CALLIHOO NEWSLETTER Market News for Writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Julia West, Editor Vol. 8, No. 2 6 June 2000 Website: http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/CALLIHOO/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- In This Issue 2001: A Science Fiction Poetry Anthology/Contest (gls) Anamnesis Poetry Chapbook Award Competition (gls) Electric Wine Fiction Competition (gls) Eotu (gls) Fangoria Fiction Writer Magazine (dead) The Goblin Muse (gls) iUniverse anthology Mindmares (hiatus) Roadworks Sci-Write Starlight 2 anthology Tantalus Review (gls) Winedark Sea Literary Competition (gls) ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS FTL is Real! Sunday, 4 June 2000, London Sunday Times. "Scientists claim they have broken the ultimate speed barrier: the speed of light. In research carried out in the US, particle physicists have shown that light pulses can be accelerated to up to 300 times their normal velocity of 186,000 miles per second. The implications, like the speed, are mind-boggling. One interpretation it means that light will arrive at its destination almost before it has started its journey. In effect, it is leaping forward in time. Exact details of the findings remain confidential because they have been submitted to Nature, the international scientific journal, for review prior to possible publication. "The work was carried out by Dr Lijun Wang, of the NEC research institute in Princeton, who transmitted a pulse of light towards a chamber filled with specially treated cesium gas. Before the pulse had fully entered the chamber it had gone right through it and traveled a further 60 ft across the laboratory. In effect it existed in two places at once, a phenomenon that Wang explains by saying it traveled 300 times faster than light. "The research is already causing controversy among physicists. What bothers them is that if light could travel forward in time it could carry information. This would breach one of the basic principles in physics - causality, which says that a cause must come before an effect. It would also shatter Einstein's theory of relativity since it depends in part on the speed of light being unbreachable. "In Italy, another group of physicists has also succeeded in breaking the light speed barrier. In a newly published paper, physicists at the Italian National Research Council described how they propagated microwaves at 25% above normal light speed. The group speculates that it could be possible to transmit information faster than light. Dr Guenter Nimtz, of Cologne University, an expert in the field, agrees. He believes that information can be sent faster than light and last week gave a paper describing how it could be done to a conference in Edinburgh. He believes, however, that this will not breach the principle of causality because the time taken to interpret the signals would fritter away all the savings. "Wang's experiment is the latest and possibly the most important evidence that the physical world may not operate according to any of the accepted conventions. In the new world that modern science is beginning to perceive, sub-atomic particles can apparently exist in two places at the same time - making no distinction between space and time. Separate experiments carried out by Dr Raymond Chiao, professor of physics at the University of California at Berkeley, illustrate this. He showed that in certain circumstances photons - the particles of which light is made - could apparently jump between two points separated by a barrier in what appears to be zero time. The process, known as tunneling, has been used to make some of the most sensitive electron microscopes. Wang emphasizes that his experiments are relevant only to light and may not apply to other physical entities. But scientists are beginning to accept that man may eventually exploit some of these characteristics for interstellar space travel." 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.) =Starlight 3= anthology, deadline "end of June 2000" [SF/F, pays 7-1/2 cents/wd., no upper word limit, (GLs in Vol. 6, No. 38)] =Tales of the Unanticipated=, reading window May 10 - June 15, 2000. [Annual print mag, SF/F/H to 10,000 wds. Pays 1-1/2 to 2 cents/wd. Occasionally accepts reprints and sim subs (query). Mult subm (to 3 stories) okay. No E-mail subm. (GLs in Vol. 7, No. 43)] =Red Work= anthology, deadline 15 June 2000 [Electronic antho, stories of professional killers 4500 - 10,000 wds, pays approx 3% royalty, no reprints or E-mail subm. (GLs Vol. 7 No. 39)] The 42nd Annual Utah Original Writing Competition, open 15 May to 26 June 2000 [Annual contest, various categories of entries (long and short fiction and nonfiction), various 1st ($1000 or $300) and 2nd ($750 or $200) prizes, =no entry fee=, must be Utah resident. (GLs in Vol. 7, No. 43)] Warner Books' First Novel Contest, deadline 30 June 2000 [SF/F novels. Synopsis + first several chapters (up to 60 pages maximum). =No entry fee.