CALLIHOO Newsletter Market News for Writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Julia West, Editor Vol. 9, No. 20 19 March 2002 Website: http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/CALLIHOO/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- IN THIS ISSUE News Publication Notes Deadlines Contests ConVersion Short Story Contest (gls) UPC Science Fiction Award (gls) Market Information DNA Publications Ideomancer Imaginings anthology is this a cat? Ralan.com Speculon The Urbanite ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS PUBLICATION NOTES James Van Pelt, whom Utahns should recognize as a frequent attendee at CONduit Science Fiction Convention, currently has two stories upcoming in =Weird Tales=, as well as stories in =Talebones=, =On Spec=, =Asimov's=, =Analog=, =Absolute Magnitude=, =Dark Terrors 6=, =Future Orbits= and =Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine=. Also, his collection from Fairwood Press, =Strangers and Beggars=, should be out in mid-summer. Impressive line-up, Jim! ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.) NEW CENTURY WRITER AWARDS Deadline 30 March 2002 [Contest, Novel/novella any style, theme, or genre. $30 entry fee. 1st $2,000, 2nd $1,000, 3rd $500, 4th-10th $100 each + pub in antho. Mult. subs. okay. No e-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 16)] PAX FANTASTICA CHALLENGE Deadline 31 March 2002 [Competition, writers under 21, speculative fiction to 6,000 wds. E-mail and mult subs okay. Prizes gift certs to Amazon.com: 1st-3rd $40, $30, $20. No entry fee. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 17)] WRITERS OF THE FUTURE, 2ND QUARTER 2002 Deadline 31 March 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)] CON-VERSION XIX / CAN-VENTION XXII SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline 1 April 2002 [Canadian convention contest, SF/F/H to 5,000 wds. No reprints. $5C/story entry fee (non-con members). Prizes: Apprentice 1st $200C, 2nd $150C, 3rd $100C, 2 HM $25 gift cert.; Journeyman 1st $250C, 2nd $200C, 3rd $150C, 2HM $40 gift cert. Winners pub in program book. No E-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 20)] BYLINE FLASH FICTION CONTEST Deadline 5 April 2002 [Flash fiction under 1000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $60, $30, $20. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 5)] MATTER OF TIME CONTEST Deadline 19 April 2002 [Contest, time-themed story to 5,000 wds, undergrad students only. No E-mail subs, prize $2,500 and pub in literary journal =Limestone=. 2 HMs published. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 14)] LORIAN HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY COMPETITION Deadline 1 May 2002 [Annual competition, fiction all genres, new writers. To 3000 wds. No reprints or E-mail subs. Contest format. Entry fee $10 before 1 May, $15 1-15 May. Prizes: 1st $1000, 2nd and 3rd $500 ea. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 17)] SONGS FROM DEAD SINGERS Deadline 1 May 2002 [Print anthology, H to 6,000 wds (2500-4000 ideal). Pays $10US per story on pub. No reprints, sim, or mult subs. E-mail subs only. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 16)] BYLINE NEW-TALENT SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline 4 May 2002 [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. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 5)] NEW CENTURY WRITER AWARDS Deadline 31 May 2002 [Contest, poem any style, theme, or genre. $3 entry fee. Prizes: 1st $500, 2nd $250, 3rd $100, 4th-10th $25 each + pub in antho. Mult. subs. okay. No e-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 16)] VIRTUAL IRELAND SHORT STORY COMPETITION Deadline 31 May 2002 [Contest, short fiction, any genre, in English or Irish, to 1950 wds. Mult and online subs okay. Entry fee of $12US per entry. 1st place $4,000US, 2nd place $400 book package, 3rd place $200 book package. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 16)] DEATHLINGS.COM "THE 70S WERE HELL AND WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT" CONTEST Deadline 15 Jun 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)] IMAGININGS Deadline 15 June 2002 [Print anthology, SF/F 8,000-15,000 wds, pays $950 per story + 10% royalties. No reprints or E-mail subm. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 4 and No. 14).] DOWNSTATE STORY MAGAZINE Yearly Deadline 30 June 2002 [Annual literary printzine, genre fiction to 2,000 wds. Pays $50/story on accept. No reprints or E-mail subs. Buys 10 stories/year. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 6)] IDEOMANCER UNBOUND Deadline 30 June 2002 [Ebook antho, SF/F/H 1,000-5,000 wds, pays $20 on accept +royalties. No sim or mult subs or reprints. E-mail subs only. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 19)] LOW PORT Deadline July 2002 [Open antho, SF/F 3,000 to 10,000 wds, pays 5-8 cents/wd. on accept, reading between Sept 2001 and July 2002. No electronic subm. Low Port, Lee and Miller, P.O. Box 179, Unity, Maine 04988-0179. (GLs in Vol. 9, No. 1)] NEW CENTURY WRITER AWARDS Deadline 31 July 2002 [Contest, screenplay or stage play any style, theme, or genre. $30 entry fee. Screenplay 1st $3000, 2nd $1500, 3rd $500, 4th-10th $200 each. Stage play 1st $2000, 2nd $1000, 3rd $500, 4th-10th $200 each. Mult. subs. okay. No e-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 16)] 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)] 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)] 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)] ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONTESTS CON-VERSION XIX / CAN-VENTION XXII SHORT STORY CONTEST [Canadian contest, SF/F/H to 5,000 wds. No reprints. 5 copies ms. in contest format. $5C/story entry fee (non-con members). Deadline 1 Apr 2002. Prizes: Apprentice 1st $200C, 2nd $150C, 3rd $100C, 2 HM $25 gift cert.; Journeyman 1st $250C, 2nd $200C, 3rd $150C, 2HM $40 gift cert. Winners pub in program book. No E- mail subs.] ConVersion XIX, Short Story Contest P.O. Box 61178, Kensington Postal Outlet Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4S6 Canada Queries only: Robyn Herrington at rmherrin@ucalgary.ca or Linda Berry at temeron@telsuplanet.net http://www.con-version.org/story.html Entries accepted from January 1st 2002 to (and including) April 1st, 2002 Apprentice Level: Open to writers with fewer than 3 published short stories (paid) or 1 novel in the genre. First Prize: $200, Second Prize: $150, Third Prize: $100, 2 Honorable Mentions: $25 gift certificate each. Journeyman Level: Open to writers with fewer than 12 published short stories (paid) or 1 to 2 novels in the genre. First Prize: $250, Second Prize: $200, Third Prize: $150, 2 Honorable Mentions: $50 gift certificate each. Winners will also receive a certificate indicating their placement in the final judging, as well as publication in the ConVersion program book or a separate booklet. All entries must be received by April 1, 2002. Mail entries to ConVersion XIX, Short Story Contest, P.O. Box 61178, Kensington Postal Outlet, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4S6. Please Note: all contestants who include a self-addressed stamped envelope with sufficient postage will receive critiques from published writers and/or editors, and also receive a list of top five winners and a copy of the booklet with the winning stories. U.S. and International entrants should include a cheque or money order for $5 (Cdn) (no international postal reply coupons please). Entry Fees: ConVersion/CanVention Members and Day Pass Holders: No Entry Fee All Others: $5 per short story entered, applicable towards a membership or day pass. Please indicate your membership number or receipt number (for members and day pass holders). Otherwise please enclose a cheque with your submission(s) made out to ConVersion Short Story Contest. Stories can be science fiction, fantasy or horror, all of which fall into the category of speculative fiction. Entrants may submit two stories at the Apprentice Level, but only one story at the Journeyman Level. Please be sure to have a cover page for each story entered, on which you should place the story title, your name, address, phone number and email. This sheet is kept separate from the stories. Do not put anything that identifies you on the story itself, but be sure to have the title on each page and please number the pages. Please submit five copies of each story in competition format. This mean typed or computer printed in 12 point Courier or acceptable alternate, double spaced, left aligned, using one side of the paper only. Underline for emphasis, rather than using italics. Please use a fresh ribbon or cartridge, as ease of reading lets the judges concentrate on the content of the story. If your story is chosen as one of the top five, we will need a copy on disk, as well as a short bio. The maximum length for a story is 5,000 words. Stories must be previously unpublished. The ConVersion Science Fiction and Fantasy Society reserves the right to publish the top five stories in its publications and for a very limited time on its website. The judging is 'blind competition' format. None of the judges know the identities of the authors. The stories in each category will be read by a separate panel of pre-judges, who will select the top three stories to go on to final judging, as well as two honorable mentions each category. The top three in each category will then be sent to a panel of professional authors for final judging and critiquing. At ConVersion, these judges will discuss the merits and flaws of the three and rank them from 1st to 3rd. If you have any questions, contact Robyn Herrington at rmherrin@ucalgary.ca or Linda Berry at temeron@telsuplanet.net [http://www.con-version.org/story.html] PREMIO UPC DE CIENCIA FICCION (UPC SCIENCE FICTION AWARD) [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. Deadline 14 Sept 2002.] Consell Social de la UPC Edifici Nexus Gran Capita, 2-4 08034 Barcelona Spain E-mail: consell.social@upc.es http://www.upc.es/english/info/info.htm Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) Science Fiction Award 2002 The UPC Science Fiction Award, presented annually by the Board of Trustees UPC, was first organized in 1991, since when the prize has gone to some highly original stories. The winner is awarded 6,000 Euros and there are two especial mentions, one for members of the University, each worth 1,500 E. The prize-winning novels are published in the =Ediciones B Nova Science Fiction= collection. Rules of the Award 1. All unpublished works within the science fiction genre can enter the UPC Science Fiction Award. 2. The works, written in Catalan, Spanish, English, or French must be submitted together with a copy, double-space typed, and with a length of between 70 and 115 pages of 30 lines each with 70 characters per line. Submitted works will not be returned. 3. The author must sign his/her work with a pseudonym, and must attach a closed envelope with the following information: Full name, passport number, full address, and telephone or fax contact number. On the outside of the envelope the author must write the title of his/ her work and his/her signing pseudonym. UPC members must also notify such membership on the outside of the envelope by writing "Membre UPC" on it. 4. Originals must be submitted to: Consell Social de la UPC. Edifici Nexus. Gran Capita, 2-4. 08034 Barcelona. Tel: +34 93 401 63 43 - Fax: +34 93 401 77 66. e-mail: consell.social@upc.es The envelope must clearly state: Premi UPC de Ciencia Ficcio 2002. 5. The due date for originals to be submitted for the 2002 edition of the Award is September 14th, 2002. The jury's decision will be unappealable, and it will be made public before the end of 2002. 6. The jury will award a prize of 6,000 E and, if it is considered necessary, a special mention of 1,500 E. Optionally, the jury can also make mention of the best work submitted by a UPC member, which will also be awarded 1,500 E. 7. The prize, which is awarded annually, may not be awarded for lack of good candidates. 8. The winners of prizes and mentions grant the rights of the first edition in both Catalan and Spanish to the UPC, and will not claim any economic remuneration for these editions. 9. The winning novel will be published by the UPC through the publishing company Ediciones B, in its collection "NOVA ciencia ficcion". 10. The jury of the 2002 edition is formed by: Luis Anglada, Miquel Barcelo, Josep Casanovas, Jordi Jose and Manuel Moreno. 11. Participation in the 2002 edition of the UPC Science Fiction Award implies acceptance of these Rules. Barcelona, January 2002. [http://www.upc.es/op/english/sciencefiction/sciencefiction.htm and http://www.upc.es/op/english/sciencefiction/Rules.html] ----------------------------------------------------------------- MARKET INFORMATION DNA PUBLICATIONS Warren Lapine, publisher of DNA Publications, says, "The Spring issue of =Weird Tales= has just shipped. That will be the last one--well, the last DNA Publications magazine to be printed on pulp paper. We'll be moving all of our magazines to the glossy format that =Science Fiction Chronicle= and =Dreams of Decadence= currently sport. We'll actually save money on this, as we'll be able to gang print them. None of our other printers were ever willing to gang the jobs, so I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the Canadians were willing to do this. Since we won't be printing any of our magazines on pulp, I will no longer run a pulp empire." [sff.publishing.dnapublications, 11 Mar 2002] IDEOMANCER Amber van Dyk, Managing Editor of =Ideomancer= says, "Due to a computer crash of much doom, I have missing submissions in the submissions@ideomancer.com email box from about Mar 1-7. "If you sent in a story at this time, please resubmit, ENSURING you put the word 'resubmission' in the subject line, or somewhere in the email, just so we know. We're only human and we confuse easily. "I apologize to all for this inconvenience." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=291, 14 Mar 2002] IMAGININGS ANTHOLOGY A writer on SFF.NET asked, "If stories are rejected (either by the slush readers or by you), is the author informed of why their story was rejected?" Keith R.A. DeCandido, publisher for Albe-Shiloh and editor of the =Imaginings= antho, replied, "Most of them will get a form rejection simply because (slush readers notwithstanding), I'm a one-person operation. Some will get more detailed rejection letters, though." [sff.publishing.albe-shiloh, 3-4 Feb 2002] . . . IS THIS A CAT? Christopher Rowe says, "I've just completed the debut publication of my new small press, The Fortress of Words. =...is this a cat?