners. L. Ron Hubbard established the Writers of The Future Contest in 1983 to help new writers and the L. Ron Hubbard Library has continued to sponsor it ever since. As early as 1935 he had begun helping other writers--a lifelong commitment--by publishing articles on the art and craft of writing. Later, in 1940, he launched his very first contest for aspiring writers over the radio in Ketchikan, Alaska. Publication of his own first professional short story in 1932 had launched one of the most spectacular and prolific writing careers of the 20th century, embracing genres ranging from adventure, western, historical, romance, mystery and horror to science fiction and fantasy. L. Ron Hubbard produced more than 250 published works of fiction, with close to one third of those being in the speculative fiction genre. L. Ron Hubbard heralded his return to science fiction writing in 1982, celebrating his 50th year as a professional writer with the best-selling, highly acclaimed Battlefield Earth. Why science fiction? As he wrote in the Introduction, "SF and fantasy hold out the prospect of possibility and in possibility you have choice and in choice you have freedom." Thus, based on his own success as a writer, his love of the speculative fiction genre and his lifelong commitment to helping new writers, L. Ron Hubbard launched the very first Writers of The Future Contest in 1983. It was planned to have professional science fiction and fantasy authors as judges and would have an anthology published of the winning stories, illustrated by professional artists of the genre. The resounding success of the Contest and the anthology--and public demand for more--led to another Contest year and another anthology, yet another Contest year and yet another anthology. In 1988, the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of The Future Contest was launched as an expression of L. Ron Hubbard's wish that the relationship between the written word and the illustrator's art would not die. In the Golden Age of Science Fiction--in which he played such an important part--he fondly remembered the illustrators of those stories were as important to the readers as were the writers. The scope and full ramifications of these competitions are almost undefinable. From the very first L. Ron Hubbard Awards Event held in 1984, from the very first writing workshop based on L. Ron Hubbard's essays on writing, from the very first L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future publication of the new discoveries, there has been a groundswell of interest in the program. Professional speculative fiction authors and artists offer to lend a hand; the media--both genre and non-genre--takes notice; agents and publishers look to the Contest's winners for their next publishing contract; hundreds of writers have been discovered and many have--after their initial publication in the anthology--pursued a career in writing. Awards, recognitions and proclamations for L. Ron Hubbard and the Writers of The Future Contest have abounded. L. Ron Hubbard passed from this life in 1986. Yet his history-making legacy of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of The Future Contests--and all their ramifications- -remain in full production under the auspices of his literary agency, Author Services, Inc., in Hollywood, California. Just as L. Ron Hubbard, the writer, changed the genre of speculative fiction in the 20th century, so too is this legacy changing the genre as we embark upon the 21st century. [http://www.writersofthefuture.com/17/rules/wotfrules.html] ----------------------------------------------------------------- MARKET GUIDELINES ABYSS & APEX [Webzine, SF/F to 10,000 wds. Pays 3 cents/wd. to $40 max. on pub. Dark spec fic okay, but no H. E-mail subs only. No mult or sim subs. RT under 1 mo.] CMS Burrell: Executive Editor Elizabeth Bear: Managing Editor Leah Bobet: Submissions Editor Submissions: submissions@klio.net www.klio.net/byrenlee/abyssandapex =Abyss & Apex=, Magazine of Speculative Fiction The mission of =Abyss & Apex= is to publish the finest in speculative and imaginative fiction, with special attention to character-driven stories that examine the depths and heights of human motivation. We are looking for stories that leave us gasping, dizzy, and perhaps momentarily changed. Stories with voice and presence--and power. Stories that are about something. This is not to say, however, that we wish to be preached to. We believe that the essential element of story is just that--story. We want strong fantasy, magic realism, science fiction, and especially those genrebending stories that don't quite seem to fit anywhere. Our tastes span the gamut from classical, Golden-Age SF to modern nontraditional formats. We don't mind experimental styles. We are, however, discriminating. And opinionated. And we read a lot, so it may be hard to surprise us. Submissions: FICTION: We are interested in lengths from flash fiction up to 10,000 words. Payment is US $.03 cents/word up to a maximum of $40.00 OP. Hopefully, someday we will be able to pay pro rates for longer stories as well. We have no genre preference, beyond a requirement that the story have a speculative element. However, we admit to a certain dislike of stories that we feel we may have read before. We do take dark speculative fiction, but we are not interested in horror. (In other words, if the primary purpose of the story is to scare us or make us queasy, we won't buy it.) POETRY: We are interested in strong, resonant, literary-quality poetry. Both traditional and modern formats are encouraged. However, poetry with little attention to scansion and imagery will stand little chance with us. There are other markets that encourage a prosy poetical style. We love language, and we like to see it worked for all it's worth. Poetry to fifty lines; payment is US $.03 cents/line OP. GENERAL: All submissions must be Standard Manuscript Format (that means fixed-width serif font, double-spaced, black on white, ragged right margins, author's name and contact information on the TOP of the first page--and name, page number and story name as a header every page thereafter. Details are available at www.sfwa.org if you are confused) affixed to an email in .rtf (Rich Text Format) and submitted to: submissions@klio.net with the email header in the following format: FICTION (or) POETRY SUB: "Your title here" If you desire, cover letters may be typed in the body of the email or attached as an additional .rtf file. We will not open or read any submissions not