= Prizes: Publication with advance and royalties.] Waterford Reading Intervention, deadline 30 June 2000 [Computer reading intervention program, SF/F 100 to 4000 wds, $100 to $500, E-mail subm only, =work for hire=. Subm to Anna Shelley at: annas@waterford.org. (GLs in Vol. 7, No. 44)] =Writers of the Future=, 3rd quarter 2000, deadline 30 June 2000 [$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. 6, No. 10)] =Cemetery Sonata= volume 2, deadline 1 Jul 2000 [Print antho, ghost stories 500-6000 words, pays 3 cents/wd. on pub., reprints okay. (GLs in Vol. 7 No. 39)] 8th Annual Garden State Horror Writers Short Story Contest, deadline 31 Jul 2000 [Annual contest, SF/F/H to 2500 wds, prizes--$50 1st, $25 2nd, $15 3rd, =$10 entry fee=, (GLs in Vol. 7 No. 42)] =The Children of Cthulhu= anthology, deadline 1 Aug 2000 [Print antho, Lovecraftian, 750-10,000 wds, pays 4 cents/wd. against royalties, E-mail subm okay. (GLs in Vol. 7 No. 45)] =Chillers= anthology, deadline 1 Aug 2000 [Electronic antho, H 1500-5000 wds, pays share of royalties, no reprints or sim subs, E-mail and mult subm okay. (GLs in Vol. 7 No. 39)] The James White Award, a Science Fiction Short Story Competition, deadline 23 Aug 2000 [SF 2000-4000 wds, new writers, no reprints or E-mail entries, entry fee L3/$4 each, up to three entries allowed. Cash prize and publication in Interzone. (GLs in Vol. 7 No. 45)] =On Spec= Theme Issue ("World Beat"), deadline 31 Aug 2000 [Canadian print mag, theme of non-North American-based (different cultures) SF/F/H to 5000 wds, pays $50-$180C on accept., no reprints, faxed, or E-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 7 No. 31)] =Byline= genre fiction contest, deadline September 5, 2000 [Short story that fits category: romance, sci-fi, confession, mystery, western, etc. No children's stories. 5,000 words max. =Entry fee $5.= Prizes: $50, $30, $15.] 19th Annual Science Fiction/Fantasy Short Story Contest Sponsored by Science Fiction Writers of Earth, deadline 30 October 2000. [Annual contest, SF/F by unpubl authors, 2000 to 7500 wds. =Entry fee $5 for 1st ms. (gives memb to SFWoE), $2 for each other ms.= Prizes $200 1st, $100 2nd, $50 3rd. (GLs in Vol. 7, No. 33)] =Winedark Sea= Literary Competition, deadline 17 Nov 2000 [Fantastic fiction, Cat A (1000 - 2000 wds) and Cat B (400 - 500 wds), 1st prizes $100, 2nd prizes $50. Cat C (illus fic 1500 - 3000 wds), 1st prize $250 between author and artist. $5AU - $10AU entry fee. Sim subs okay, no reprints, no E-mailed entries. (GLs in Vol. 8, No. 2)] The Best of Soft Science Fiction Contest, opens 1 Oct, closes 15 Dec 2000 [Annual contest, soft SF, to 7000 wds, published or offered for pub during year, enter as many as want, =no entry fee=, prizes 1st $100, 2nd $50, 3rd $25. (GLs in Vol. 7 No. 33)] 2001: A Science Fiction Poetry Anthology/Contest, deadline 15 Dec 2000 [SF/F Poetry, 1st Prize: $500, 2nd Prize: $250, 3rd Prize: $150, 4th Prize: $100, =entry fee US$10 for 1-3 poems=. (GLs in Vol. 8, No. 2)] =Electric Wine= Fiction Competition, open 1 Jun - 31 Dec 2000 [SF/F/H 1000 - 5000 wds, 1st $250, 2nd $150, 3rd $100, 3 pub prizes (1 cent/wd +$10), $10 reading fee, no sim subs or reprints, E-mail subm preferred. (GLs in Vol. 8, No. 2)] =Anamnesis= Poetry Chapbook Award Competition, deadline March 2001 [Poetry, SF/F/H okay, submit 20-30 pages of poems, prize $1000, reprints okay, entry fee $15US, no E-mail subm, (GLs in Vol. 8, No. 2)] CONTESTS =2001: A Science Fiction Poetry Anthology/Contest= [SF/F Poetry, 1st Prize: $500, 2nd Prize: $250, 3rd Prize: $150, 4th Prize: $100, entry fee US$10 for 1-3 poems. Deadline 15 Dec 2000.] Contact: Keith Allen Daniels E-mail: kdaniels@ix.netcom.com Anamnesis Press, P. O. Box 51115, Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA anamnesis@compuserve.com http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/anamnesis Anamnesis Press is offering $1000 in cash prizes + publication for poems with science fiction, fantasy or speculative science themes. The top 50 poems will be published by Anamnesis Press in a beautiful trade paperback anthology in March 2001, just in time for National Poetry Month. In addition, the top four contestants will receive cash prizes and award certificates as follows: 1st Prize: $500, 2nd Prize: $250, 3rd Prize: $150, 4th Prize: $100 All contestants will receive a complimentary copy of =2001: A Science Fiction Poetry Anthology=, and 50% discount coupons for the purchase of other books and chapbooks published by Anamnesis Press. Reading fee: US$10 for 1-3 poems. Please make check or money order payable to Anamnesis