CALLIHOO NEWSLETTER
Market News for Writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
Julia West, Editor      Volume 12 Number 6             1 May 2008
Website:  http://www.callihoo.net

IN THIS ISSUE

Publication Notes
Deadlines
Contest
     Darwin's Evolutions First Annual Halloween Contest
Market Guidelines
     Darwin's Evolutions
     Interzone
Market Information
     Jim Baen's Universe

DEADLINES

Where it says "GLs in Vol. X No. Y," these are volume and issue
of the CALLIHOO newsletter.

CONduit Fiction Contests
Flash & short deadline 15 May 08
[Contest, sf/f/h/anime/manga. Prizes TBA. Flash to 1500 wds,
short 1500-5000 wds. Amateur and professional categories. No
entry fee. E-subs and mult subs okay. No reprints. GLs in Vol. 12
No. 3]

Sword & Sorceress 23
Reading 19 April to 16 May 2008
[Print antho, s&s with strong female protag to 9k wds, pays
5›/wd. No sim or mult subs.  RT 1 wk.  GLs in Vol. 12 No. 2]

The Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Short Story Contest
Deadline 1 June 2008
[Contest, SF to 15k wds., $5,000 1st, $2,000 2nd, $1,000 3rd
prize. No entry fee. No reprints or sim subs. E-subs only.  GLs
in Vol. 12 No. 1]

Dark Distortions II
Deadline 30 June 2008
[Print antho, dark fic to 50k wds. Pays royalties based on 2
cents/wd. Theme magic rites. E-subs only. No mult subs. Query for
reprints. RT 60 days. GLs in Vol. 12 No. 4]

Infinite Space, Infinite God II
Deadline 30 June 2008
[Print antho, SF with Catholic world view, 3-10k wds. Pays $50.
No alt hist, no reprints. E-subs only. GLs in Vol. 12 No. 4]

L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest
Third quarter deadline 30 June 2008
[Quarterly contest/print antho, SF/F/DF to 17k wds. Non-pros
only. 1st prize $1000, 2nd $750, 3rd $500. No entry fee. No
reprints. No E-subs. One entry per person per quarter. GLs in
Vol. 12 No. 5]

Darwin's Evolutions First Annual Halloween Contest
Deadline 1 July 2008
[Creepy SF/F to 7500 wds. 1st prize $100 and pub, 2nd $50 and
pub, 3rd $25 and pub. E-subs okay. GLs in Vol. 12 No. 6]

Lace and Blade
Deadline 1 August 2008
[Print antho, romantic F, all lengths.  Pays 2 cents/wd. advance.
E-subs okay. No reprints. GLs in Vol. 12 No. 5]

Interfictions II
Reading period 1 October 2008 to 2 December 2008.
[Print antho, interstitial fic 4k-10k wds. Pays 5 cents/wd on
pub. No reprints, sim or mult subs. E-subs only. RT after Jan 09.
GLs in Vol. 12 No. 4]


PUBLICATION NOTES

Paul Genesse says, "The book trailer for =The Golden Cord= just
hit the net. It's a video about the book. My friend and fellow
writer, Brad Beaulieu did the video and another friend, known as
the Rose Phantom in the music scene, composed the original song,
which you can download for free on my site. View the trailer at
www.paulgenesse.com. Please check it out and forward this email
to your friends. 

"Also, [I reiterate] the invite to my book release party on
Saturday May 10 from 3-9 p.m. Around 80 people have RSVP'd so
far, and I think over a 100 people will be there. It would be
good if you RSVP'd, but don't worry, you can just show up and
I'll be glad to see you. For the locals, if you can't come to the
party, please come to my book signing at the Sugarhouse Barnes
and Noble on June 6 from 7-9 PM, or try to visit me on my book
tour in May as I travel across the West. The dates and locations
are on my website in the News section.

"In other news, =The Golden Cord= sold out on Amazon.com and
Barnes and Noble.com, though Amazon has more books now for a
great price.

