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Published by zentao7.com writers group in their May 11, 2005 newsletter
The Word in Writing by B.J. Muntain
Vol 2, Issue 40, May 11, 2005
Shh! Don't tell Zen! This column is just a little long -- but there's so much news!
I do not guarantee any markets
New Markets:
Dark Discoveries is a new horror magazine. CLICK HERE
Irish Fantasy Quarterly is a new online magazine publishing "the best in short Epic, Adventure and Heroic fantasy fiction stories from new and established writers". CLICK HERE
Arrow Publications is looking for scripts for romance graphic novels. "Generally, we are looking for romantic, passionate character-driven stories with a strong element of adventure and/or suspense." Read the guidelines at CLICK HERE very carefully. NOTE: Arrow will pay writers and give them credit, but will then own ALL rights to the work.
KeepItComing.net offers serialized e-books to hurried and harried readers. They are looking for story ideas: "Our stories are serial stories..Think of soap operas, with no end in sight. Story ideas should be based on this with strong subplots and a variety of characters and events." CLICK HERE
Market Changes:
Orchid: A Literary Review now pays authors a minimum of $75 per story, and a maximum of $150. CLICK HERE
Scholastic Inc. is buying UK children's publisher Chicken House Publishing Ltd. Chicken House will become part of Scholastic's children’s trade book division. CLICK HERE
OMNI will be relaunched! CLICK HERE
Eugie Foster, Managing Editor of Tangent, says, "I am pleased to announce that Tangent is now extending its focus to include poetry." CLICK HERE
Cyber Age Adventures has new guidelines at: CLICK HERE.
Deep Magic now pays $25 per story. CLICK HERE
NFG: The Magazine is still going, with a new site. CLICK HERE
Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest has raised their pay from $15 per story to 1 cent per word. CLICK HERE
Leading Edge has a new site and new guidelines. CLICK HERE
Vermeer Magazine (CLICK HERE ), The Goblin Reader (CLICK HERE), and Ambitions (CLICK HERE)--publications of Rembrandt and Company Publishers International --are all switching from print to webzine.
Chick Flicks E-Zine has a new URL: http://www.chickflicksezine.com.
Lenox Avenue has changed their feedback address to EMAIL.
Dorchester Publishing is looking for submissions of contemporary multicultural romances, from 90,000 to 100,000 words long. Send these to the attention of Monica Harris-Mindolovich. CLICK HERE
Dorchester has also been undergoing some changes in personnel. Micaela Bombard and Jessica McDonnell are no longer acquiring editors. New acquiring editors are Linda Sawicki and Tricia Philips.
Silhouette also has some new acquiring editors:
Adam Wilson, for Silhouette Romance.
Diana Ventimiglia, for Silhouette Desire and Silhouette Intimate Moments.
Charles Griemsman, for Silhouette Special Edition and Silhouette Bombshell.
More new acquiring editors: Louisa Edwards, for Berkely/Jove.
Adrienne MacIntosh, for Harlequin Enterprises – Internet Content and MIRA Books.
Adam Wilson, for LUNA Books.
Emily Rodmell, for Steeple Hill Love Inspired and Love Inspired Suspense.
Closed Markets:
Razor Magazine is permanently closed to all fiction submissions. CLICK HERE
Dated Markets (Anthologies, Contests, Special and Themed Issues):
The 2005 Scene of the Crime short story contest is open to mystery short fiction by Canadian writers previously unpublished in mystery or crime fiction. Entry fee: $5. Deadline: May 15, 2005. CLICK HERE
Writer's Digest is holding their Annual Writing Competition. Entry fee: $10 for poems, $15 for everything else. Add $2 for entries postmarked after May 16, 2005. Deadline: May 16, 2005. Entries received after June 1, 2005, will not be accepted. CLICK HERE
Margin is looking for entries of magic realism short stories for their contest, on the theme of 'War Stories'. Entry fee: $8. Deadline: June 15, 2005. CLICK HERE
The MOVA Arts 2005 Festival Songwriter's & Composer's Competition is open to submissions of songs. Entry fees: $15 before May 15, $20 after. Deadline: June 15, 2005. CLICK HERE
The Long Beach International Film Festival includes Short Film and Feature Film competitions. Entry fee: various --see website. Deadline: July 1, 2005. CLICK HERE
The First Annual Descending Darkness Short Story Contest is open to horror and dark fiction stories. Entry fee: None given. Deadline: July 15, 2005. NOTE: Do not submit before May 15th. CLICK HERE
Unfinished Works is an "arts competition about the continued fight against HIV/AIDS". Four categories are open to adults and youths: visual arts, multi-media, creative writing and music writing. Entry fee: $20. Deadline: August 1, 2005. CLICK HERE
Wax Romantic is holding their first Spring Short Story Contest. They are "looking for entries in all romance-related categories or sub-genres." Entry fee: None given. Deadline: August 10, 2005. CLICK HERE
The John Lennon Songwriting Contest has two sessions in 2005. Entry fee: $30. Deadline: Session I: August 15, 2005. Session II runs from September 1st to December 15, 2005. CLICK HERE
The Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild will begin reading stories for their new anthology, The Outcast, on June 1, 2005. Deadline: August 31, 2005. NOTE: Do NOT submit before or after their reading period. CLICK HERE
News:
Robert Sheckley, science fiction legend, is in a Kiev
hospital on artificial respiration. His condition is listed as
grave. CLICK HERE
The first Sara Ann Freed Memorial Award for a debut mystery novel may be the last. "There are currently no plans for another Sara Ann Freed Memorial Award. This may be subject to change. Please continue to check this web site for updates." CLICK HERE
The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) has a new website: CLICK HERE.
Our Losses:
Augusto Roa Bastos ( June 13, 1917 - April 26, 2005). Roa Bastos, a voluntary exile from his native Paraguay for over 40 years, wrote many literary works, often decrying power as "a tremendous stigma, a kind of human egoism that seeks to control the personalities of others". CLICK HERE
AND HERE
George P. Cosmatos (1941 - April 19, 2005). Cosmatos directed such films as Of Unknown Origin and Leviathan.
Josef Nesvadba (June 19, 1926 - April 25, 2005) Known as the king of Czech science fiction, Nesvadba wrote several stories and longer works, such as Captain Nemo’s Last Adventure, In the Footsteps of the Abominable Snowman, and Vampires. CLICK HERE
CLICK HERE
AND HERE
Philip Morrison (November 7, 1915 - April 22, 2005) Dr. Morrison, Institute Professor and Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was one of the founders of SETI. CLICK HERE
Zeke Zekely (February 11, 1915 - April 28, 2005) A cartoonist, he was best known for his work with George McManus, the strips Bringing Up Father and Juggs and Maggie. CLICK HERE
Author's Note
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