Press in US dollars drawn on a US bank. (We can also accept foreign postal money orders in US dollars.) Deadline: December 15, 2000 (postmark) Anamnesis Press, P. O. Box 51115, Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA anamnesis@compuserve.com [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic178.htm, 20 May 2000] =Anamnesis Poetry Chapbook Award Competition= [Poetry, SF/F/H okay, submit 20-30 pages of poems, prize $1000, reprints okay, entry fee $15US, no E-mail subm, deadline March 2001.] Anamnesis Press is sponsoring its 6th annual poetry chapbook award competition. We're looking for poetry with intellectual and emotional depth that avoids cliches and has an ear for sound and music, although formal structure is not necessary. Genre poetry (science fiction/fantasy/horror) is fine, but we're looking for a high level of sophistication and imagination. Pet peeves: trite, mawkish or "inspirational" poetry. Previously published material is OK, as long as the author owns the rights to the work and provides acknowledgments. The winner will receive $1000, an award certificate suitable for framing, and 20 copies of the winning chapbook. We encourage poets to submit 20-30 pages of their best poems. Manuscripts must be typed or laser-printed -- single-spaced -- with no more than one poem per page, and must include a table of contents (showing page numbers) and two title pages. Include your name and address on only one of the title pages. No manuscripts will be returned. Manuscripts must be postmarked by March 15, 2001. The winner will be announced in June. Reading fee: US$15 per manuscript. Please make check or money order payable to Anamnesis Press in US dollars drawn on a US bank. Note: all contestants will receive a copy of the winning chapbook. Send manuscripts with entry fee and SASE (for prize notification) to: Anamnesis Press Poetry Chapbook Award P. O. Box 51115 Palo Alto, CA 94303 No e-mail submissions, please! [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/anamnesis/contest.htm] =Electric Wine Fiction Competition= [SF/F/H 1,000 - 5,000 wds, 1st $250, 2nd $150, 3rd $100, 3 pub prizes (1cent/wd +$10), runs 1 Jun - 31 Dec 2000, $10 reading fee, no sim subs or reprints, E-mail subm preferred.] We are pleased to announce our 1st Annual =Electric Wine= FICTION COMPETITION Open to writers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. 1st Prize is $250.00 US 2nd Prize is $150.00 US 3rd Prize is $100.00 US Plus 3 Publication Awards Honorable Mention prizes The contest begins June 1, 2000, and runs until December 31, 2000. Winners will be announced in our February/March 2001 online issue, and the six winning stories will be published in our April/May 2001 online issue. All entries will receive a critique from the editors. This is a unique feature we are offering (and yes, we ARE crazy!) since we feel writers should get something back for their reading fee. The reading fee is $10.00 US Entries that are submitted contrary to these rules WILL NOT be considered. TO ENTER: Entries may be sent via email or regular mail, with the following requirements: (1) We PREFER email submissions so that the editors on separate continents can both read the entries. Send your entry to the email address below, and then send the check for your reading fee by regular mail. Upon receipt of your check we will enter your story into the competition. (Yes, we know this is a bother, but we would rather spend the money on our contest winners than on sending huge faxes and packages to James in South Africa.) (a) Send your story by email to: electricwine@mindspring.com (b) Send a personal check, bank check, cashier's check, or money order, payable to Electric Wine, in the amount of $10 US by regular mail to: Electric Wine, PMB #182, 2500 Dallas Highway, Suite 202, Marietta, GA 30064 USA Make sure you give us your full name and mailing address, email address, and the title of your story in a cover letter sent with your payment, and reference the story title on your check. DO NOT send your story to our regular submissions address at netscape! Any stories received at the netscape address will be considered regular magazine submissions and will not be entered into the competition. Conversely, stories received at the above address will not be considered for regular submission to the magazine. Stories received at the above email address will not be entered into the competition until the reading fee is received. (c) Email submissions may be attached as .txt files ONLY (all other formats will be returned to the author unread. You may also paste the story into the body of your email. (2) Submissions sent by regular mail must be accompanied by the reading fee of $10.00 US funds, as a personal check, bank check, cashiers check, or money order, payable to