"The book has also received a bunch of great reviews, two very
notable ones from from Library Journal, The Pedestal Magazine and
VOYA Magazine. They're on my website if you're interested."


CONTEST

Darwin's Evolutions First Annual Halloween Contest
[Creepy SF/F to 7500 wds. 1st prize $100 and pub, 2nd $50 and
pub, 3rd $25 and pub. E-subs okay. Deadline 1 July 08.]

Darwin's Evolutions is proud to announce that we are accepting
the submission of new stories for consideration in our First
Annual Halloween Issue Contest. 

This is not a "Horror" genre contest. Rather, we are looking for
the most creative stories that brush the established tropes of
science fiction and fantasy against the "creepy" side of the
questions of the spirit realm and life after death. Horrific
aspects may or may not be present but the key is to tell tales
that carry the "feel" of Halloween with them. 

All of our standard guidelines for the acceptance of new fiction
stories are still in force, except that the word limit is capped
at 7,500. Additionally, you must include the words "Halloween
Contest Submission" in the header of your e-mail when you send us
your manuscript. We will also be accepting hardcopy manuscripts
at our new P.O. Box address: Darwin's Evolutions, P.O. Box 816,
Bloomington, IN 47402. 

The top three placing stories will be published in our Halloween
issue and will also receive the following prize benefits: First
place: $100.00 in addition to contract and the cover art will be
based on your story. Second place: $50.00 in addition to
contract. Third place: $25.00 in addition to contract. 

The top five finalists will all be recognized in the issue
although only the top three are guaranteed publication. 

Deadline is 12:00 AM EST July 1, 2008. 

Please direct questions to editor@darwinsevolutions.com. 
The submission e-mail for this contest is the same as our new
fiction e-mail: newfictionsubs@darwinsevolutions.com 

Again, please remember to include the words "Halloween Contest
Submission" in the subject line of your submission e-mail. 

Good luck! I'm looking forward to seeing your entries!

http://www.darwinsevolutions.com/halloween.html


MARKET GUIDELINES

Darwin's Evolutions
[Webzine, SF/F to 10k wds. Pays 1/8 cent per wd., min. $20 +
tips.]

New Fiction Submission Guidelines 

The focus of Darwin's Evolutions is to provide works built upon a
solid bedrock of storytelling. We are not a literary market,
although a good story with literary finesse is a jewel. We are
not a partisan outlet encouraging a specific group, sub-group, or
political demographic to "raise their voice", although a good
story that accounts for and addresses societal concerns can have
added depth. 

The primary word is "story". There has to be one in a fiction
submission if you want to sell to us.

Our preferred length is less than 10k words, with 5k being
optimal. However, feel free to submit longer stories if you
believe they have merit. We ask that you be aware, however, that
the bar for acceptance for longer stories will be much higher. 

Our editorial staff ascribes to the "200 word rule". You get 200
words to hook the reader. If you don't, then your work will most
likely be rejected. 

As a guideline, within those 200 words there should be characters
to care about, a solid feel for the world you have created, and a
situation that needs dealt with. Somewhere in the rest of the
story, the characters need to deal with their situation through
dint of their own efforts and, by the end, they need to have
learned something or grown somehow. 

That is our working definition of a "story". 

Activist fiction, i.e. fiction that is written from the go to
preach a specific social, political, or religious point of view,
is not welcome at this publication. Much can be forgiven for a
good story, but good stories rarely come from demagogues. 

The genres we seek can best be described as broad-band science
fiction and fantasy up to and including slipstream, elements of
horror, romance, whatever. Please keep the gore out, the sexual
innuendo and language PG-13, and your submission will be welcome. 

No fan fiction. 

We offer $0.0125 per word for new fiction with a minimum payout
of $20. For this investment, we expect the rights to publish your
story in multiple electronic prose formats and in audio form
within the body of the periodical itself and/or as stand-alone
added content piece posted directly off the website. Also, the
purchase grants us the right to add your story to our archives
for a period of one year after date of publication. 

We do not pay royalties. Any additional payout will be direct to
you via your on-line tip jars. 

