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Published by zentao7.com writers group in their June 1, 2005 newsletter
The Word in Writing by B.J. Muntain
Vol 2, Issue 43, June 1, 2005
Well, Weird Tales is changing hands, Robert Sheckley returns home, and your chance to help Aburt (a.k.a. the Critter Captain) fight on-line piracy.
I do not guarantee any markets
New Markets:
Dark Recesses Press is putting together a new electronic-format horror/dark fiction magazine. CLICK HERE
Market Changes:
Wildside Press has bought Weird Tales magazine, and John Betancourt is also returning as a co-editor. Many changes are being planned. Note that all customer service questions should now be sent to weirdtales @ gmail. com. CLICK HERE
Coyote Moon Publications is looking for interior artists for their anthology, ShadowSword, and other publications. CLICK HERE
Champagne Shivers has opened to submissions --but the editor will be away from August 3 - 12, and will not be replying during that time. CLICK HERE
Futurismic is looking for contemporary science fiction to publish on their website. "We're looking for innovative, exciting new stories that use the tools of speculative fiction to examine contemporary issues and take a look at what's just around the corner." CLICK HERE
Smooch is looking for novels set in the present day, including paranormal novels. Primary audience is girls 12 - 16 years old. See their guidelines link at the bottom of CLICK HERE.
David Young of Time Warner Books UK will be running the global Time Warner Books Group. He will be replaced in the UK by Ursula Mackenzie. They are considering launching a UK children's books division.
Viking publishing director Juliet Annan will be moving to create a new Penguin list. Venetia Butterfield from HarperCollins will replace her.
Marcella Edwards, editor, is leaving HarperPress to become Senior Commissioning Editor for Classics at Penguin.
Simon & Schuster Marketing Director Kathy Gale is leaving to set up her own business, “'a hybrid of a lot of different things' including an 'editorial coaching' service to authors, mainly unpublished ones."
Hawk Publishing, though they publish just about everything, is not currently looking for poetry, short stories, picture books, children's books or young adult books. CLICK HERE
Closed Markets:
Zumaya Publications will not accept any submissions until September, 2005. CLICK HERE
Solari Press has closed because they didn't receive any suitable submissions for their launch. Their website has been removed.
Fortean Bureau has also closed. They plan to reopen in December. CLICK HERE
Dated Markets (Anthologies, Contests, Special and Themed Issues):
Flipped Eye Publishing will publish a charity anthology entitled Dance the Guns to Silence, commemorating the anniversary of Ken Saro-Wiwa's execution. Poems "should focus on the following areas: freedom of expression, imprisonment, non-violence, political oppression, leadership, minority rights, poverty, the death penalty, the right to sustainable development among others." Royalties from the sale of the anthology go to the Ken Saro-Wiwa Foundation. Deadline: June 30, 2005.CLICK HERE
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The Belmont Poetry Prize 2005 is "the only poetry prize in the UK for poets writing for children - and it's judged by children too." Entry fee: 3 pounds. Deadline: July 22, 2005. CLICK HERE
Millenium Gear: Steampunk Stories for a New Generation is an anthology looking for Steampunk stories. "Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting." Deadline: August 21, 2005 or until full. CLICK HERE
Harlequin Blaze is holding a contest to find new creative directions for this sensual series. Entry fee: None given. Deadline: August 31, 2005. CLICK HERE
The Angel Animals Network is compiling a collection of true stories about horses "who have performed exceptional acts of compassion, protection, healing, courage, or have been part of a miraculous or mystical experience." Deadline: September 30, 2005. CLICK HERE
Saltboy Bookmakers is gathering "fairy- and folk-tales revisited and revised by modern authors" for an anthology called Time for Bedlam: A Collection of Cautionary Tales. Deadline is October 1, 2005, or when filled. CLICK HERE
News:
Robert Sheckley has returned to the US, thanks to private donations. His condition is still not satisfactory, but he's home now. CLICK HERE
Andrew Burt, the Critter Captain of Critters.org, is trying to find out how people use Amazon.com's Search Inside to decide to buy a book. This is in regards to the potential for piracy. You can take the survey (it's only a couple of minutes) at CLICK HERE.
Heinlein Centennial, Inc. is organizing a convention to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Robert A. Heinlein's birth. It will take place July 6-8, 2007, in Kansas City, Missouri. CLICK HERE (Note: you need a .pdf reader like Acrobat Reader to read this press release)
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Our Losses:
Thurl Ravenscroft (February 6, 1914 - May 22, 2005) Ravenscroft's legendary voice gave life to Tony the Tiger, and to The Grinch who Stole Christmas. CLICK HERE
Jean Paul Gustave Ricoeur (February 27, 1913 - May 20, 2005) Paul Ricoeur, a French philosopher, is best known for his work in phenomenology, although his interests included theology, structuralism, psychoanalysis, justice and hermeneutics. He wrote several philosophical works, including The Symbolism of Evil, Time and Narrative, The Rule of Metaphor, On Memory, History and Forgetting (on the study of time) and What Makes Us Think (on neuroscience). CLICK HERE
Edward Albert Heimberger (1906 - March 27, 2005) The star of Green Acres, Eddie Albert was also in several other television shows and movies, including The Outer Limits, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Twilight Zone, Switch, and Escape to Witch Mountain. CLICK HERE
Author's Note
Eddie Albert is gone. One of my favourite television and movie stars, thanks to his gentlemanly good humour and genuine caring. I remember him first from -- of all things -- Switch, the television show he co-starred in with Robert Wagner. Of course, I remember Green Acres quite fondly. On my visit to NBC Studios in New York City last fall, I discovered that he was actually one of the first people on television, during a test done by RCA (later NBC). But enough reminiscing. I'm still HERE.
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