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Published by zentao7.com writers group in their February 2, 2005 newsletter
The Word in Writing by B.J. Muntain
Vol 2, Issue 26, February 2, 2005
No room for chit-chat. Here's the news:
I do not guarantee any markets
Market Changes:
Another Chicago Magazine, a literary magazine
which publishes short fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry and
more, will be starting another reading period on February 1, 2005,
to end August 31. CLICK HERE
The Threepenny Review is open to manuscripts now
-- they do not read between September and December. CLICK HERE
Tangent Online has a new web presence at CLICK HERE.
Adventure Fiction Online has changed their pay
rate. Although most submissions still net $5 each, famous writers
will get 5 cents per word. CLICK HERE
Abyss & Apex are making more changes. They
are going quarterly and are instituting reading periods for
fiction and flash fiction, although poetry may be submitted year
round. The first reading period will be April 1 to May 15, 2005.
For more information, check their site at CLICK HERE.
Dreams and Nightmares, the magazine of fantastic
poetry, has new guidelines at CLICK HERE.
They are currently overstocked on short-short fiction.
The web and e-mail server of SDO Detective, SDO
Fantasy and SDO Ghost is down for
maintenance, but should be back up soon. DETECTIVE,
FANTASY,
GHOST
Raven Electrick: Tales of Fantasy, Science
Fiction, Horror and Mystery will be open to submissions
between February 1 and February 28, 2005. CLICK HERE
Closed Markets:
Project M. Zine has closed. CLICK HERE
Dreamwave Productions, the only Canadian independent
comics publisher, has shut down operations. CLICK HERE
The Drexel Online Journal is not accepting
poetry or fiction submissions, at least until June, 2005. CLICK HERE
The Orchard Press Online Mystery Magazine is no
longer accepting submissions of stories. "We intend to keep
the site online indefinitely and will continue to publish stories
in our inventory until mid-2005." CLICK HERE
Aeon Speculative Fiction is closed to
submissions until around May, 2005. CLICK HERE
Artemis Magazine seems to be on an indefinite
hiatus and closed to submissions. CLICK HERE
The Writers Publishing is going on hiatus until
2006 due to lost funding. CLICK HERE
Dated Markets (Anthologies, Contests, Special and Themed
Issues):
The W.B. Yeats Society of N.Y. Poetry Competition
invites submissions of previously unpublished poems in English.
Entrance fee: $8 for the first poem, $7 for each subsequent poem.
Deadline: February 15, 2005. CLICK HERE
The Highlights for Children 2005 Fiction Contest is
looking for submissions of funny, unpublished stories for
children ages 2 to 12. "Stories should have fewer than 500
words (please indicate word count on manuscript)" Mail
submission with a SASE to: Fiction Contest, Highlights for
Children, 803 Church Street, Honesdale, PA 18431 USA. Note:
Highlights for Children buys all rights. Entrance fee: None.
Deadline: February 28, 2005.
The Thirteenth Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship,
put on by the James Jones Literacy Society, offers $10,000 to an
American novelist writing their first novel. Entrance fee: $20.
Deadline: March 1, 2005. CLICK HERE
Undergraduates enrolled full-time in university in the United
States or Canada in the 2004/2005 academic year are eligible for The
Stony Brook Short Fiction Prize. Deadline: March 1, 2005. CLICK HERE
The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies offers the Independent
Research and Creative Works Awards, for an individual "researching
or writing on some aspect of the American experience in the
Mountain West." Deadline: March 15, 2005. CLICK HERE
The Abroad Short Fiction Contest is open to unpublished
fiction. Entrance fee: $20. Deadline: March 31, 2005. First prize
is the winner's choice of Abroad’s Tuscany Writers’
Workshops. CLICK HERE
The George A Birmingham Short Story Competition is open
to short fiction and non-fiction. Entrance fee: €5.00.
Deadline: March 31, 2005. CLICK HERE
Fugue's Fourth Annual Prose & Poetry
Contest is accepting submissions of poetry and non-fiction.
Entry fee: $15. Deadline: April 1, 2005. CLICK HERE
The Writers' Union of Canada Writing for Children
Competition is open to submissions of fiction and non-fiction
for children. Canadian citizens and landed immigrants who have
not yet been published in book form are eligible. Entrance fee: $15.
Deadline: April 24, 2005. CLICK HERE
My Writer Buddy Contest, sponsored by Archebooks
Publishing, is open to submissions of novels written by authors
unpublished in print books. Entrants must be members of My
Writer Buddy. Membership is free. Entrance fee: $20. Deadline:
June 30, 2005, or when 500 entries have been received. CLICK HERE
The First Biennial Mary Shelley prize for Imaginative
Fiction, successor to The Ursula K. Le Guin Contest, is
accepting original, unpublished stories of fantasy, horror,
mystery, science fiction, and beyond. Reader's Fee: $10. Deadline:
October 1, 2005. CLICK HERE
News:
The Quills, a Celebration of the Written Word, are a
new American book award, similar to the People's Choice awards,
where the consumer decides the winner. CLICK HERE
The Library of Congress Copyright Office is looking
into the copyright available to 'orphan works' -- those for which
the copyright owner is difficult or impossible to locate. They
are looking for comments from interested parties on what should
happen to the copyright on these works. CLICK HERE
Our Losses:
Garry Cleaveland Myers III, CEO of Highlights for
Children, passed away January 26, 2005. CLICK HERE
Walter Ernsting (aka Clark Darlton) (June 13, 1920 -
January 15, 2005) The "Father of German Science Fiction",
Ernsting co-founded the "Perry Rhodan" space adventure
series. CLICK HERE
Author's Note
What should happen to creative works whose copyright owners
are hard to find? Read what the Library of Congress Copyright
Office has to say and send in your comments. It's worth looking
at, even if you're not American. If you have any comments on this
column, feel free to send them to me HERE.
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