Electric Wine (no cash, please). If at all possible, send your story on a disk formated as a .txt, .rtf, .wps, or .doc file. We may be unable to read other formats, so please don't send them! Enclose a SASE with sufficient postage for return of the disk (otherwise the disk will be considered disposable). If you MUST send typed manuscripts, please also send abject apologies to the editor who has to retype your story in order to send it to South Africa! (Seriously, unless the story is VERY good, Diana won't retype it and James won't see it . . . therefore, it can't win.) QUALIFICATIONS: Stories can be from 1,000 to 5,000 words in length, but must be science fiction, fantasy, or horror. Please take our regular writers guidelines into consideration, as these same guidelines (regarding content, etc.) will apply to the competition. Please, no media-related or role-playing stories as these violate copyrights held by other publications and companies. Sorry, previously published stories will not be eligible for the competition. DO NOT send simultaneous submissions! Your story must be for the exclusive consideration of Electric Wine and not be currently held by any other publication. You may enter as many times as you like, but each story submitted must be accompanied by a $10.00 fee. Thus, three stories, $30.00 in fees. This competition is for fiction only. Sorry, no poetry entries. All entries and fees must be postmarked on or before December 31, 2000. Entries postmarked after the deadline will be returned unread. (We will consider all stories sent by email on or before the deadline, as long the fees are postmarked on or before December 31, 2000.) PAYMENT OF FEES: Again, reading fees must be received by Electric Wine for the entry to be considered. PLEASE make sure to cross-reference your name, email address, and the title of your story on your cover letter, and write the title of your story in the memo slot on your check (or available space on other forms of checks). Payment must be made by personal check, bank check, cashiers check, or money order, payable to =Electric Wine=. Cash is too risky to send through the mail, so don't do it! PLEASE NOTE: =Electric Wine= cannot be held responsible for entry fees lost in the mail. Should fees be lost, it is the author's responsibility to initiate stop payment or tracing procedures, as applicable. Checks returned to our bank for insufficient funds will result in immediate disqualification and a permanent ban of the author from any future submissions to the magazine. Bounced checks mean our bank charges us fees . . . please don't do it! We will post story titles on our website as they are received, in a format similar to our submission status page. Bookmark and keep track of this page. If you do not see your story title appear or verification of fees received after a reasonable period of time, contact the editors. STORY CRITIQUES: You deserve something for your reading fee! So, the editors of =Electric Wine= will write up an overall critique of each story. While this critique will not be a line by line assessment of any story, it will be written with the goal of helping the author improve his or her work, and will be considerably longer than the usual commentary we give out with rejection letters. Please be patient with us in returning your critique, as stories will be evaluated in the order they were received, and the volume of entries may take us awhile to get through. After the announcement of the contest winners, we will start posting response dates on the contest status page. WINNING ENTRIES: Winners will be notified by regular mail or email, and will be announced on the website February 1, 2001. Award-winning stories will be published in our April/May 2001 online issue, and will therefore be handled in the same manner as regular submissions, with a contract for publication drawn up that must be signed and returned by the author. Upon return of the signed contract, all award money will be paid within 30 days, in accordance with the contract. The awards are as follows: 1st Place $250.00 US 2nd Place $150.00 US 3rd Place $100.00 US. Three publication awards will be given, and author will receive $.01 per word for their story, plus $10 (return of the reading fee). Any stories worthy of Honorable Mention will be awarded $10 US (return of the reading fee), plus an Electric Wine Collector's Issue -- a special print version of the magazine scheduled to be published by the end of this year. [http://www.electricwine.com/contestrules.html] =Winedark Sea Literary Competition= [fantastic fiction, Cat A (1000 - 2000 wds) and Cat B (400 - 500 wds), 1st prizes $100, 2nd prizes $50. Cat C (illus fic 1500 - 3000 wds), 1st prize $250 between author and artist. $5AU - $10AU entry fee. Sim subs okay, no reprints, no