CALLIHOO Newsletter Market News for Writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Julia West, Editor Vol. 9, No. 17 26 February 2002 Website: http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/CALLIHOO/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- IN THIS ISSUE Deadlines Contests Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition (gls) The Moonlight & Magnolia Fiction Writing Contest (gls) Pax Fantastica Challenge (gls) Market Information Black Gate Crossroads Publishing (dead) Harpur Palate Science Fiction Poetry Review (temporarily 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.) DEATHLINGS.COM "FAMILY SECRETS" CONTEST Deadline 15 March 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)] WHO KILLED THE EASTER BUNNY? ANTHOLOGY Deadline 16 March 2002 [Web antho, H, etc. to 5,000 wds, nothing said about pay. E-mail subs only. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 12)] 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)] 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)] 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)] 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 LORIAN HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY COMPETITION [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. Deadline 1 May 2002.] Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition P.O. Box 993, Key West, FL 33041 E-mail: info@shortstorycompetition.com The contest was created in 1981 to support and encourage the efforts of writers who have not yet achieved major-market success. This competition is dedicated to the craft of writing and awards $2,000 in cash prizes every year to top writers of short fiction. Originally called the Hemingway Days Short Story Competition, it was renamed in 1997 in honor of its longtime director. Lorian Hemingway, the granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, is the author of the critically-acclaimed novel =Walking into the River= and the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize nominee =Walk on Water=. Lorian and her co-director, Carol Shaughnessy, work year-around on the competition, which has its deadline for submission in June. Winners of the competition are announced in late July in conjunction with Key West's annual Hemingway Days Festival. Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition Guidelines Writers of short fiction are encouraged to enter the 2002 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition to vie for $2,000 in cash prizes. The literary competition is open to all writers whose fiction has not appeared in a nationally distributed publication with a circulation of 5,000 or more. The first-place winner will receive $1,000 in cash, while the second- and third-place winners will receive $500 apiece. Judges will also award honorable mentions to other entrants whose work demonstrates promise. (View some top stories from previous years elsewhere in this website.) The Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition was created in 1981 to support and encourage the efforts of writers who have not yet achieved major-market success. Lorian Hemingway, the granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, is the author of the critically-acclaimed novel =Walking into the River=, the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize nominee =Walk on Water=, and the soon-to-be-released =A World Turned Over=. To be eligible for the 2002 competition, stories must be original, unpublished, typed and double-spaced, and 3,000 words or less. There are no theme restrictions, but only works of fiction will be considered. Writers' names should not appear on the stories, and manuscripts will not be returned. Copyright remains the property of the author. (Please note that we cannot accept e-mailed submissions at this time.) Each story should be accompanied by a cover sheet with the writer's name, complete address, e-mail address, phone number, and title of the piece. The entry fee is $10 for each story postmarked by May 1, 2002, and $15 for each story postmarked between May 1 and May 15, 2002. Entries postmarked after May 15 will not be accepted. Winners will be announced at the end of July, 2002, in Key West, Florida. All entrants will receive a letter from Lorian Hemingway and a list of winners by October 1, 2002. The Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition has a twenty-one- year history of literary excellence, and its organizers are dedicated to supporting the efforts of emerging writers of short fiction. All manuscripts and their accompanying entry fees should be sent to the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, P.O. Box 993, Key West, FL 33041. [www.shortstorycompetition.com, http://www.shortstorycompetition.com/HTML/main_page.html, http://www.shortstorycompetition.com/HTML/guidelines.html] THE MOONLIGHT & MAGNOLIA FICTION WRITING CONTEST: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror [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). Deadline 15 Dec 2002.] Contest Administrator: K. Mark Hoover P.O. Box 180489 Richland, MS 39218-0489 (601) 932-6670 E-mail: Hoover59@aol.com Annual competition and cash award for genre fiction. Award: $250 (1st Prize); $100 (2nd Prize); $50 (3rd Prize); top ten finalists receive certificates suitable for framing. Entries must be in competition format and postmarked between Jan 1, 2002 and December 15, 2002. Final Judge: Changes annually and is always a professional genre writer and/or editor who knows what it takes to write/market/ publish a good story. This year's Final Judge: Author Richard Parks. CONTEST RULES *Submissions must be unpublished and not under contract to any publisher. Length: 10,000 words maximum. Entrants retain all rights. Manuscripts can not be returned. *Open to unpublished writers or those who have not published more than two stories in a nationally distributed magazine with a circulation over 5,000. *Entries must be typewritten and double spaced. Each entry must include a cover page with title, your name, address, phone. Manuscript must include story title and page number with AUTHOR'S NAME DELETED for fair judging. *Entry fee: $7.50/story; $2.50 for each additional entry. Payable US funds only. Maximum 3/entries per contestant. Please make sure your address and phone number on your check are current. *Winners announced January 31, 2003. Winners notified by mail, phone or E-mail. List of winners sent to all contestants if SASE is included with submission. We ask that foreign submissions enclose international reply coupons with their self-addressed return envelopes. "We are open to multiple submissions, but please send only your best work. Southern writers are encouraged to participate, but the contest is world-wide. Regional contestants will not be given any preference during judging." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic22.htm, 6 Feb 02] PAX FANTASTICA CHALLENGE [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. Deadline 31 Mar 2002.] Diane Turnshek 504 Donatello Drive Irwin, PA 15642-8618 E-mail submissions: turnshek@yahoo.com http://writersbbs.com/members/ywsf/2002challenge.html YWSF Forum Pax Fantastica Challenge Sponsored by the writers-bbs.com Young Writers: Speculative Fiction Forum The 2002 Pax Fantastica Challenge is sponsored by the Young Writers: Speculative Fiction Forum. Submission open to under-21 writers only, word count: no more than 6000 words, deadline: postmarked by the 31st of March, 2002, email or snail mail submissions, no entry fee, no rights sought. Author Sarah Hoyt will judge. 1st, 2nd, 3rd place prizes are gift certificates to Amazon.com in the denominations of $40, $30, $20, respectively. No entry fee. No rights sought. Theme Submitted stories must be fantasy, with the constraint that the protagonist must win or solve their problems through non-violent means. Eligibility The contest is only open to writers who are under 21 years of age the date their manuscript is submitted. Posting a "Hi" message on the writers-bbs.com Young Writers: Speculative Fiction Forum is welcome, but not strictly necessary. Stories must be original works of the authors, unsold and not previously published. No fan fiction; no novel excerpts except those that stand alone. Authors may co-write stories, but all co-authors must be under 21 at the time of submission. Authors may submit more than one story, but only one of their stories may be chosen for the top three winning places. No poetry (unless embedded in a story). No rights are sought by this challenge. All publication rights remain with the authors. Stories should not be critiqued in their entirety online in order to preserve first publication rights. Prizes First, second and third place prizes will be awarded at the judge's discretion, dependent on the number and quality of submitted stories. Winner's gift certificates will be sent to the top three winners. Authors' names and story titles, including up to three honorable mentions, may be posted on the Young Writers: Speculative Fiction Forum website. Deadline Deadline for postmark of submissions is March 31, 2002. Challenge winners will be announced by the end of April online at the Young Writers: Speculative Fiction Forum. Decisions of the judge and administrator in all matters are final. Format for submissions Word count for submissions must be no more than 6000 words. For paper submissions, use the standard manuscript format outlined on Mary Soon Lee's site at: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/format.html For emailed submissions, send a Word document, formatted as described in the link above, as an attachment (preferred) or send the text in the body of an email. Stories must have the word count on the first page on the upper right hand side; pages should be numbered, with the story's title and author's name on each one. Manuscripts will not be returned (they'll be disposed of). The author must either send a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) or provide an email address for response notification. This challenge will not be judged blindly; the author's name should be on all pages including the cover letter. Submission addresses Use whichever method is most convenient for you. Send postal submissions (lying flat, not folded) to: Diane Turnshek, 504 Donatello Drive, Irwin, PA 15642-8618 USA or email submissions to: turnshek@yahoo.com Diane Turnshek http://writers-bbs.com/members/diane/ [http://writersbbs.com/members/ywsf/2002challenge.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- MARKET INFORMATION BLACK GATE When asked by a writer on sff.net, "How are you doing on the reading of email subs?" John O'Neill, editor of =Black Gate= magazine, answered, "Much better, thanks. I've had almost 10 days now to focus on reading submissions (more or less, discounting the usual emergencies - such as Diamond accidently destroying half their order - and a sudden rash of very sick kids at home) and am making very good progress. And enjoying the reading break, actually. I only wish we published monthly... I don't think we'd have any trouble filling three times as many issues with quality work. "But we're not finished with October e-subs yet. We're still making final selections from the most suitable fiction through September. Replies will go our as final decisions are made in the next month or so, and then we'll move into the late fall. If you need a decision urgently, drop me a note and I'll see what I can do. In the meantime, I'll keep everyone posted [on the =Black Gate= sff.net newsgroup]." [sff.publishing.black-gate-magazine, 18 Feb 2002] CROSSROADS PUBLISHING A writer on the =Speculations= Rumor Mill said, "I noticed a week ago that the Crossroads Publishing site had finally changed to a single page that gave almost no information. Now it appears to no longer be online. Too bad that its management screwed up everything. I initially held high hopes for what it might accomplish. "Anyway, has anyone heard specifically that it's folded?" Ralan Conley answered, "If you're asking about www.crossroadspub.com, I e-mailed my contact there and got this right back: 'CrossroadsPub hasn't existed since the fall of last year. It has been a hassle for the authors and editors to get the owners to close the site and stop selling books. After receiving your email, I checked and it looks like it has finally happened! None of the authors or editors had been paid for over a year. Plus there were complaints about customers ordering and paying for books but not receiving them.' Ralan continued, "And they promised to let me know if anything changed." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic79.htm, 23 and 25 Feb 2002] HARPUR PALATE The new website for =Harpur Palate=, the literary journal of Binghamton University, is at: http:// harpurpalate.binghamton.edu [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic84.htm, 20 Feb 2002] SCIENCE FICTION POETRY REVIEW A writer on sff.net received a message from the =Science Fiction Poetry Review= saying it was closed to submissions until the April issue is posted. [sff.writing.response-times, 24 Feb 02] ***************************************************************** * "You can recover from the writing malady only by falling * * mortally ill and dying." * * --Jules Renard, "Diary," February 1895 * ***************************************************************** ==End of the CALLIHOO Newsletter for 26 February 2002==