sent in .rtf format, nor will we open or read any submissions that do not have an appropriate title line. Please be absolutely certain to include your name and contact information on the manuscript itself. We cannot be responsible for manuscripts that do not carry this information. Please submit only to the address above. Submissions sent to the editorial addresses will not be read. We strive to honor your time and effort and keep our return times under a month. Unfortunately, we are not currently soliciting artists or editorial content. Please, no multiple or simultaneous submissions. QUERIES: May be addressed to editor@klio.net SUPPORT =Abyss & Apex=: We're running a lean ship here (keeps the editors meaner if they're hungry, and we like that). However, as we are *not* a subscription-based website, if you find that the stories we publish move you to support our efforts, consider contacting us at editor@klio.net with donations. Any monies so received go directly into the maintenance of the website and paying for content and editorial duties. Co-Published by ByrenLee & Sobbing Squonk Presses CMS Burrell: Executive Editor, cms@klio.net Elizabeth Bear: Managing Editor, ebear@klio.net Leah Bobet: Submissions Editor, leahb@klio.net [http://klio.net/abyssandapex/guidelines.html] BLOODLUST-UK.COM [British webzine. H/vampire. Pays 1 p/wd to 2,000 wds to max of 20GBP for 6,000 wds. Pays using Pay Pal. No reprints, mult or sim subs. RT 6-8 wks.] Robert-James Barker, editor Samantha Diegutis, Editor & Webmaster Submissions: fiction@bloodlust-uk.com http://www.bloodlust-uk.com/ TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PAYING SECTIONS Updated: 21st January 2003 By agreeing to let us publish our story you are: 1) Confirming that your story has not been published anywhere else* prior to our publication of it. 2) Granting us first world electronic rights for a period of sixty days from publication. During those sixty days we may use excerpts from your story to advertise the site. After sixty days all rights revert back to the author. After the sixty days are up we will archive your story on site where it will stay until we choose to remove it or you contact us and request we take it down, something we'll do as soon as humanly possible. 3) Agreeing to be paid via Paypal. Please visit Paypal and ensure you can use it: https://www.paypal.com/affil/pal=RV6NC957N9CES You will need to upgrade your account so that you can receive credit card payments. Paypal charge a nominal fee to do this. If you can't we can't pay you and we genuinely want to give you money. *Closed critique groups such as www.critters.org don't count. Payment Rates: Up to 2000 words: GBP/0.01p per word. Up to 6000 words: GBP/20.00 max and reserve right to serialise. 6000 + words: Enquire first. * If you disagree with any terms, then please do not submit. * I reserve the right to change these terms and conditions as and when I see fit. It is YOUR duty to check back here regularly for any changes. * Changes will be notified by email to the 'writers list' - you can subscribe to it by going to: http://www.bloodlust-uk.com/subscribe.htm and entering your email in the 'writers list' section. * If these terms are breached in any way, I will not send you payment. If you've already been paid, I will consider taking legal advice * You must supply your full, real name, address and a valid e-mail address. * Do not send me multiple or simultaneous submissions * Do not chase me for a response. We will reply to everyone normally within 6 - 8 weeks. We will normally give a reason and may ask you to re-submit in the future. If you do not hear from us within 8 weeks, please send an email to fiction@bloodlust-uk.com with 'SUBMISSION QUERY' in the subject line. * When submitting a piece of work you must confirm that you have read, understood and agree to these terms and conditions. * These terms and conditions are non-negotiable. Samantha Diegutis Editor & Webmaster BloodLust-UK.com 21st January 2003 [http://www.bloodlust-uk.com/submissionguidelines.txt] BYLINE MAGAZINE [Monthly printzine, short fiction 2,000 to 4,000 wds. Pays $100/story on accept. No E-mail subs or reprints.] Carolyn Wall, fiction editor ByLine PO Box 5240 Edmond, OK 73083-5240 http://www.bylinemag.com/ =ByLine= is a monthly magazine for writers. Since its founding in 1981, =ByLine= has published--and paid for--the first work of hundreds of poets and writers of fiction and nonfiction. We encourage and advise novice writers; we publish the work of beginners and veterans alike. The magazine presents articles on the craft or business of writing, including regular columns on writing poetry, fiction, nonfiction and children's literature. We also publish short stories and poetry, and a special feature for student writers. =ByLine= sponsors monthly contests designed to motivate writers by providing deadlines, competition and cash prizes. These contests are open to anyone. In addition, we sponsor the annual =ByLine= Short Story & Poetry Awards as a gesture of appreciation for our subscribers only. This contest carries a November 1st deadline and a cash prize of $250 in each of two categories, short story and poetry. Winners of the =ByLine= Awards are published in the magazine along with brief stories about the authors. Writers' Guidelines Please do not confuse manuscript submissions with contest entries; these are two different processes. Send contest entries separately, following the rules on the contest page. Always include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with submissions. Manuscripts without SASE will not be read or returned. No e-mail submissions, please, but e-mail queries are okay. Address poetry to Sandra Soli, poetry editor; short stories to Carolyn Wall, fiction editor; all other manuscripts or queries to Marcia Preston, editor. We purchase first North American rights only; no reprints. Submissions must follow standard manuscript format. List your full name, address and telephone number in the upper left corner of the first page and an accurate word count (line count for poetry) in the upper right corner. Send a #10-sized SASE or larger. Fiction: General short fiction, mainstream, literary or genre; 2,000 to 4,000 words. Good writing is the main criterion. No explicit sex or violence. Payment is $100 on acceptance. Features: Instructive or motivational articles that could be of genuine help to writers, especially how-to-write or how-to-sell to specific market areas. Length should be 1,500 to 1,800 words; query or submit full manuscript. We