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Published by zentao7.com writers group in their April 20, 2005 newsletter
The Word in Writing by B.J. Muntain
Vol 2, Issue 37, April 20, 2005
There's a fair bit of news here today, folks -- some of it
thanks to a new publishing news site I've found called Weekly
Publishing Moves at CLICK HERE.
I do not guarantee any markets
New Markets:
Dial Press, of the Bantam Dell Publishing Group, will
celebrate its 10th anniversary by launching a new trade paperback
imprint called Dial Press Trade Paperbacks. CLICK HERE.
(Note: This is in .pdf format, so you'll need a .pdf
reader like Acrobat Reader.)
Market Changes:
Storyteller: Canada's Short Story Magazine
has deadlines for each of their quarterly issues: August 7,
November 7, February 7 and May 7. They are a general fiction
magazine, but they say "Our readers especially enjoy humour,
adventure, mystery, drama, suspense, horror, SF and fantasy."
CLICK HERE
Gail Fortune, former editor at the Berkley Publishing
Group, has teamed up with John Talbot to form the Talbot
Fortune Agency. As literary agents, they represent "authors
of narrative nonfiction, romance, women's fiction, suspense, and
literary fiction." Complete guidelines at CLICK HERE.
Vice president and executive editor Jackie Cantor is
leaving Bantam Dell.
Laura Barber, former editorial director for Penguin
Classics in the UK, is joining the newly launched Portobello
Books as editor.
Stephen Morrison is the new Editor-in-Chief and
Associate Publisher of Penguin Books, beginning May 2,
2005.
Anna Porter is resigning as publisher of Key Porter
Books, although she will continue to work with select authors.
Associate publisher Jordan Fenn will replace her.
Ann-Janine Murtagh, director of Orchard Books,
is going on maternity leave. Philippa Stewart will be
acting director in the meantime. Catherine Coe, previously
of Hodder Educational, has been appointed editor of Orchard's
fiction list.
Pyr, the new SF imprint from Prometheus Books, now has
a website: CLICK HERE
Dorling Kindersley is downsizing, and cutting 44 staff
positions.
Hodder editor Joanna Moult will be the new editor of
fiction at Simon & Schuster Children's Books.
Editor Laura Nolan is leaving Barnes & Noble
Publishing.
Ellen Stamper is a new editorial director at
HarperCollins children's imprint Festival.
Closed Markets:
The Urbanite: Surreal & Lively &
Bizarre has been closed by the editor.
It seems Parageography will no longer be
accepting fiction submissions after next issue, although their
site does not mention this. CLICK HERE
Chizine is closed to fiction until March 1, 2006.
CLICK HERE
Dated Markets (Anthologies, Contests, Special and Themed
Issues):
Liquid Silver Books is looking for romantic short stories up
to 15,000 words for their Zodiac Series Writing Contest.
They are planning one book for each zodiac sign. The signs they
want stories for are Scorpio, Capricorn and Pisces.
Deadlines:
Scorpio: June 15, 2005.
Capricorn: August 15, 2005.
Pisces: October 15, 2005.
CLICK HERE
You can find Liquid Silver's general guidelines at: AND HERE
Every Writer is holding a screenplay contest.
"Screenplays may be on any topic, but may not include
pornographic, racist, or any content deemed derogatory or harmful
to another person." Entry fee: $10 ($5 for additional
scripts). Deadline: May 30, 2005. CLICK HERE
Tall Tales Press is holding their third annual Hidden
Talents Short Story Contest. Reading fee: $10 for adults,
$5 for those under 18. Deadline: May 31, 2005. CLICK HERE
Bone Ballet will be an anthology about bones. "It’s
simple, there has to be a bone or a skeleton that is integral to
the story." Deadline: June 6, 2005. CLICK HERE
The 11th Chiaroscuro Short Story Contest, held
in conjunction with Leisure Books, will open June 1, 2005. At
that time, they will be accepting contest submissions of dark,
well-written short stories. Entry fee: none given. Deadline: June
30, 2005. CLICK HERE
Chapbook publisher Leaf Press is looking for love
poetry for a chapbook to be released this fall. Entry fee: $15
for up to 5 poems. Deadline: July 30, 2005. CLICK HERE
Random House's Arrow Books and ASDA are looking
for the next big saga author: "a writer who combines superb
storytelling, unforgettable characters and a vivid sense of time
and place." The competition will be launched July 4th, 2005.
Deadline: December, 2005. You can get more information from
Charlotte Bush at cbush
@ randomhouse.co.uk, or at CLICK HERE
If a more official website appears, I'll be sure to include it in
a future newsletter.
Peculiar Pilgrims is a new short story anthology
by Hourglass Books. They are looking for literary fiction which
"excludes genre works, such as science fiction, mystery,
romance, westerns, etc." Deadline: None set. CLICK HERE
Our Losses:
Andrea Dworkin (1946 - 2005) Feminist, writer and
political activist, Dworkin is best known for her fight against
pornography.
CLICK HERE
CLICK HERE
John Brosnan (October 7, 1947 - April, 2005) An
Australian novelist and science fiction fan, Brosnan's books
included Sky Lords, Mothership, Movie Magic: The
Story of Special Effects in the Cinema and James Bond in
the Cinema. He also published several fanzines, including Scab
and Why Bother. CLICK HERE
Author's Note
Although this column is more about speculative fiction, I do
have a couple of good sources for romance fiction markets. One is
SF Romance, an e-list that offers information --
sometimes inside information -- on markets that publish
speculative romance fiction. Since many of these markets also
publish other speculative fiction, this source has been very
helpful. You can read more about it and subscribe at their new
web site CLICK HERE.
Another is romance author Cindi Myers' newsletter on
what's going on in the romance publishing world. You can find her
site at CLICK HERE,
and from there you can find a link to the newsletter subscription
form under 'about cindi'. If anyone else out there has any ideas
for romance, you can contact me HERE.
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