The copyright of the work always belongs to you. After one year
in our archives, you may choose to leave the story there in the
hopes of it garnering extra attention and income or take it down
at your discretion. 

Releases go "out of print" after a single contributor pulls an
included story from the site. Individual stories from out of
print issues will still be available in the archives at their
respective author's discretion.

Accompanying every story link will be a link to the author's
personal tip jar. This will allow readers to express any
appreciation they have for your story directly to you. The actual
handling of the tip jar may be dictated by IRS rules regarding
tips, so the handling may have to go through Evolutions
accounting before being released to the author. If required, we
will issue donations out to authors on a monthly basis by
default. However, the author will have a private page to go to
that will allow them immediate access to what donations have been
received and will be able to request an immediate release of
funds if necessary. 

Please note that all donations directed to an author will be
issued to the author by their preferred method. There will be no
publication "surcharge" applied to your tips outside of
requirements by the IRS. 

Selection for our "Year's Best" anthology will be determined by
tip jar receipts for individual stories. 

The submission e-mail for new fiction is:
newfictionsubs@darwinsevolutions.com

http://www.darwinsevolutions.com/newfictionsubs.html


Interzone
[British bimonthly printzine, SF/F to 10k wds. Pays up to pro
rates. E-subs May only, No sim or mult subs or reprints. RT 2
months.]

Editor:  Andy Cox

It is strongly recommended that you study the magazine before
submitting. This will obviously greatly improve your chances of
acceptance.

Non-Fiction: We are not currently open to submissions of
non-fiction, although suggestions are always welcome. The best
place for this is the forum.

Artwork: We are always happy to hear from artists wanting to work
on Interzone. Send us a portfolio that we can keep on file, or an
email pointing us to your website or gallery.

Short Stories: We are always open to submissions of new science
fiction and fantasy short stories of up to about 10,000 words in
length.

Please send your manuscript mailed flat or folded no more than
once, in standard format (double spaced, good margins, printed on
one side of the paper), with a covering letter and adequate
return postage (ie a stamped, self-addressed envelope). Overseas
submissions should be disposable and accompanied by two IRCs or
an email address which we'll use to reply. All submissions must
be in hard copy except during specified email reading windows.
Unsolicited submissions sent by email at other times will be
deleted. Never send simultaneous submissions, multiple
submissions or reprints.

NB: if you receive a rejection from Interzone please don't then
submit that story to another of our magazines, as we will already
have considered that option.

WHERE TO SEND YOUR STORIES

Snail mail: Interzone, TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely,
Cambs CB6 2LB, UK.

Email submission windows for Interzone only

Interzone is open to email submissions but at only certain times
of the year, for one month at a time. Please follow the postal
submission guidelines, with the following exceptions:

Anything submitted outside these periods will be deleted unread.
There is a different email account for each reading period:

May 2008, email to: Interzone.May2008@gmail.com

Please send the stories as attachments, not in the body of the
email. Story files will be fed into a PDA, so please format the
stories single-spaced, and send them as .RTF-files (which take up
somewhat less memory space than .DOC files). Put "SUBMISSION:
STORY TITLE" in the header of the email.

http://ttapress.com/185/interzone-contributors-guidelines/


MARKET INFORMATION

Jim Baen's Universe Magazine

In Baen's Bar, a writer asked, "Is there any idea when Jim Baen's
Universe will be reopening to submissions?"

Sam Hidaka answered, "As a matter of fact, submissions are open
as of today. The "Submission Guidelines" page still states that
we're closed because . . . uh . . . well, it's long story.  But
essentially, our tech people are all tied up. But I re-instated
the Submission Webform, which had been offline during the
submission hiatus.

"You can submit to regular submissions here:
http://www.baensuniverse.com/submit.cgi
Or you can submit through the "Baen's Universe Slush" forum,
which is always open. Sorry for the confusion caused by the
"Submission Guidelines" page."

[Group: Baen's Universe eMagazine, 01 May 2008]


End of the CALLIHOO Newsletter for 1 May 2008