also solicit interviews with editors of freelancer-friendly publications for our Inside Information feature. No profiles or interviews about specific authors. Query with editor's name and sample of his publication; we'll provide specific guidelines. Payment is $75 on acceptance for all features. End Piece: A strong, thoughtful, first-person essay of 700 words, related to writing. May be humorous, motivational or philosophical. Read several back issues as examples. Payment is $35 on acceptance. Departments: Read the magazine for examples. First $ale carries 250-300 word accounts of a writer's first sale. Payment is $20 on acceptance. Writing-related humor of 50-600 words needed for Only When I Laugh. Pays $15 to $25 on acceptance. Great American Bookstores! features outstanding independent bookstores in 500-600 words. Stores should be unique in some way and also promote writers. No chains, children's only, or used bookstores. Pay is $30, or $40 with one good photo. Poetry: Our poetry also deals with the subject of writing. We lean toward free verse but will accept skillful rhyme if it is not predictable. We seek good quality, serious or humorous poetry about the creative experience. Poems about writer's block, "the muse," and inspiration that comes in the middle of the night have been overdone. Payment for poems is $10. How to subscribe: Mention our Web page when you subscribe and get a $5 coupon for contest entries by return mail. Send your check for $22 for one year (11 issues) or $39 for two years, along with your complete name and address (zip + four, please) to: ByLine, PO Box 5240. Edmond, OK 73083-5240 For Canada: $26 per year in U.S. funds. Overseas: $38 per year in U.S. funds. To order ByLine with your credit card, call 405-348-5591. If you get our recording, please leave your name and the number where we can return your call. Sample copies are available from the same address for $4, postpaid. [http://www.bylinemag.com/guidelines.asp] GATEWAY S-F MAGAZINE [Web/printzine, Christian SF to 2500 wds (print) or to 7500 wds (web). Pays $5/story for works under 850 wds, $10/story for 850 to 7500 wds, (1/2 cents/wd. for reprints) on pub. Prefer E-mail subs.] John A.M. Darnell, Editor Submissions: John.Darnell@walsworth.com http://www.gateway-sf-magazine.com/ =GateWay S-F Magazine= is a unique experiment in modern fiction publishing--having a double presence, one online at [the web] site--and a 2nd PRINT EDITION available by subscription only. JOIN OUR FAMILY! We are looking for writers and artists to be a part of this unique experiment. =GateWay S-F Magazine= fills a very special niche in the science fiction universe, combining HARD SCIENCE FICTION story plots with CHRISTIAN Themes. WE WANT SHORT STORIES! We are primarily looking for lengths of 2500 words or less, for publication in our Print Edition. Payment will be upon publication and will be $10 per story for lengths of 850 to 2500 words. For pieces shorter than that we pay $5. We are very sorry to announce this new lower payment rate, but ecconomic [sic] concerns has [sic] forced this change in order for us to be able to continue publication. The above story length is preferred in order that we may include as many stories each print issue as possible. However, we also purchase longer stories, up to 7500, for use exclusively in our web edition. This includes serials. Payment is still restricted to $10 per story, or serial part. Please query first about longer material. Shorts can be submitted at any time. We do not have a scheduled "reading period" for the acceptance of stories. We are particularly interested in stories about Christian Faith played out in alien settings, and tales about Angels and their behind-the-scene workings in futuristic places. They must be science fiction in nature! We do not want just "religious" stories about angels. A good idea of what we desire in Angel Stories can be had by reading Frank Peretti's two "Darkness..." books, but within the science fiction framework. Time travel plots are always welcome. We also accept the submission of reprints, paying 1/2 cent per word, up to the $10 ceiling. Same limit on word length, and we would request credit information as to where the story has already appeared. You must own the rights yourself. We prefer electronic, ie: e-mail submissions, as an ATTACHMENT, which we prefer be submitted as .rtf, in order to retain any formatting you may have done; if you need to bold something, then go ahead and do so. Same with centering, italics, and all other normal text formatting. Plain .txt is discouraged as it requires extra work on our part to restore that formatting. Floppy 3.5 disk submissions are also acceptable. Single space your text, with a double space between paragraphs. DO NOT DOUBLE SPACE YOUR DOCUMENT, OR USE HEADERS OR FOOTERS, since it is not necessary to number pages, as electronic submission does not allow for them getting out of order. [This is the only "formatting" that we do not want!] Also, please be aware that it is unnecessary to double space between sentences within a paragraph, even though that is probably how you were taught. Our copy editor will have to remove the extra spaces, in order to make justification work properly. And especially, DO NOT SEND ANY HTML ENCODED TEXT! For the purposes of making your story "print ready" it would be most helpful if you would use the following suggestion as to page setup: 1/2 inch margins top and left, with a 7 in. line length, and 9 in. page length -- using Times Roman type face, and 9 pt. as the font size. Please always include your mailing address on the first page of your story, along with your e-mail address -- and include your name or pseudonym under the story title, just as if you were submitting your manuscript via regular mail. We need it for our files, to send contracts, check, or copies of the magazine. Below is how we want the manuscript to look: Author's Mailing Name Street Addy City, State, Zip e-mail address word length Title of Story: Not all "CAPS" by Author's Real Name/or Pseud. Two blank lines between the Centered Titled Heading, and the beginning of story text. TABBED indents, rather than any number of "spaces" at the beginning of paragraphs. A blank space between paragraphs, as I am trying to illustrate. And three centered "asteriks" to designate sections separation: *** with a single blank line above and below -- not #### or * * * * * or anything else, please. [If perchance your word processing program interprets the three asteriks [sic] as a real line break, and upon "entering" automatically puts a real line where you just typed your asteriks, I have found that simply using the BackSpace key will remove the unseen auto "coding" and restore the asteriks, and will retain them when you once again hit enter...] Please use a single space between sentences, not two. And the end of the story is to be designated in a similar manner as section breaks, with a centered lower case "end" after a single blank line, thusly: -end- =GateWay S-F Magazine= buys first North American Print rights, along with simultaneous Electronic Reproduction Rights. Upon purchase of any story, we would ask also that you send a recent head shot of yourself to be included in our contributors feature, along with a short personal bio and any professional credits you may have, for the same feature. If you do not have a digitized picture available, a simple snapshot will suffice, sent via snail-mail. An SASE will guareentee [sic] its return. The same applies to any 3.5 disks. We are also looking for ARTISTS capable of creating the wrap- around covers featured on each issue of the Print Edition. They must be in color, and DIGITALLY CREATED! We do NOT work with "paint" artists, as our covers usually require "tweeking" [sic] until they are acceptable. At the low price we are able to pay, it is not fair to have an artist re-paint multiple times in order to acheive [sic] the effect we desire. And, though from the artist standpoint, the pay may seem low, it is actually a very big chunk out of our budget, so it is also not fair for us to have to pay for a painting we cannot use. For this reason we now require preliminary pencle [sic] drawings for concept and layout purposes. All work should be submitted in electronic form as .jpg files. We will, however, also accept artwork on 3.5 floppy disk if necessary -- though the files cannot exceed 1.44 MB. Do not send zipped files, please! Please query the Publisher and put "Art Query" in the subject line. To query or to submit a story please contact John A.M. Darnell, the Editor at the following email address: John.Darnell@walsworth.com Make sure to put either "query" or "submission" in the subject line for either editor, as all other mail is automatically filtered and sent to the trash bin, never to be seen or read. If we don't know you yet, your names will not be on our Safe List, and your e-mail will not be sorted into our In-Box. [http://www.gateway-sf-magazine.com/] HORROR GARAGE [Biannual printzine, H to 5,000 wds. Pays at least $25. E-mail subs okay.] Rich Black, Publisher and Editor Horror Garage c/o Pitch Black POB 53 Nesconset, NY 11767 Submissions E-mail: HGSubs666@hotmail.com =Horror Garage= is a print magazine which combines the best in original dark fiction with the finest in horrific rock n' roll. Think =Horror of Party Beach=, =Psychomania=, and =Death Race 2000=: B-movie babes, screamin' skulls, bug-eyed creeps, and gallons of blood. =Horror Garage= is published twice yearly (June and December) and has a press run of 5,000. The cover is full-color glossy, the guts are high-quality newsprint. Cover price is $5.95. It can be purchased nationally at Tower, Borders, independent book and record shops, or on the web. Musical acts appearing in =Horror Garage= have included Converge, Alice Cooper, Deadbolt, Electric Frankenstein, The Misfits, Nekromantix, Tiger Army, and Ramallah. Clive Barker, Wes Craven, Ed Gorman, China Mieville, and Craig Spector have also been featured in past issues. NEWS Editor Paula Guran Leaves =Horror Garage=! Yes, it's true, Paula Guran is no longer Editor of =Horror Garage=, and Assistant Editor Michelle Patterson has resigned. Their past contributions to =Horror Garage= are greatly appreciated, and will be missed. Guran is brilliant, and deserves better than to be forcibly crammed into the air-tight confines of guerilla publishing. Despite differences of opinion between Guran and the publisher on where =Horror Garage= is headed, the quality of the fiction within its pages was never an issue. =Horror Garage= will continue to seek out the best in original dark fiction. We appreciate the many inquiries we've received about replacing Guran, but for now Publisher Rich Black will assume editing duties. Oh yeah. He's gonna make everyone address him as "Pitch Black." Because he thinks it's FUNNY. Anyhoo, someone with half a brain and deeper pockets should finance the anthology Guran is currently working on, =Embraces II: Dark Erotica=. Check out Guran's site at DARKECHO.COM DISAPPEARING SUBMISSIONS Former Assistant Editor Michelle Patterson has been kind enough to forward previous submissions to =Horror Garage=, but a computer glitch on our end has resulted in many of the early submissions now existing only in the sixth dimension. If you've submitted to =Horror Garage= prior to December 15 2002, there is a possibility that your story has been vaporized. However, as some changes have been made, we highly suggest you first read the new guidelines before resubmitting. We apologize for the inconvenience. [http://www.horrorgarage.com/about.html] What would possess someone to submit their work to a magazine without seeing a copy of it first? If you haven't already, we STRONGLY SUGGEST you actually READ an issue of =Horror Garage= before submitting your story! Before heading onto guidelines, you'll be given the option to purchase a copy, but =Horror Garage= can also be found at Tower, Borders, and many other outlets. It's ain't brain surgery, just common sense. Advertising rates are also on this page. Please note we have introduced a new, cheaper size, and offer discounts on ads for members of certain writers' organizations. Please take a peek! BACK ISSUES Back issues: $6.66 each. All 5 available issues: $30 Yearly subscriptions (2x): $10 Send Check/M.O.to Under the Volcano, POB 236, Nesconset, NY 11767 Add $1 for Canadian Orders; $2 for Overseas Orders Or you can use PAYPAL [http://www.horrorgarage.com/gls2.html] GUIDELINES =Horror Garage= is a hot skillet, but the original dark fiction found therein is the bloody steak. Truth is, you probably KNOW deep down that your vampire story sucks, and your two friends that read it are just too embarrassed to tell you something you already know. DON'T send THAT one! Horror exists in too many forms to fit into any one category. Find it. Expose it. HIT A NERVE. The first six issues published (in alphabetical order): M. Christian, Peter Crowther, Michael Davidson, Elizabeth Engstrom, Dennis Etchison, C.A. Gardner, Laura Anne Gilman, Ed Gorman, Brian Hodge, Gerard