CALLIHOO Newsletter Market News for Writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Julia West, Editor Vol. 9, No. 25 23 April 2002 Website: http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/CALLIHOO/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- IN THIS ISSUE News Publication Notes Strange Horizons Nominated Deadlines Contests ByLine Magazine Contests (gls) Phobos Fiction Contest (gls) Market Guidelines Scheherazade (gls) Market Information 3SF Magazine Absolute Magnitude Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Black Gate Elysian Fiction Scheherazade (temp closed) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.) 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)] BYLINE SHORT-SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline 5 June 2002 [Contest, general short story to 2,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $70, $35, $20. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 25)] 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)] BYLINE JUVENILE SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline 25 June 2002 [Fiction for ages 5 to 8; 9 to 12; or 13 to 16. State targeted age group on ms. 3,000 words max. Entry fee $4. Prizes: $40, $30, $15. GLs in Vol. 9 No. 25)] 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)] IRREANTUM FICTION CONTEST Deadline 30 June 2002 [Mormon fiction contest, fiction (incl SF/F/H) to 8500 wds. 1st $100, 2nd $75, 3rd $50 +pub in =Irreantum=. Contest format. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 23)] LEAPS OF FAITH Deadline 30 June 2002 [Christian E-book SF antho, SF 3,000 to 10,000 wds. Pays royalties. Reprints and mult subs okay. E-mail subs only. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 21)] WRITERS OF THE FUTURE, 3RD QUARTER 2002 Deadline 30 June 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)] BYLINE SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline 3 July 2002 [Fiction, any topic, to 5,000 wds. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $70, $35, $20. GLs in Vol. 9 No. 25)] LOW PORT Deadline 15 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)] BYLINE 1ST CHAPTER OF A NOVEL CONTEST Deadline 6 August 2002 [Opening chapt unpub novel. Mainstream or genre; adult or YA. Max 25 pp. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $70, $40, $20. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 25)] 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)] 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)] 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)] 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)] 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)] 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)] POLYPHONY: STORIES BEYOND GENRE ANTHOLOGY Probably opens 1 Mar 2003 [Biannual print antho, slipstream/magical realism. Pays 5 cents/wd on accept. First open reading period abt. 1 Mar 2003. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 22)] ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS PUBLICATION NOTES Tor selections for VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror 2001 include =Merlin of the Oak Wood= by Ann Chamberlin. Congratulations, Ann! Information about VOYA: * VOYA is the only publication that deals exclusively with YA and teenage books and book reviews. * This list includes only titles that are "highly rated" by VOYA reviewers. All books chosen for VOYA Book lists are chosen based on a code system grading books for Quality, Popularity and Grade Level Interest. * The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror List is published annually in their April issue. * Boasts a circulation of 15,000. * VOYA practices youth advocacy and youth participation, facilitating and enabling youth to make their own reading choices and decisions. * This list significantly influences library and school purchases and recommendation within the educational community. STRANGE HORIZONS NOMINATED FOR BEST WEB SITE =Strange Horizons= (www.strangehorizons.com), whose editor-in- chief Mary Anne Mohanraj has lived in Utah for the past several years, has been nominated for the Hugo Award for best web site. Any of you who are attending Worldcon, please check out =Strange Horizons=; it's a great webzine. In fact, even if you're not attending Worldcon, check out =Strange Horizons=. You'll be glad you did. ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONTESTS BYLINE MAGAZINE CONTESTS [Multiple contests, various deadlines, word counts, entry fees, and prizes. Mult subs okay; entry fee for each. No reprints or E-mail subs.] 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 Selected contests (to the end of 2002). For all contests, see the website cited below. SHORT-SHORT STORY--Deadline June 5, 2002. General short story up to 2,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $70, $35, $20. JUVENILE SHORT STORY--Deadline June 25, 2002. 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 3, 2002. Fiction on any topic, up to 5,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $70, $35, $20. 