=, a zine, is available now and there's a website and an e-mail address at the bottom if you want more information. Here's an alphabetical list of the people involved. Gwenda Bond: "The Strange Case of Portnoy Rowe" (short story) Richard Butner: "Six Lines" (short story) Ted Chiang: "Is This My Dog: Delusional Misidentification Syndromes" (article) Justin Colussy Estes: "His Master's Face" (comic) Alan DeNiro: "I Remember the Catsuit Kids" (short story) Jeffrey Ford: "Summer Afternoon" (short story) Gavin J. Grant: um, various weird little items Alex Irvine: "Who Might Be Called Scooter Hamelin" (short story) M.L. Konett: "Nakadamit ang bata na parang pusa" (short story) Justine Larbalestier: "Four Scenarios" (short story) Emily Pohl-Weary: "I've Never Liked Cats" (personal essay) Pen Waggener: "Reader's Choice" (crossword puzzle) Scott Westerfeld: "Cat Years" (short story) If you'd like to know more, please e-mail isthisacat@hotmail.com or go this website: http://www.lcrw.net/nonlcrwpages/fow/ notacat.htm [sff.publishing.small-press 12 Mar 2002] RALAN.COM Ralan Conley says, "Ralan.com will be moving to a new and better server sometime in April (hopefully early in the month). The other two changes like this I've made went without too much huhu, so I expect the same this time. But if it does vanish for a little while, rest assured it will be back soon. This should clear up the problems we've been encountering in the last three months (and making Fil so irritable). Also, expect a design change in April. Nothing huge, just getting rid of that slow loading alpha-pad which will be replaced by links to Contests, Terms-of-Use, Dead Markets, Manuscript Formatting (with another name hopefully, and the afore-mentioned Monthly Report archive (or a combination of the last two as "Writers' SOS" or something). The alpha pad will move to over the appropriate pages (where the links to the above pages are now). They'll be plain old HTML (a name=)links, so loading time should be next to null." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=291, 14 Mar 2002] SPECULON Timothy A. Cooper, publisher and fiction editor of =Speculon=, says, "I'm going to be out of town, and away from access to pretty much all of =Speculon='s stuff, starting tomorrow, for the rest of March. My personal email will still work, and I'll probably check the editorial email every couple of days, but I won't be able to answer queries/submissions or actually do anything. I won't be around here, either (not like I have been much this month anyway). "So if it seems like I've disappeared, I haven't, I'm just in Minneapolis. See y'all in April." The Speculon E-mail address is editor@speculon.com [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=291, 15 Mar 2002] THE URBANITE A writer on the =Speculations= Rumor Mill says, "I tried to subscribe to [=The Urbanite=] before submitting. Sent a check about 8 months ago, which still hasn't been cashed. I checked in once last fall with editor/ publisher Mark M. and he indicated he'd been snowed under by the slush pile and in a car accident to boot (he was OK, but car was totaled)." Other people also mentioned problems getting any response whatsoever from =The Urbanite=. This may be a market to avoid. [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/index.php?t=84, 14 Mar 2002] ----------------------------------------------------------------- HEADLINES ("Headlines" is a game where the first person writes an adjective or adjective phrase, folds the paper over, passes the paper to the next person, who writes a noun or noun phrase, fold and pass to a person who writes a present-tense verb, fold and pass to a person who writes another noun or noun phrase, and fold and pass to the last person, who writes a prepositional phrase. The completed headline is passed yet again, and then read out loud. This gets very silly, but is a fun way to spice up a writers' group meeting.) Eponymous Luddites Cautiously Sniff at Increasingly Upset Voters Under the Moons of Mars Hideously Evil Minister-of-Note Ovulates Banana Republic Coup Just Outside Memphis Permanently Disgruntled Baboon Congeals on Heavenly Bodies In Bacterial Culture Slanderous Gold-Medalist Hopscotcher Devours Oriental Objects With Petrified Charmin Tissue Obscenely Green Avocado Inculcates Totally Flatulent Cornhusk at a Science Fiction Convention Obese Obfuscator Eulogizes Sentient Oatmeal While Battling a Stereo with a Cheese Grater ***************************************************************** * "I have heard ascribed to myself in my own presence sharp * * little verses which I never wrote. And to some of them I * * have had to say, "Would that I had written them!" though to * * others I have had to say, "No, thank God, I did not write * * them." * * --Hilaire Belloc, =Short Talks with the Dead and * * Others=, 1926 * ***************************************************************** ==End of the CALLIHOO Newsletter for 19 March 2002==