Houarner, Charlee Jacob, Teri A. Jacobs, Richard Kadrey, Caitlin R Kiernan, Greg Kihn, Kathe Koja, Edward Lee, Thomas Ligotti, Debbie MacGuffie, Kim Newman, Norman Partridge, Thomas S. Roche, Rudy Rucker, David J. Schow, Lorelei Shannon, Bruce Holland Rogers, John Shirley, Steve Rasnic Tem, Thomas Tessier, Tia V. Travis, Don Webb and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Stories from the first five isues [sic] of =Horror Garage= have appeared in =The Year's Best Horror and Fantasy=, one was selected for =The Year's Best Dark Fantasy: 2002=, two more stories were chosen for =Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 12=, and yet another for =Best of the Rest 3: the Best Unknown SF= and =Fantasy of 2001=; one was nominated for a World Fantasy Award and the magazine itself was given the International Horror Guild Award for Best Publication in 2001. If your work is of this caliber, then we are interested in seeing it. We pay a MINIMUM of $25 per story for First English Language Rights, and prefer fiction that runs less than 5,000 words. All unsolicited submissions MUST go to the snail mail or email address below; they will NOT be accepted at any other address or eddress. Submissions: Horror Garage, c/o Pitch Black, POB 53, Nesconset, NY 11767 Email: HGSubs666@hotmail.com (in RTF PLEASE!) Please include an appropriately sized, self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE). (Contributors residing outside the United States are encouraged to supply an eddress.) 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 submitting a story through email, please be sure to include your contact info ON THE FIRST PAGE OF YOUR SUBMISSION, rather than only in the body of your email. Tanks. NONFICTION: Please query the publisher at horrorgarage@aol.com. [http://www.horrorgarage.com/gls.html] LEADING EDGE [Printzine, SF/F to 17,000 wds (prefer under 12,000 wds). Pays 1 cent/wd. to $100 max ($10 min). No sim or E-mail subs. RT 4-6 mo.] Leading Edge Magazine Attn: Fiction Director 3146 JKHB Provo, UT 84602 E-mail (no submissions): tle@byu.edu http://tle.byu.edu/ Writer's Guidelines =Leading Edge= is a semi-professional magazine dedicated to the presentation of new and upcoming talent. We accept science fiction and fantasy short stories, novelettes, novellas, and poetry, as well as scholarly articles, book reviews, and interviews that deal with current popular authors. We do accept unsolicited submissions. We will not consider stories with sex, profanity, or excessive violence, or stories belittling traditional family values or religion. No simultaneous submissions will be considered. No electronic submissions will be considered. All simultaneous submissions and submissions not containing a SASE will be recycled without reply. Because of our current backlog, expect processing time to be around four to six months. Any questions or comments can be emailed to tle@byu.edu. Manuscript Preparation Your manuscript should be printed one-sided on white paper. Double-space and use an easily-read font, such as Courier New (12 point, please). Make sure that each page is numbered and has one-inch margins all around. The first page of your manuscript should include your name, street address, and e-mail address (if you have one). Include a cover letter that explains a bit about you and any publication credits you might have. Please always keep a copy of your manuscript for yourself! The postal system isn't perfect. Include a SASE; if you don't, we have no way of responding to you. If your manuscript is disposable, just include a regular envelope with sufficient postage. If you would like your manuscript returned, include a manila envelope, again with sufficient postage. International submissions must be disposable due to diffulculties [sic] presented by international postage. Fiction We buy First North American serial rights. We publish short-short to novella. Stories under 12,000 words are preferred, though we will consider up to 17,000 words. Because =Leading Edge= is interested in helping new authors to improve, each story is critiqued by at least two members of our staff; the "comment sheets" are returned to the author. If you do not want your story critiqued, let us know. Fiction payment is 1 (one) cent per word, $10.00 minimum, $100.00 maximum, plus two contributor copies. Send all fiction submissions to: Leading Edge Magazine, Attn: Fiction Director, 3146 JKHB, Provo, UT 84602 Scholarly Articles and Book Reviews =Leading Edge= publishes nonfiction scholarly articles on such subjects as science fiction, science, fantasy, mythology, speculative anthropology, etc. Don't query to see if we're interested; we are. We're always in need of more nonfiction. Scholarly articles should deal with real sciences, including physics, biology, chemistry, geology, or astronomy. We also welcome articles dealing with the social sciences, such as psychology and sociology. Literary reviews (such as issue 43's "Plato and The Matrix") are also encouraged. Basically, any well- written paper that explores science fiction or fantasy issues will be considered. Book reviews (not book reports) should cover significant works published within the last year. Check out a back issue for sample book reviews. Scholarly articles shouldn't run longer than 5,000 words. All sources must be documented using =The Chicago Manual of Style=. Book reviews should be between 500 and 1,000 words. =Leading Edge= pays two contributor copies for nonfiction prose. Send all nonfiction submissions to: Leading Edge Magazine, Attn: Nonfiction Director, 3146 JKHB, Provo, UT 84602 Poetry =Leading Edge= publishes two to four poems per issue. Poetry should reflect both literary value and popular appeal and should deal with science fiction- or fantasy-related themes. Payment is $10.00 for first 1 to 4 pages, $1.50 for each subsequent page of published poetry, plus two contributor copies. Send all poetry submissions to: Leading Edge Magazine, attn: Poetry Director, 3146 JKHB, Provo, UT 84602 Questions or comments? E-mail Leading Edge at tle@byu.edu. Last updated 05 March 2003. [http://tle.byu.edu/wg.php] NEW MOON [Bimonthly printzine, fiction for girls 8-14. Fiction about girls/women 900-1200 wds (prints 3 to 6 per year). Occasionally serializes longer fiction. Themed. Buys all rts. Sim subs and reprints okay if notify. Prefer E-mail subs.] New Moon: The Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams 34 E. Superior St. Ste. 200 Duluth, MN 55802-3003 E-mail: girl@newmoon.org http://www.newmoon.org/magazine.htm Editorial