1st CHAPTER OF A NOVEL--Deadline August 6, 2002. Opening chapter of an unpublished novel. Mainstream or genre; adult or YA audience. Maximum 25 pages. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $70, $40, $20. GENRE FICTION--Deadline September 5, 2002. 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 5, 2002. A short story or vignette under 1,000 words, which nevertheless feels complete. These usually depend on atmosphere and technique more than plot. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $50, $30, $15. NEW-TALENT SHORT STORY--Deadline November 4, 2002. Open to any writer who's never 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, 2002. Short story of any type or subject, up to 2,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $60, $30, $20. 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/contests.asp] SECOND ANNUAL PHOBOS FICTION CONTEST [Contest, SF to 7500 wds. 12 $500 prizes (top 3 receive additional $500). No entry fee. Include entry form. Up to 3 subs per person. No reprints or collaborations. Ms. in contest format. Deadline 31 Jul 2002.] Submissions: contest@phobosweb.com Phobos Entertainment has launched its second annual fiction contest, dedicated to discovering and cultivating new and established science fiction literary talent. From now until August 1, 2002, we welcome all writers to submit SF short stories demonstrating innovation, insight and far sight. In our inaugural year, Phobos collected a wealth of terrific fiction, and garnered such genre talents as best-selling novelist Orson Scott Card, =Star Wars= Episodes I through III design director Doug Chiang, physicist and =The Physics of Star Trek= author Lawrence Krauss, The Matrix Executive Producer Andrew Mason, The Sci Fi Channel's Senior Vice President of Programming and Acquisitions Tom Vitale and former Marvel comics editor Jim Shooter to serve as contest judges. This year Phobos expects to receive even more terrific tales of wonder, and gather together an even more diverse array of SF luminaries to help select the contest's most thought-provoking tales. Phobos Fiction Contest awards include cash prizes, and the opportunity for publication in Phobos Book's Fiction Anthology. Already the 10 winners of the first annual Phobos fiction contest will see their works printed in =Empire of Dreams and Miracles: The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology=. This collection of incredible stories features an introduction by Orson Scott Card and a science foreword by Lawrence Krauss, as well as original cover art by Doug Chiang. Winners will also have the opportunity to see their works transformed into film, TV or video games. So dust off those brilliant-but-overlooked literary SF gems, or put pen to paper and dream up an exciting new reality, and submit to us right away. Please cut and paste the application form [on the website] and send it to contest@phobosweb.com. You can get the application form at http://www.phobosweb.com/fiction/application_form.doc For complete contest rules, see http://www.phobosweb.com/fiction/guidelines.html (and below). If you have any questions, email us at info@phobosweb.com. Phobos Entertainment is truly an "Empire of Dreams and Miracles," dedicated to creating, developing and promoting only the best in Science Fiction. Keith Olexa, Phobos Book and Web Editor [http://www.phobosweb.com/fiction/] Contest Rules The Phobos Writing Contest (the "Contest") is sponsored by Phobos Entertainment Holdings, Inc. ("Phobos"). The Contest begins on April 1, 2002 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time ("EST") (the "Start Date"), and ends on July 31, 2002, midnight EST (the "End Date"). BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST, ENTRANTS FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREE TO ACCEPT AND BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES. 1) ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST. a) General Eligibility. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER. The Contest is open to any individual who is, as of the Start Date, (i) a legal resident of one of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia (specifically excluding Puerto Rico and all other territories and possessions) (the "Eligibility Area"), and (ii) 18 years old or older. Please note that misrepresentation of age, upon discovery by Phobos, will DISQUALIFY the applicable entrant. VOID OUTSIDE OF THE ELIGIBILITY AREA AND WHERE OTHERWISE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW (certain states may impose additional eligibility restrictions). Employees, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, and representatives of Phobos and its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, and advisors (such entities, collectively, the "Contest Entities"), and their immediate family members (spouse, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, or son, regardless of where they live) or members of the same households (whether related or not), are not eligible to win any prize. Phobos reserves the right, at any time and in its sole discretion, to refuse to allow any individual to participate or continue to participate in the Contest, or to disqualify any individual it suspects to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or Site; to be in violation of these Official Rules or to be acting in bad faith. ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE SITE OR TAMPER WITH OR UNDERMINE THE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES AS WELL AS CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, PHOBOS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES FROM ANY RESPONSIBLE ENTRANT(S) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. By participating in the Contest, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by ALL decisions of Phobos, which decisions shall be final and binding in all respects. 2) SUBMISSIONS. a) Each Entrant may submit up to THREE (3) short stories to be entered into the Contest. All Science Fiction sub-genres are welcome; however, works of high fantasy or horror that lack a Science Fiction theme or conceit will not be considered. b) Submissions will be accepted electronically beginning at 9:00 a.m. EST on the Start Date and ending at midnight on the End Date. Each entry must comply with all of the following requirements (together, the "Submission Requirements"): i) Be written in the English language. ii) Include a filled-out entry form. iii) Include a title page with author's name, current mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address. iv) Have numbered pages with the title of the work appearing on each page (preferably as a footer) but NOT the author's name. (This is to ensure fairness in judging.) v) Be submitted in electronic format readable in Microsoft Word (.doc, .wrd, .rtf, .txt) only and only to contest@phobosweb.com (do not send hard copies via mail, fax, or any other means they will not be accepted). vi) May not contain material from other published sources. Such material includes quotations, music, lyrics, poetry and any reference to or incorporation of characters, creatures, places or things from other Science Fiction or other fictional sources. vii) Any submission that the judges believe too closely resembles work from another copyrighted source will be subject to disqualification. viii) To aid in fair judging, the submission must not contain the name or other personally identifying information of the Entrant; ix) All submissions must also comply with the following short story requirements: c) Short Story Submissions. A submitted short story must meet ALL of the following criteria. i) The story should be double-spaced and must be no longer than 7,500 words long; and ii) No story may have appeared in a previous for-pay professional online or print publication. iii) The story must be written by a single individual. d) General Rules Regarding Submissions. Any submission that fails to fulfill all of the eligibility criteria and other requirements (including, without limitation, the Submission Requirements) set forth in these Official Rules will, upon Phobos' discovery of such failure, be subject to disqualification from the Contest (if such failures are discovered upon submission, any such story will not be accepted for review, will not be deemed a Submission, and will not be entered into the Contest). Please note that no changes may be made to a story once it has been submitted--to be safe, please make certain your submission is in compliance with these Official Rules before submission. No responsibility is assumed by Phobos for lost, late, incomplete, illegible, inaccessible, corrupted, or otherwise unusable Submissions; any computer, telephone, cable, network, satellite, server, service provider, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections, or availability; garbled or jumbled transmissions; service provider/Internet/Site inaccessibility or unavailability; Internet traffic congestion; or unauthorized intervention. All non-winning submissions will be destroyed by Phobos and its judges. e) Warranties. Each Contestant represents and warrants to Phobos that each Submission: (a) is or will be the individual's own original work, and that each such submission created solely by such individual; (b) does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights or other rights of any other person or entity; (c) does not and will not violate any applicable laws, and is not and will not be defamatory, libelous, pornographic, or obscene; (d) complies with these Official Rules; and (e) will not contain any "viruses" or other information, code, or material(s) that may damage or otherwise interfere with Phobos computer systems or data. These representations and warranties shall be deemed, for purposes of these Official Rules, the "Warranties". 