CALLIHOO Newsletter Market News for Writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Julia West, Editor Vol. 10, No. 13 20 August 2002 Website: http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/CALLIHOO/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- IN THIS ISSUE News Publication Notes Lava Tubes Field Trip Deadlines Market Information Absolute Magnitude Black October Corrosion Anthology Elysian Fiction Fables Imaginings Anthology Science Fiction Chronicle Shocklines Strange Horizons ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS PUBLICATION NOTES =Emblemes 6: Extreme Orient=, a French anthology of Far-Eastern fantasy, is available now. Brook and Julia West's "The Peachwood Flute" is reprinted (translated into French) therein. LAVA TUBES FIELD TRIP CALLIHOO members and all other interested parties are invited to explore the lava fields near Meadow, Utah on September 7, 2002. Several lava tube caves are available for spelunkers. More details later. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25TH ANNIVERSARY ANVIL PRESS INTERNATIONAL 3-DAY NOVEL- WRITING CONTEST Register by 30 August 2002 [Canadian contest, novel (at least 100 typed pp.), entry fee $35C/$25US, write novel 31 Aug-2 Sep 2002. Prize: publication. No E-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 10 No. 11)] DEATHLINGS.COM "THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT" 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 & 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 Sep 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 Oct 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)] ----------------------------------------------------------------- MARKET INFORMATION ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE Warren Lapine, editor of =Absolute Magnitude=, said, "We just finished another round of slush. I'll be sending out the rejection letters tomorrow. I'll also be sending out contracts to three people for the four stories that I'm buying. Two of them from Jack Williamson. I now have nothing unread except for the submissions that came in today. Angela purchased one story for DOD (=Dreams of Decadence=)." [sff.publishing.dnapublications, 11 Aug 2002] BLACK OCTOBER A writer on the =Speculations= Rumor Mill who had waited since January to hear back from =Black October= on a submission said, "I queried a few weeks back, and they sent a (slightly terse) note stating that they were behind in their subs, and would be getting to it soon." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=204&show_all_t opics=0, 12 Aug 02] Another writer said, "There isn't a new editor at =Black October=. Monica O'Rourke has stepped down (because of her other commitments), so they're short one. Monica came on in the first place to reduce the return times, but she's been so busy with her own publications lately I doubt she's had much effect in that area for a while. John wrote me that he will soon be adding another editor. Hopefully that will speed things up." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=204&show_all_t opics=0, 11 Aug 02] CORROSION ANTHOLOGY When a writer on the Rumor Mill asked, "Has anyone heard anything from the =Corrosion= antho? They closed July 15th, and I read that they'll be finished with their decisions by Aug 15th, but I've never seen any rejections or acceptances from there, and they said they'd be rejecting as they went." Another writer answered, "=Delirium= had an update posted on their website in June that 'Bob Strauss has taken over as the sole editor to =Delirium='s =Corrosion= anthology.... Response time on submissions has increased from 3 months to 6 months.'" [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=204&show_all_t opics=0, 10 Aug 02] ELYSIAN FICTION A writer asked Jim Bailey, editor of =Elysian Fiction=, if the slush pile was to the point where he ought to send another manuscript, and Jim replied, "Best to wait for a bit, I should be in better shape to get to things in a timely manner after WorldCon (still the goal)." [sff.publishing.elysian-fiction, 14 Aug 2002] FABLES A writer on the Rumor Mill said, "I received payment from =Fables= after a lot of arguing and the help of a third party. "Personally, this isn't a market I will be revisting, sadly." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=204&m=3187&sho w_all_topics=0, 6 Aug 02] IMAGININGS ANTHOLOGY Keith R.A. DeCandido, editor of the =Imaginings= anthology, said, "Well, I finally got through the end of it last night. The table of contents will be announced at WorldCon over Labor Day weekend (and posted here). "It was a really difficult process--I have enough good stories to fill two more anthologies, and much wailing and gnashing of teeth went on as I whittled the B-list down." "The rejections will be going out in the next week or so." [sff.publishing.albe-shiloh, 14 Aug 2002] Two days later, he said, "All the correspondences are going out tomorrow (I've been stuffing envelopes all day, and I've got another 50 or so to go), so folks will know within the next week or so, if they haven't found out already." [sff.publishing.albe-shiloh, 16 Aug 2002] SCIENCE FICTION CHRONICLE Warren Lapine, publisher of DNA Publications, which includes =Science Fiction Chronicle=, said, "This is bound to get out now that a new issue is going to press. Andrew Porter is no longer with =Science Fiction Chronicle=. He has been replaced as news editor by John Douglas. I'll have more info on this when I have time to work up a press release." [sff.publishing.dnapublications, 26 Jul 2002] SHOCKLINES When a writer on the Rumor Mill asked, "Has anyone heard back from the =Shocklines= antho that's supposed to be published in the fall/winter?" Another writer answered, "Back in June, at the Stoker weekend, =Shocklines= editor Matt Schwartz explained that he was FAR FAR behind on reading submissions. "FAR FAR = over 1000 unread submissions." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=204&show_all_t opics=0, 17-18 Aug 2002] STRANGE HORIZONS Jed Hartman, one of the fiction editors for =Strange Horizons=, said,"Here's an answer without a question--or rather, it's a question that gets asked fairly often, but hasn't been asked here (at least not lately). People often comment in various places that they're not sure what it means when they receive a rejection from one of us =Strange Horizons= fiction editors for one story, and from another of us on another story; the answer is that stories are parceled out randomly among the three of us as they arrive, and whichever editor read your story first is usually the one to respond to it. "In some cases, by pure chance, one editor ends up reading (say) the first three stories in a row submitted by a given author, and then the next submission gets assigned to another editor, which may look as though it has some Deep Meaning, but actually merely indicates that the latest story came up differently in the rotation this time. "Eventually, when I get around to doing a long-delayed revision and clarification of our guidelines, I'll explain all this there, but have heard the question/ comment enough times recently that I thought it was worth mentioning. "This is also why cover letters to us (if used at all, which isn't necessary) should be addressed to "Dear Editors" or to all three of us, rather than to any one of us; even if you address your cover letter to the particular editor you've dealt with in the past, you've only got a one in three chance that they'll be the one to read this story." Susan Marie Groppi, another of =Strange Horizons=' three fiction editors, added, "All three of us have to agree to take the story. Obviously we have disagreements about things, and I'm sure there have been situations where one editor was less enthusiastic about a particular piece, but even then it's a question of degree and not of kind. We make the decisions as a team." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=204&m=3187&sho w_all_topics=0, 26 and 27 Jul 02] ==End of the CALLIHOO Newsletter for 20 August 20002==