Guidelines for Adult Writers Objectives of =New Moon=: =New Moon= portrays girls and women as powerful, active and in charge of their own lives - not as passive beings who are acted upon by others. =New Moon= celebrates girls and their accomplishments. =New Moon= supports girls' efforts to hold onto their voices, strengths and dreams as they move from being girls to becoming women. =New Moon= is a tool for a girl to use as she builds resilience and resistance to our sexist society, moving confidently out into the world, pursuing her unique path in life. New Moon strives to be an international, multicultural magazine which connects girls and celebrates diversity by providing a place for girls to express themselves and communicate with other girls around the world portray strong female role models of all ages, backgrounds, and cultures now and in the past encourage pursuit of interests in which girls are often discouraged, e.g. math, science, and physical activity acknowledge the difficulties and celebrate the joys of being female in the world understand that respecting girls, attending to their needs and giving them voice and power means upsetting the fabric of society. Therefore, we seek high-quality literary and artistic work which has a diversity of cultural and stylistic influences, and represents real connection with girls. General Guidelines: All material should be pro-girl and focus on girls, women, or female issues. =New Moon= was created by girls and women for girls who want their voices heard and their dreams taken seriously. It is edited by and for girls ages 8-14. =New Moon= takes girls very seriously; the publication is structured to give girls real power. The final product is a collaboration of girls and adults. An Editorial Board of girls aged 8-14 makes final decisions on all material appearing in the magazine. Nov./Dec. 2003: Shhh! It's a Secret! Deadline: May 1, 2003 Jan./Feb. 2004: Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This Deadline: July 1, 2003 Mar./Apr. 2004: Feelin' Groovy (music & dance) Deadline Sept. 1, 2003 May/Jun. 2004: 25 Beautiful Girls Deadline Nov. 1, 2003 Jul./Aug. 2004: It's Not Easy Bein' Green (the environment) Deadline: Jan. 1, 2004 Sept./Oct. 2004: If I Had a Hammer Deadline: March 1, 2004 Nov./Dec. 2004: What a Girl Wants (readers' choice awards) Deadline: May 1, 2004 For All Submissions: Please read a copy of =New Moon= to understand the style and philosophy of the magazine. Writers and artists who comprehend our goals and philosophy have the best chance of publication. Include your name, address and phone number on the title page of each submitted work or query. =New Moon= is not able to respond to queries about submissions over the telephone. =New Moon= prints original work and buys all rights, except under special circumstances. If your work has been published previously, note the date and publication. If you are sending this work simultaneously to another publication, please let us know this, too. For Writers: =New Moon= edits manuscripts for style, length, clarity and philosophical considerations. We prefer e-mail submissions. Insert the text directly into your message. No attachments PLEASE! All other work must be typed, double spaced with one-inch margins. Your name and address should appear on each page. Submit only copies of your work, not originals. We are unable to return submissions. Non-fiction articles are between 600 and 800 words. Non-fiction profiles of women (by adults or girls) and profiles of girls (written by girls only) are preferred. Non-fiction has better chance for publication when accompanied by several good photographs (B/W preferred), focuses on one of our editorial themes, and uses several quotes. We regularly publish adult non-fiction in our Herstory, Women's Work, Science Side Effects, and Earth to Girls sections. For descriptions of these departments, please read the girl writers' guidelines. =New Moon= considers only one or two serializations of longer fiction pieces each year, and such fiction must be readily convertible to serialized form. About three-six short fiction pieces (900-1200 words) are published annually. Please keep the original of your work for your own files. Submissions from girls and women only, please. Send all submissions to: New Moon: The Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams, 34 E. Superior St. Ste. 200, Duluth, MN 55802-3003 Or e-mail us at girl@newmoon.org Copyright New Moon Publishing, Inc. 1995-2002 All Rights Reserved [http://www.newmoon.org/magazine/writerAdult.htm] Editorial Guidelines for Girl Writers New Moon is the magazine created by girls for all girls who want their voices heard and their dreams taken seriously. =New Moon= is completely edited by a Girls Editorial Board (sixteen girls ages 8 to 14) and they want to hear from YOU! So tell us...What's on your mind? What are your dreams? What do you worry about? What makes you happy? What drives you crazy? Every issue, we fill the following departments with your work: * Dear Luna: The voice of =New Moon= (letters on any topic under the sun). * How Aggravating: Tell us about how you experience sexism and prejudice. * Howling at the Moon: Tell us about how you and others experience equality. * Ask A Girl: Share problems and solutions with other girls. * Voice Box: Give us your opinions of current controversies. * Check It Out!: Write a review of a book, movie, TV show, computer game, magazine, music--especially if not many people have heard of it. * Poetry: Let your muse (or your moose) run free! * Luna Listens: Letters specifically about the theme (see reverse for a list of themes). * The Last Word: Send us your favorite quote by a girl or a woman. If you've written a longer piece, you can submit it as a feature: * Profile: Tell us about great things that girls and women are doing today! Please include photos (600-800 words). * Herstory: Write about girls and women of yesterday (600 words). * Women's Work: Do you know a woman who has an interesting job? Write about her. * Science Side Effects: Experiment! Send us ideas or articles about science stuff. * Earth to Girls: Eco-conscious girls! Write about all you do for the earth. * Global Village: Girls around the world write about their lives (special guidelines). * Fiction: Share your short stories, especially those with strong characters and creative subjects that we haven't written about before. We can't wait to hear from you! [Same themes as above.] You'll have a better chance of getting published if your submissions match our