3) THE CONTEST. a) Review of Short Story Submissions. i) An experienced professional staff of Science Fiction editors will make a preliminary evaluation of all eligible submissions and select stories for final judging; ii) Their selection criteria will be as follows: (i) originality of conception; (ii) excellence in execution; (iii) proper use of grammar, spelling and punctuation. iii) A panel of well-known judges will choose the top 12 stories. Stories will be judged on their own merits and the judges' decisions will be final. iv) Their final selection will be made no later than October 15, 2002. v) Due to the number of anticipated entrants, Phobos will not provide entrants with the judges' rationale for selecting one submission over another. b) Short Story Prize. i) 12 contest-winning short story authors shall each receive a cash prize of $500. The authors of the top three (3) contest-winning short stories shall each receive an additional prize of $500. ii) The contest-winning short stories will be considered for possible inclusion in an upcoming Phobos anthology of short stories. (If Phobos decides, in its sole discretion, that it wishes to do so, it will contact the author in advance to discuss publication.) iii) By entering this Contest, the author agrees that with regard to all Contest-winning stories Phobos shall have the following rights: (1) Right of First Negotiation: Prior to selling, optioning, licensing or transferring any rights in the story to any third party, the author will contact Phobos and give Phobos the chance to obtain such rights. The author shall negotiate with Phobos for at least 90 days after contacting Phobos with respect to mutually agreeable terms. (2) Right of Matching Last Refusal: If the author and Phobos are unable to agree upon terms, then the author shall have the right to offer to third parties such rights. However, prior to entering into any agreement with any third party, the author shall first submit to Phobos the terms that the author is then prepared to accept from such third party. Phobos shall have the right, within 10 business days after receipt of such terms, to notify author that Phobos elects to enter into an agreement with the author on all of such terms, in which case author shall enter into an agreement with Phobos on such terms. If Phobos does not notify author of its wishes to enter into such an agreement, then author shall be free to enter into an agreement with a third party on such terms. (3) These rights shall apply only to the winning short story and not to any other story submissions. c) Notification. Short story winners will be notified by Phobos either by telephone or by e-mail. If Entrant fails to respond to Phobos within 14 days of Phobos's notification, then Entrant will be disqualified, and the next runner-up in the applicable category shall be named the winner. 4) MISCELLANEOUS a) General. By entering this Contest, entrants agree to abide by the terms of these Official Rules, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this Contest. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. All federal, state and local taxes connected with any prize are the sole responsibility of the winners. Each winner must, if so requested by Phobos, complete Phobos' online winner verification process and/or execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and a Liability/Publicity Release within a period of time dictated by Phobos. All prizes awarded in connection with the Contest are nontransferable. No substitution of prizes is permitted, except that in the event of the unavailability of any prize, Phobos reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value, in its sole discretion. b) List of Winners; License. After the winners are selected, their names will be posted to the Site. Winners agree to grant to Phobos and its licensees and assigns, the right to print, publish, broadcast, and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the World Wide Web, at any time or times, the winner's name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness and biographical information as news or information and for advertising and promotional purposes without additional consideration. c) Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability. The Contest Entities make no warranties, and hereby disclaim any and all warranties, express or implied, concerning any prize furnished in connection with the Contest. The Contest Entities are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused or created by Site users, by tampering or "hacking," or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized as part of the Site or the Contest, and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, destruction, or unauthorized access to the Site. d) If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of damage by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical limitations or failures, strikes, industry conditions, marketplace demands, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of Phobos, could corrupt, compromise, undermine, or otherwise affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, viability, or proper