E-mailed entries. Deadline 17 Nov 2000.] PO Box 367 Southgate Sylvania NSW 2224 Sydney, Australia editors@winedark.com http://www.winedark.com/home.html Entries should be postmarked no later than: Friday 17th November, 2000 General Guidelines * Your entry should be original, can't have won a prize or been published at the time of entry, but may be under consideration elsewhere. * We're not just looking for "literary" writing -- we're not sure what the word means. Your entry should be "fiction" -- i.e. any form whatsoever, as long as the content is not non-fiction. * The theme of your entry, unsurprisingly, should be something to do with "the surreal, the fantastic, the magically real". If you think your entry could relate to any of these words, send it! We won't nit-pick definitions. * All winners will receive certificates and 2-issue subscriptions to Winedark Sea. Selected entries will be offered publication, with payment and terms as per our usual guidelines. Category A Fiction 1,000 to 2,000 words Entry fee: AUS$5 per entry, or AUS$10 for three Prizes: First place AUS$100; second place AUS$50; and highly commended places. Category B Fiction 400 to 500 words Entry fee: AUS$5 per entry, or AUS$10 for three Prizes: First place AUS$100; second place AUS$50; and highly commended places. Category C Illustrated fiction (see guidelines below) 1,500 to 3,000 words Entry fee: AUS$10 per entry Prize: First place only -- AUS$250, to be split between artist and author. If you're not in Australia, it's probably easiest just to send 5 IRC's per entry (or 10 IRC's for Category C) instead of fiddling with exchange rates. Format * No e-mailed or faxed entries. * Has to be hardcopy (unless you're entering the illustrated story category). * Include an entry form with the relevant information. * For fairness' sake, your name, except pseudonymously, should not appear on the manuscript itself (only on the entry form). * Include a business-sized SSAE (with appropriate postage) if you want a copy of the results; or just keep watching our webpage. * Please indicate on the entry form if you want a story considered for the journal proper (i.e. not only for the competition). * As pretty much per our standard guidelines, entries should be typed, single-sided, in a readable font, double or one-and-a-half spaced, with at least 2.5cm of margin on all sides, consecutively numbered in the bottom right, left justified, stapled in the top left, with the word "ends" at the close of your manuscript, and with your pseudonym and a keyword from the title in the top right of each page. Illustrated Fiction * We're looking, firstly, for the combined effect of illustration and story. * Up to two people may collaborate on an entry for this category. * Definition of illustrate -- it doesn't have to be a "straight" illustration, you don't have to bring out an image from the text. Your illustration(s) can be far more abstract if you wish; for instance, you could do something that's related to the text only in theme, if you think this works. On the other hand, you shouldn't do merely decorative work -- not just elaborate margins and calligraphy, for instance. * You can create one image the size of an A5 page (210 x 148mm or 9" x 6"), or you can create a number of images and imbed them in the text. If you're creating a number of images, their total area should not exceed the size of one A5 page. * Images should not be colour -- only black-and-white or grayscale -- pencil, ink, or computer generated. * If computer generated, you may wish to send the illustration in an electronic format. If there's just one image, a PC format would be best, and any standard file type should be fine. If you're imbedding a few images, pdf format would work best. Include an SSAE if you'd like the disk (CDROM, zip, LS-120, floppy) returned. * Don't send the original copy, or your only copy. * Feel free to contact us if anything is unclear. Other Stuff * You don't have to publish your stories with us if you win, but we do ask for the rights to publish a short extract (about one or two sentences) in our judges' report (displayed online, and mailed out to entrants). * Entry is open to anyone, anywhere, but all entries should be in English. * Competition manuscripts won't be returned (so don't send originals!). * Enter as many stories as you like: enclose the correct total fee, and be sure to note each story on your entry form or cover sheet. * Yep -- sorry! -- entries that don't follow our guidelines may be disqualified without refund. * We'll take the best care we can, but can't accept responsibility in the event of loss or damage to manuscripts; we're not able to provide reports on individual pieces; and the judges' decisions are final!! -- no correspondence will be undertaken. * Results should appear on our