themes! Submission Requirements Checklist: Write the name of the department (like "Dear Luna") on your envelope OR on the subject line of your e-mail message. (We prefer e-mail submissions!) Include your name, age, address, and phone number on each submission. Write your name and the department name on each page you send. Keep a copy of your work for yourself, because we can't return it. We read EVERYTHING you send us, and we send postcards to everyone who writes. Although we can't let you know in advance if we're going to publish your letters or short works, we will let you know if we publish your feature story, poetry, drawing of Luna, or cover art in =New Moon=--and we'll pay you for it! Send all submissions to: New Moon: The Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams 34 E. Superior St. Ste. 200 Duluth, MN 55802-3003 Or e-mail us at girl@newmoon.org Copyright New Moon Publishing, Inc. 1995-2002 All Rights Reserved [http://www.newmoon.org/magazine/writerGirl.htm] PLANET RELISH [Webzine, humor (SF/F/H only) to 5,280 wds (Feghoots to 1000 wds). Pays $20/story on pub. No reprints or mult subs. Sim subs okay if notify.] Mark Rapacioli, editor Short story submissions: editor@planetrelish.com Feghoot submissions: feghoot@planetrelish.com http://www.planetrelish.com/ SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN! =Planet Relish E-zine= is a Web-based magazine devoted exclusively to speculative humor. We accept short stories, and only short stories. No serials, no dirty limmericks [sic], no non-fiction, no novels, and absolutely, positively, no poems about Mike the Headless Chicken. Oh, yeah, and no erotica or outlandish sex humor -- I want my grandmother to read this magazine. No reprints. Original material only. Short Stories In the "Laughter" section, =Planet Relish E-zine= will publish up to five stories in each issue. Fiction is limited to 5,280 words, but shorter is definitely better. Short stories must be science fiction, fantasy, or horror, and must make me laugh. Your humor can be anything from undead slapstick to bleak futuristic satire to fantastic Pythonesque chaos. Your writing must also hold my attention. It isn't enough to just toss a few jokes together and call it a story. No reprints, please. Simultaneous submissions are OK, just let me know up front. Also, for simultaneous submissions, please mention the other market(s) to which you submitted the story. Feghoots In the "Insanity" section, =Planet Relish E-zine= will publish up to two Feghoot stories in each issue. Limit, 1000 words, but again, shorter is better. No reprints, please. Feel free to use the "Admiral Jim Feghoot" character or the Planet Relish setting if you like. Before you submit a Feghoot, please read the sample [on the website]. A Feghoot isn't just a short-short story with a joke at the end. A Feghoot is a short-short story that ends in a very groan-worthy pun. Submission Format Submissions must be made via email to editor@planetrelish.com (short stories) or to feghoot@planetrelish.com (Feghoots). Electronic submissions can be as the text of an e-mail or as an attached file in Word format. For all submissions, please include your (pen) name, e-mail address, and word count. You MUST put the word "SUBMISSION" (or for Feghoots, "FEGHOOT") in the subject line, along with the title. There's no need to send us cover letters or a list of credits. If your story is accepted, I'll ask you for a bio, a mailing address, pictures of you in the shower or bath, and whatever else I may need. ***UPDATED 3/2/03*** NO MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS. Only one submission at a time, please. Compensation and Rights Purchased Payment is a flat fee of US$20 for each piece of fiction. Payment is on publication, by personal check, unless other arrangements have been worked out prior to publication. (For non-US writers, payment may be made by other means, such as US stamps for your SASEs. Others may want credit toward a paid advertisement. Feel free to e-mail the publisher if you have any other suggestions.) =Planet Relish E-zine= buys Exclusive First Web Rights for a period of 96 days. That means that, while your piece is on-line at =Planet Relish E-zine=, it may not appear anywhere else on the Web, including as part of an on-line anthology. All other rights (print, e-mail zines, CD-ROMs, on-line novelizations) remain with the writer. Did I mention no Mike the Headless Chicken poems? [http://www.planetrelish.com/submission.php] REALMS OF FANTASY [Bimonthly printzine, F to 10,000 wds. Pays 3-5 cents/wd. and up. RT 8-12 wks. No E-mail subs.] Shawna McCarthy, Editor Realms of Fantasy P.O. Box 527 Rumson, NJ 07760 E-mail (no submissions): realmsoffantasy@aol.com Laura Cleveland, Managing Editor E-mail (no submissions): lcleveland@sovhomestead.com http://www.rofmagazine.com/ =Realms of Fantasy=, a bimonthly magazine, is a professional market for the best in fantastic short fiction. Stories should be no longer than 10,000 words, and can address any area in the realms of fantasy: heroic, contemporary, traditional, feminist, dark, light, and the ever-popular "unclassifiable." What we do not want to see is standard SF--this means no alien worlds, no hard-edged technology, no FTL drives, etc. Additionally, =ROF= is not a market for poetry. What we do want to see is the very best in the field--=Realms of Fantasy= is a highly competitive market. For stories under 7,500 words, rates begin at 5 cents per word for new writers and move upward as a writer gains recognition. For stories over 7,500 words, the rates break at 7,500 to 3 cents a word. Thus, a 10,000-word story by a newcomer would pay $400. Again, for established writers, the rates will be proportionally higher. * All submissions must be typed, double-spaced, and accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope large enough to hold your manuscript. * Manuscripts not typed and double-spaced will not be considered. * Manuscripts without return postage will not be returned. If you wish us to discard the ms. and reply only by letter, you need only enclose a letter-size (#10) envelope and mark your ms. DISPOSABLE. Your name, address, and phone number should appear on the first page of the text, not on a cover sheet, as cover sheets can easily get separated from the rest of the ms. Response time is ordinarily 8 to 12 weeks. We regret that the majority of our responses must be in the form of pretyped letters--this in no way reflects on your work, only on our time and work load. Thank you for your interest in =Realms of