conduct of the Contest, as applicable, Phobos reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to modify these Official Rules and/or to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest. e) In no event will the contest entities be responsible or liable for any damages or losses of any kind, including without limitation direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages, arising out of your access to and use of the site, the downloading from and/ or printing material downloaded from the site, or the acceptance, possession, use, or misuse, or any harm resulting from the acceptance, possession, use, or misuse, of any prize awarded in connection with the contest. Without limiting the foregoing, the contest and all materials provided on or through the site are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. f) Dates and Deadlines. Phobos reserves the right, in addition to those other rights reserved herein, to modify any date(s) or deadline(s) set forth in these Official Rules or otherwise governing the Contest. g) Release and Indemnification. By entering the contest, entrants release and hold the contest entities harmless from and against any and all losses, damages, rights, claims, and actions of any kind arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the contest or resulting directly or indirectly from acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize awarded in connection with the contest, including without limitation personal injury, death, and/or property damage, as well as claims based on publicity rights, defamation, and/or invasion of privacy. h) Arbitration. In the event of any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Official Rules or the Contest, regardless of the number or identity of defendant(s) or plaintiff(s), such dispute shall be submitted to arbitration in the County of New York, State of New York, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the American Arbitration Association then in effect (as amended herein), provided that said arbitration shall be heard before a single arbitrator, selected pursuant to such rules and regulations, and shall be conducted on an expedited basis and in confidence. The arbitrator shall have at least ten (10) years of related intellectual property experience, and be well acquainted with the entertainment, new media, and Internet industries. The arbitrator selected pursuant to these Official Rules shall be well acquainted with the entertainment, Internet, and new media industries, and shall not have the power to impose punitive damages. Each party hereby waives any and all rights and benefits which it might otherwise have or be entitled to under federal law or the laws of New York or any other state to litigate any such dispute in court, it being the intention of the parties to arbitrate, according to the provisions of these Official Rules, all such disputes. The arbitrator's decision shall be controlled by the terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and any other agreements you may enter into with Phobos in connection with the Contest, and shall be final and binding, and shall provide for each party to bear its own costs of arbitration and attorneys' fees. EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A JURY. Judgment upon the award of the arbitrator may be entered or enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction. If either party shall fail to appear at the hearing on the date designated in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association, or shall otherwise fail to participate in the arbitration proceeding, the arbitrator is hereby empowered to proceed ex parte. In the event of any dispute concerning these Official Rules or any other agreement between you and Phobos in connection with the Contest, your sole and exclusive remedy shall be to seek damages pursuant to an arbitration authorized by this Section 5f and in no event will you be entitled to seek injunctive or other equitable relief. If you do not agree to these requirements (or any other provision herein), then please do not participate in the Contest. i) Governing Law. The Contest and these Official Rules are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, United States of America, without regards to its principles of conflicts of law. For any dispute not subject to arbitration according to Section 5f above, entrant agrees to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction by the federal and state courts located in the County of New York, United States of America, and waives any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby irrevocably waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys' fees, other than participant's actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with participating in the Contest), and entrant further irrevocably waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. [http://www.phobosweb.com/fiction/guidelines.html] ----------------------------------------------------------------- MARKET