webpage (and be mailed to anyone who included an SSAE) around Christmas, and winners will be notified by snail mail. * Copies of the volume that any entries are published in can be purchased by entrants for AUS$10 each. * Check out the results from last year: http://www.winedark.com/results.html. * It may be helpful to look at what sort of writing we publish (and therefore like), or to consider our general writers guidelines (contact us for a copy, or visit http://www.winedark.com/guidelines.html). * The entry form is at http://www.winedark.com/entry2000.html [http://www.winedark.com/comp2000.html] Market Guidelines =Eotu= [Webzine, SF/F, pays « cent/wd., $5 min., on accept, reprints okay, no sim subs. E-mail subm only.] Submissions: submissions@clamcity.com =Eotu= Ezine publishes short stories, poetry and artwork without regard to genre, though the editor's taste runs to experimental fiction, hypertext fiction, sci-fi and fantasy. We have been known, in our paper past, to publish romance, westerns and mysteries, so who knows what we're going to like at a particular time. Stories should be short, but since we're new in cyberspace (and not computer geeks, really) we can't say exactly how short short is. Poems shouldn't be much longer than about 30 lines, unless of course it's actually prose in rhyme. Artwork, who knows. Whatever you're into, I'm sure we're into also. Please send stories, poems and art either in the body of an e-mail or as an attachment to: submissions@clamcity.com If your work is on a web page, we don't mind going there to look at it. Especially artists with a variety of work they'd allow us to choose from, and especially hypertext writers. Anyone with a web site, send us your url. Whatever works. The point here is that we want to showcase what talented, crafted, writers and artists are creating. We don't want to set limits at this point in the game. Who knows, you're probably doing something we've never thought of. So how could we describe it here? WE BUY One Time Online Rights, which means your work will be published in one issue of =Eotu= Ezine. That issue will remain on the main site for 3 months and then archived for 1 year. Work that has been published elsewhere is okay. (Let us know when and where). We prefer not to receive simultaneous submissions. At this time response is in about a month. We ask that during the three months after publication in Eotu you do not allow your work to be published elsewhere online, except for your personal web site. During the time your story is archived you may get it published anywhere you can. Payment is «› per word for any story ($5.00 minimum), $5.00 for any poem or artwork published, $15.00 for a 'page' of art - usually 5-10 pieces. A check will be snail mailed to you on acceptance. Any questions, concerns or comments? editor@clamcity.com. [http://www.clamcity.com/eotu.html] =The Goblin Muse= [Webzine, H/DF to 2500 wds., pays $10 US. Reprints okay, no mult or sim subm. E-mail subm only.] Carole Nomarhas, editor submissions@goblinmuse.com http://www.goblinmuse.com/ Fiction: to 2,500 words, will consider longer but please query first. Particularly interested in horror parodies and stories dealing with writers/writing. Always interested in great horror/DF regardless of theme (excepting child abuse and/or meaningless violence and bloodshed). Reprints welcome. No multiple submissions. No simultaneous submissions. Payment $10US flat fee. July 2000 issue will be a special 'Ghosts' issue, so I need ghost stories! Non-fiction: articles on writing and reviews of horror books may be considered. However, I cannot pay for non-fiction, and dislike the idea of accepting work for no pay. Artists: I am interested in giving space to a feature artist from time to time, contact me if you wish to know more. Send submissions (no artwork) embedded in email, or as a txt. attachment to submissions@goblinmuse.com Attention: Carole Nomarhas Reply times will be as prompt as possible. Query if you have not heard back within three weeks. http://www.goblinmuse.com/sub.htm =Tantalus Review= [New quarterly webzine (Oct 2000), spec fic 1000-5000 wds, pays 1 cent/wd. E-mail subm only.] Submissions: babelcodex@hotmail.com http://www.tantalusreview.com/tantalus.html =Tantalus Review= is looking for quality speculative fiction (short stories and novel excerpts as long as they stand on their own) from 1,000 to 5,000 words in length. Feel free to push boundaries but not at the expense of clarity and voice. At =Tantalus Review= we realize that SF (Speculative Fiction) is a broad term that encompasses many aspects. With that in mind =Tantalus Review= will consider any work that challenges the imagination. Artwork submitted to =Tantalus Review= should challenge the viewer's imagination and in some way connect to the