Fantasy=, and we look forward to seeing your work in our pages. Shawna McCarthy, Editorial Address: Realms of Fantasy, P.O. Box 527, Rumson, NJ 07760 Guidelines for Art Here are our suggestions for submitting work: You may submit samples of your work in the form of digital files, 35mm slides, 4x5 tranparencies [sic], tearsheets, color or B & W photocopies. Please make sure samples will fit in a standard file folder. Indicate which samples should be returned and include a self-addressed, postage-paid envelope. If you're just starting to break into the illustration field: Remember, =Realms of Fantasy= is a professional magazine, and the illustrators whose work we use are experienced professionals. We realize that it is difficult, and sometimes discouraging, to break into the illustration field. We recommend that you submit your work to the many fanzines and semi-pro publications that exist in the fantasy field. Very few artists have their first work published in a professional publication. Laura Cleveland, 441 Carlisle Drive, Herndon, VA 20170 Phone: 703-471-1556 [http://www.rofmagazine.com/guidelines.html] ----------------------------------------------------------------- MARKET INFORMATION 3SF A writer on sff.net asked, "Should foreign authors attempt to use UK spellings when they submit manuscripts to you?" Liz Holliday, editor of =3SF Magazine=, said, "Excellent question. The thing is, I'd have to check anyway, so if it doesn't come naturally, it might not be worth the effort. In any event, there are odd grammatical differences between US and British English that I doubt a native USan would spot (such as putting 'had' in different places - eg an American would probably put 'he never had known', whereas a Brit would put 'he had never known'). I have a fierce internal debate about whether to change this stuff when it comes up. I try to be consistent, but then mostly go on a case by case basis. "Here's a list of boring copy edit things I have to do to manuscripts before they go to layout. If *after I've said I'm buying a story* (or before if you prefer) and have asked for final text, people wanted to run through this list, it would make my life simpler, I guess: * Remove 'by' in the 'by author' line * Take out all extra lines except single lines used as scene breaks * Put everything into 12 point Courier, double line spaced * Remove indents at the beginnings of paragraphs * Remove headers and footers * Change double spaces after full stops to single ones * Switch double quotation marks to single quotation marks * Change 'curly' 'real' quote marks to straight ones * Ensure that dashes used between words to set off clauses appear as: space hyphen hyphen space, and not em dashes, en dashes or hyphens without spaces "There are probably a couple of other things I'm forgetting, too. "In terms of localisation, there are three main spelling issues that come up a lot: * '-or' for '-our' * '-ize' for '-ise' (yes, I know '-ize' is etymologically correct, but it's not what's mostly used in the UK) * '-er' for '-re' "A less common one occurs in words like aesthetic and mediaeval, where US English drops the 'a's and I go back and put them in.... "I actually have quite a bit of this automated. What drives me nuts is people who aren't consistent, which mostly happens with the hyphens/em dashes issue. And I *really hate* it when people - I mean Americans, because it's a US style thing - use hyphens to set off clauses without leaving spaces because I can't then do a global search (because it would pick up hyphens that are supposed to remain as hyphens in compound words). "I check to make sure italics are shown as underlines and if they aren't, I swap 'em... "Slush Report: I've had to stop reading again in order to: a) get issue 4 to layout; b) deal with two important freelance clients outside the magazine and c) deal with the blasted council. All of this has to be done by Saturday. Therefore, after Saturday, I'm back at the slushface again." [sff.publishing.3sfmagazine, 27 Feb 03] ARTEMIS A writer on sff.net noted that someone on the =Speculations= Rumor Mill was wondering if =Artemis Magazine= was dead. Ian Randal Strock, editor of =Artemis Magazine=, responded, "You might note that I am currently working on the next issue, and that, though there have been delays, =Artemis Magazine= is most emphatically not dead." [sff.publishing.artemismagazine, 10 Mar 03] OCEANS OF THE MIND Submission deadlines and themes for the upcoming issues are detailed below. The theme descriptions are suggestions only. We don't have a monopoly on ideas, so if your solar system doesn't match the description below, send it to us anyway. Summer 2002 -- Last submission date May 1, 2002. Bonestell. All stories in this issue are inspired by the Chesley Bonestell painting Exploring the Moon by Earthlight [picture shown on the website]. The stories do not have to take place on the Moon, but should relate to the painting. Fall 2003 -- Last submission date August 1, 2003. Science Fiction Mysteries. Robbery, murder, piracy, locked room. Winter 2003 -- Last submission date November 1, 2003. Australian Writers. Spring 2004 -- Last submission date February 1, 2004. Colonies. Science Fiction stories about colonies. How they do or don't survive, the challenges and rewards. Summer 2004 -- Last submission date May 1, 2003. Spiritual Science Fiction. [http://www.oceansofthemind.com/guidelines.htm] ON SPEC A writer on sff.net says that =On Spec= is not seeking Shakespeare-themed material. sff.writing.response-times, 13 Mar 2003] REALMS OF FANTASY Carina Gonzalez, editor assistant for =Realms of Fantasy=, says, "The latest batch is done. Check out the website at www.geocities.com/roflist/slush to find out if we got your story. E-mail me with any questions. [sff.publishing.realms-of-fantasy, 14 Mar 03] SPECTRUM SF =Spectrum SF= is currently CLOSED. This will last until sometime [in 2003]. [http://www.spectrumsf.co.uk/writers.htm] Paul Fraser, editor and publisher of =Spectrum SF=, said on 8th February 2003, "A brief word or two from my sabbatical... * =Spectrum SF= #9 was posted out in November. However, the renewals for those whose subscription ran out with #8 have yet to be sent out. * Look out for =Spectrum SF= #10 and =Spectrum SF= #11 towards the end of the year. There is work on hand from Neal Asher (congratulations on your Hartwell 'Best Of' reprint), Eric Brown, Michael Coney and David Redd, with promises of one or two other things as well!" [http://www.spectrumsf.co.uk/] ==End of the CALLIHOO Newsletter for 18 March 2003==