GUIDELINES SCHEHERAZADE, THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION AND GOTHIC ROMANCE [British quarterly printzine, F/SF to 5,000 wds. Pays nominal fee. No E-mail subs.] Elizabeth Counihan, Editor 14 Queens Park Rise Brighton BN2 9ZF UK Queries only: liz@shez.fsnet.co.uk http://www.shez.fsnet.co.uk/ ADVICE FOR AUTHORS WRITING FOR SCHEHERAZADE =Scheherazade= is a magazine of Fantasy, Science Fiction and Gothic Romance. We are interested in stories with a strong narrative structure and good characterisation. We are not keen on fragments, pieces of pure atmosphere without a story line, or SF pieces where people are treated as hardware. Humour, excitement and magic are welcome; so are ghost stories but we feel that there are other outlets for the bloodier horror stories. Submissions should be 5,000 words or less, and typed. We cannot publish longer stories except in special circumstances. We do not publish poetry. * There is a nominal fee payable for fiction but not for non- fiction or art work. * Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope with your submission. * No SAE - No reply! Overseas writers please send two international postal coupons (not foreign stamps, which are invalid in the UK) * An approximate word count is very helpful. Please be patient. I usually take at least three months to get to your story. We strongly advise writers to see at least one copy of the magazine before submitting. In fact we favour subscribers in the event of a choice between works of equal merit. Editorial address: Elizabeth Counihan, 14 Queens Park Rise, Brighton BN2 9ZF Artwork should be sent to: Deirdre Counihan, 42, Hamilton Road, Brighton BN1 5DL =Scheherazade= is available from either address. One issue œ2.80 (œ4.50 overseas) Subscription (four issues) œ9.00 (œ11.50 overseas) Cheques payable to Scheherazade, sterling only. E-mail (enquiries only. No e-mail submissions please) liz@shez.fsnet.co.uk SEE NOTE UNDER MARKET INFORMATION BELOW [http://www.shez.fsnet.co.uk/guidelines.htm] ----------------------------------------------------------------- MARKET INFORMATION 3SF Liz Holliday, editor of new British magazine =3SF=, said, "As some of you know, I'm doing my best to keep on top of submissions. "Getting hugely backlogged is something I dread, particularly after what happened with =Odyssey=. One of the things I want to do here, in this newsgroup, is keep everyone up to date with how things are going. "So: From email, I currently have two stories I have read and need to reply about (both email subs); one rewrite I need to look at to find out if the writer has achieved what I wanted (but I expect him to have done so, since I've workshopped with him for years and it was quite a minor rewrite); and one story (sent to me on the 11th) that I haven't looked at all. In hardcopy, I have five stories that arrived in the post this week, and two given to me by hand from earlier on. The reason that I haven't read these yet is that I was waiting for stationery (which has now arrived). Which is dumb, when I think about it, because both of those later ones I would be replying to by post anyway.... "However, here's a plea: If you have had a response from me, PLEASE report the times in the Black Hole/Response Times newsgroup. It's very motivating, and should help put people's minds at rest over the earlier situation." [sff.publishing.3sfmagazine, 12 Apr 2002] Ms. Holliday goes on, "One week in, and I can already say that I'm not seeing enough of it! "I should soon be able to report on my first purchases--and guess what? It's pretty much all fantasy. "Come on guys n gals - fire up those booster rockets and send me some space opera (or jack in and do the cyberpunk thing. Or what have you...)" [sff.publishing.3sfmagazine, 16 Apr 2002] She also says, "Not counting requested rewrites, I'm now getting around 5 submissions a day. "I have five stories and two rewrites to read, plus two hardcopy responses to send out." However, later that day she said, "Ha! Today I got eight hardcopy submissions (including two from the same person, in the same envelope...), four email subs (will take longer to deal with-- email subs mean I can expect things I need to think about at the very least), and two requested revisions. "All hardcopy submissions have been read and responded to. I have nine email subs to read (actually, I've read a couple and am thinking about them...), plus three or four rewrites." [sff.publishing.3sfmagazine, 16 Apr 2002] Her next slush report was on the 19th of April. "Friday: I have ten email submissions to read (earliest arrival date: 15th April); five requested rewrites (earliest arrival date, 14th April) and six or seven hard copy submissions (earliest arrival date--yesterday). "Interesting--but not surprising, to me anyway--that it's taking me longer to deal with email subs than hardcopy. When I'm at my computer, there are always other jobs to do than read submissions. Hardcopy I just read while I'm out and about, or with a cup of tea in the other