otherworldliness that we as human beings sense from time to time. =Tantalus Review= is not interested in blatant pornography as a vehicle of artistic expression. That's the only rule. The rest is up to you. Essays and book reviews submitted to =Tantalus Review= should be 1,000 to 3,500 words in length. We are looking for essays having to do with speculative fiction and how it affects the reader as well as the writer. Book reviews of speculative works will be considered. At present =Tantalus Review= would like to publish at least four reviews an issue. Reviews of new novels are welcome. We are also interested in receiving reviews that shed new light on classics within the genre. We plan to make =Tantalus Review= a free e-zine that will be published quarterly. All submissions will be accepted via e-mail only. Be sure to include a short bio(no more than fifty words). Please ensure that all submissions are embedded in body of the e-mail. Artwork should be embedded in body of e-mail as well. Tantalus Review will automatically delete all e-mails containing attachments. Payment: =Tantalus Review= will pay 1 cent per word for stories, reviews and essays. Artwork is a flat $35.00 for cover illustration and $20.00 for interior work. =Tantalus Review= will notify each writer or artist whose work has been accepted for an upcoming issue. Due to the growing number of submissions at =Tantalus Review= we are unable to acknowledge questions regarding the guidelines presented on this page. Submit Work To: babelcodex@hotmail.com [http://www.tantalusreview.com/subguide.html] Market Information =Fangoria= M. J. Euringer says, "FANGORIA Magazine -- over TWO DECADES in the business of horror -- wants YOUR fiction on THEIR website! Although the final details have yet to be hammered out, I can tell you that we are now prepared to begin accepting your submissions. If all goes well, we may be able to offer our authors a flat rate of $75.00 for First Worldwide Rights. To begin, we will publish one story a month at the site -- 7000 words max, please, and no simultaneous submissions. This is a *New Challenge* for FANGORIA's presence on the web, and, we hope, a wonderful opportunity for the undiscovered talent in horror fiction to be seen by the filthy masses! "One of the details we have yet to deal with is a final address for submissions. Until further notice, please send your stories -- as an ".rtf" file or in the body of an e-mail with *ITALICS MARKED AS SUCH* -- to the following address: DeadScryptSubs@aol.com . . . "Thanks a lot. I look forward to digesting the rancid bits of your minds!" [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic178.htm, 2 June 2000] =Fiction Writer Magazine= Writer's Digest's bimonthly print magazine Fiction Writer will cease publication after the June 2000 issue. [http://www.writersdigest.com/fictionwriter/] =iUniverse Anthology= Amy Sterling Casil says, "I will be doing an anthology through iUniverse's science fiction community, which is called "Future Stars." This will be a real book, paying real pro-rata royalties, printed on real paper with a real cover, available both online and through real bookstores, particularly Barnes & Noble. The topic/theme/type of book is totally open right now because this will be the first book published through the iUniverse "community" concept. "There is a brief article about it, as well as messages on the message board, at the iUniverse community site." Later, Amy says, "The iUniverse anthology project is moving on a little farther. I think the theme will be something like "The Undiscover'd Country." See message board posts at the iUniverse Future Stars site. Wednesday or Thursday I'll post an article and message board post - it will be time to pitch story ideas. I am not inclined to read work by people who haven't visited the community and entered into the dialog: this isn't that kind of book. I'm still working on the contract with iUniverse; but writers will have their contract with me as editor/anthologist. iUniverse has some pretty big nonfiction books and some popular novels right now (reprints). This will be the first original fiction anthology published by them using traditional methods - PW has already asked for review copies." http://communities.iuniverse.com/bin/circle.asp?circleid=9 [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic291.htm 15 and 30 May 2000] =Mindmares= Tracy Martin, editor of =Mindmares=, says on the website, "The magazine, and I as editor, has come to the point where I have to do two things I said I would never do. The first is that as of June 15th, MM will be closed to submissions until further notice. The second and more dire the closing of submissions coincides with the time that MM will go on a hiatus. The April issue is still being printed and at current cost with paying contributors and giving copies I can't afford to pick it up. This comes at a time when MM is running late to begin with and I'm getting the April issue out when the July issue should be going to print. The April issue will be mailed out as soon as I can pay for it and pay the contracts. The July and October issues will be held until I have done a financial reevaluation and decide where I would like to go with the magazine. If you have a story slated for one of those issues that you would like released back to you, please e-mail or write me and I will release it. I understand that it can be difficult to wait all this time and then find out you have to wait longer to see it in print. "The last point I would like to make is this many publications are closing and the main reason, besides time, is money. Those who wish to appear in the pages and those who do don't support the zines enough (my opinion). I'm not saying all the contributors and submitters but the majority -- some contributors not only have bought many extra copies and subscribed, but also returned payment checks to help MM. I know money is tight for more than just myself, but paying for one copy ($4.00) I don't feel is too much to ask. The magazine is worth more than that. I have kept the cost down to make it affordable, but now I'm paying for it in not being able to support it during this growing phase. If those who wished to appear in the pages bought a sample copy and those who did appear bought extra copies or subscribed, MM wouldn't be in this position. All the money for this publication comes out of my pocket, MM in no way comes close to even paying for its own postage let alone printing, contracts, time etc. At this time I'm wondering if all the work is worth it when I don't see the support to keep it going. I'm not trying to attack anyone or make you feel guilty, just voicing my opinion. If you have any comments or questions feel free to write. (mindmares@twistedmind.net)" [http://www.twistedmind.net/mindmares/whatsnew.htm] =Starlight 2 Anthology= A writer on =Speculations'= Rumor Mill says, "I queried Patrick Nielsen Hayden this morning about the status of =Starlight 3=, and within the hour had a reply. He says that he's "trying to finish the book by the end of June, at which point everything unbought will be returned." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic291.htm, 5 June 2000] =Roadworks= Trevor Denyer says, "=Roadworks - Tales from the Hard Road= is a magazine of imaginative fiction, covering the horror, dark fantasy, SF and slipstream genres. "The title refers to the hard road the writer has to travel to achieve recognition and, hopefully, success. There are many tales to tell that demonstrate the three main ingredients that the editor looks for: quality, imagination and entertainment. "Though currently closed to submissions, I'm looking for stories that cover the genres the magazine covers. The ROADWORKS 2000 Short Story competition is open to all writers. The Autumn 2000 issue (published in October) will be a special competition winners' issue, containing the 10 winning entries. "The competition closes on 31 July 2000, so if you want to enter, please contact me for an entry form. "You can find more information about ROADWORKS, including sample stories, a downloadable competition entry form and a chat room, at the website: www.roadworksweb.free-online.co.uk" [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic291.htm, 5 Jun 2000] =Sci-Write= A writer on Speculations' Rumor Mill posted this information about "sci-fi. . . the new paying e-zine for writers of science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction, features and articles. Debut September 1st, 2000; reading for submissions as of June 1st, 2000. For further details/guidelines: send a blank e-mail with "SCI-WRITE GUIDELINES" in the subject line to sian@springbeachpress.freeserve.co.uk. To subscribe: Send a sterling cheque for 10 pounds (one year/12 issues) made payable to Springbeach Press or $2C cash. Please note: We are unable to accept hard copy queries/submissions -- all transactions are made via e-mail. [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic178.htm, 1 Jun 2000] ***************************************************************** * "It is doubtful whether in the course of the centuries, * * though we have learnt much about making machines, we have * * learnt anything about making literature. We do not come to * * write better; all that we can be said to do is keep moving, * * now a little in this direction, now in that, but with a * * circular tendency." * * --Virginia Woolf, "Modern Fiction," The Common Reader, * * 1925 * ***************************************************************** ==End of the CALLIHOO newsletter for 6 June 2000==