room." [sff.publishing.3sfmagazine, 19 Apr 2002] And finally, "Please check out www.3SFmag.co.uk and let me know what you think. Specially interested to hear what happens when it's viewed in a variety of browsers, specially older ones. "At the moment, there's not very much on there. Eventually, I have quite big plans for it, including a large subscriber only area. I'd be really interested in hearing what people think it should contain (both in public and private areas)." [sff.publishing.3sfmagazine, 20 Apr 2002] ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE When asked if authors who had stories in the =Aboriginal= inventory with payment promised "on publication" would now receive payment under the new "on acceptance" rule (when they were published in =Absolute Magnitude=), =Absolute Magnitude= editor Warren Lapine said, "Some of the stories will end up in =Fantastic= and some in =Absolute Magnitude=, so if I paid some of the writers a greater amount and not others that would be unfair. Also, and this part might seem a bit harsh, but I rejected [as editor of =Absolute Magnitude=] quite a number of the stories from =Abo= before they were purchased there. I'd have a hard time bringing myself to pay that kind of money for stories that I'm only publishing because I feel obligated to, as I played a large part in =Aboriginal='s decision to fold. At any rate, this new rate [for stories published in =Absolute Magnitude=] is only for stories that were accepted after the new rate was established." [sff.publishing.dnapublications, 17 Apr 2002] ANDROMEDA SPACEWAYS INFLIGHT MAGAZINE Simon, one of the editorial staff of new Australian print magazine =Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine= (ASIM), says, "I thought I'd explain the submissions side of things a little: "We accept emailed subs. "When subs are forwarded to the 'first readers' we don't know who the author is. "Fast rejections if we can't use the story. "Rotating editors. (And I don't mean they spin in their coffins during daylight hours!) Each issue draws an editor and sub- editor from the entire ASIM committee. If your story passes the first readers, you're not at the mercy of a single editor. If it doesn't suit one editor, another may grab it for their own issue." [sff.publishing.asim, 14 Apr 2002] BLACK GATE When a writer on sff.net asked if December email submissions had been read yet, John O'Neill, editor of =Black Gate Magazine=, said, "We're making a lot of progress on the submissions (although my attention at the moment is on final production work on issue #4), but we're a ways from reaching December in the e-mail subs. "If you're concerned about a sub, don't hesitate to send me a query at john@blackgate.com. I try to respond to all queries within 2 weeks, and can often do it sooner." [sff.publishing.black-gate-magazine, 18 Apr 2002] ELYSIAN FICTION Jim Bailey, editor of webzine =Elysian Fiction=, said, "Since all the contracts are now flying hither and yonder for the next couple of issues, I think it's safe to go ahead and announce the story lineups." For Issue #3. "Winning the Gallows Field" (novella) by Elaine Isaak "Wisdom" (novelette) by Glen Hamilton "Golem Summer" (novelette) by Lawrence M. Schoen "Gorilla in our Midst" by Jackie Ramirez "The Devils Within" by James A. Hartley "The Hall of the Spring Wind" by Fiona Avery "The Wish Giver" by Elise Tobler "One More Lonesome Bluegrass Album" by M. Bennardo "Hunting Down the Moon" by Cory Tamler "Death and Willie-Joe" by Charles Langley "Mid-May now looks like the most likely release date now. Just shy of 70,000 words of original fantasy fiction in this issue. "And now for Issue #4, Early June projected release, and just over 70,000 words of original fantasy fiction in this one. "Raven Wakes the World" (novella) by John Adcox "Umando's Revenge" (novelette) by Terry Bramlett "Dragon Flight" by Christos Tsirbas "The Lingering Scent of Lightning" by Ron Collins "The Conversation" by Carol March "Medicine Rock" by M. Turville-Heitz "Promise & Pledge" by Lee Martindale "My Yellow Diamond" by Hwei Lim "A Perfect Game" by Karen L. Kobylarz "Stetson Magic" by Linda J. Dunn "The Tallest Tree" by Erzebet Barthold "So while the wait will have been (too) long, I hope that a payoff of over 200,000 fresh words of great fiction within 3 months will make up for some of it." [sff.publishing.elysian-fiction, 20 Apr 2002] SCHEHERAZADE A notice on British magazine Scheherazade's website says, "We have enough material for the next 4 issues so will be CLOSED FOR SUBMISSIONS until further notice." [http://www.shez.fsnet.co.uk/guidelines.htm] ***************************************************************** * "Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained * * characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, * * never make mistakes, and always count their change when it * * is handed to them." * * --Catherine Drinker Bowen * ***************************************************************** ==End of the CALLIHOO Newsletter for 23 April 2002==