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Competitions and Opportunities Recently notified and still valid opportunities so far as we know (websites have been checked). Please contact the people named in the items below for further information. We accept no liability in connection with the information contained in this list or via the links. Items for inclusion should be sent to trace@ntu.ac.uk More announcements at General News page
Cyberfict is an annual journal (250-300 pages) devoted to computer-related fiction of all kinds--including, but not restricted to, cyberpunk and other futuristic fiction, fiction published on the Internet or on CD-ROM, the use or influence of hypertext in fiction, and fiction-related Internet sites and software.
We will consider any approach related to this broad topic--including criticism of individual or multiple works, profiles of or interviews with authors, descriptions of pedagogical approaches or issues, theoretical studies, interdisciplinary studies, bibliographical articles, notes, book reviews, and reports on related cultural phenomena. We are very open to submissions by graduate students, and, as a special feature, professors may submit groups of undergraduate response essays/book reviews (500-750 words each). We will also publish a limited amount of fiction and poetry related to the topic. We welcome the inclusion of graphics with any submission. We will consider submissions of up to 40 double-spaced pages. The journal is published each February, but we read year round. SASE required for paper submissions; response within 90 days. Submissions should
be addressed to:
E-mail submissions can be sent to martin.kich@wright.edu. We prefer that the submission be attached as a text or rtf file, but WordPerfect, Word, or html files will be accepted.
A new literary website which is looking for ground-breaking prose from urban writers. They will publish four or five new stories (400 words) each month, and all published will be paid £150. Details from Jon Buscall e-literature@projector.se
We are in the process
of setting up writing competitions in Poetry and Short Stories. We will
be showcasing competition entries online. This is in order to raise
funds for our Mobile Recording Studio project for the
Age categories:
Writing categories: short stories and poems on any christmas theme
Closing date: 15th december 2000
How to enter: you
must register your interest and receive an entrant number by visiting
the site A freelance contracts site including contracts for writers. US on the whole, but a lot of writing contracts can be fulfilled online. The latest edition of Sue Kendrick's WriteLink Newsletter of markets, competitions, jobs and opportunities for freelance writers (mostly UK) is available at http://www.writelink.co.uk
Current funding opportunities for artists and arts groups (UK) are compiled by Alex Burke/FYI -- http://www.nyfa.org/fyi -- at the New York Foundation for the Arts. Lexikon Publishing Open Poetry Competition Closing Date: 5 January 2001
Lexikon Publishing
is pleased to announce its open poetry competition for
The purpose of
our open poetry competition aims to give the individual poet
Maximum Length
per poem: 60 Lines Entry Fee: £1.50
per poem up to a maximum of 10 poems Judge: Poet and children's writer Celia Warren
Entry form and
guidelines are available from: Lexikon Open Poetry
Competition Lexikon Fish
Annual Short Story Prize Closing date: 30th
November 2000. Open theme. Max. 50000 words Bad
Subjects Issue topics for 2000-2001 include:
Film
Reviews wanted for ejournal http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/film/journal/submiss.htm The
New Writer The New Writer editor is interested in receiving in-depth articles and features on all aspects of the written word, including interviews and profiles but not introspective pieces (see Guidelines at www.thenewwriter.com for more information). Poetry and short fiction submissions are also covered in these guidelines. Lichfield
and District Writers Short Story Competition 2000 www.hackwriters.com Neonlit iksperament Now accepting electronic submissions. please include name, address and e-mail. a brief bio would be helpful. send submission in the body of an e-mail, or as a .txt file attachment. sound files should be in .wav format. graphic files in .gif format preferred. submissions will appear on the iksperament website: http://move.to/danonline send submissions via e-mail to urbanexpression@email.com copyright remains with creators. Markets
for writers: Writers Open Workshop "We
do not publish the basic how to write-type material. All features
should be written with first-hand knowledge of the markets or techniques
covered." Subject: Market information news and features for writers
looking to sell their work to publications, companies and exhibition
venues world wide. Frequency: Biweekly. Format: Web magazine/email
newsletter. Est. September 1999. Circ. 2700. 100% freelance written.
Pays on publication. Rights: One-time electronic rights. Accepts simultaneous
submissions. Submit seasonal material 6 months in advance. Queries:
post, e-mail, fax. Reports in 1 weeks on queries. Reports in 3 weeks
on mss. Lead time: 1 month. Mss published average of 1-3 month(s)
after acceptance. Sample: free by e-mail, free on website. Guidelines: WOW_Guidelines.
NON-FICTION: Book excerpts, essays, how-to, humor, inspirational,
interview/profile. Pays: $10-$150 maximum for unsolicited articles.
Mss bought/yr: 120. Length: 150 min. for news items, 5000 max. for
a major market segment report. (Standard one-off features 800 - 1500).
How to submit: query, send complete ms. Does NOT want: "Basics of
how to write." TIPS: "You cannot hope to write for any information-based
publication unless you have detailed first-hand knowledge of it.That
means studying the market carefully, obtain detailed guidelines and
preferably obtain quotes from the editor, news editor, features editor
etc. If you have actually been published by the market so much the
better. Be concise, but be as detailed as possible and be accurate
- we follow-up on all market news submitted before publication.
When submitting general features aimed at helping writers make more
from their work it should be targetted at a specific type of publication
and should include original methods the reader might not have tried." A multi-genre short story & poetry magazine which takes readers and writers on a voyage of discovery to the four corners of the universe and all corners of your mind. Recently voted the best new small press magazine. Short stories 1000 - 6000 words, poems upto 60 lines. We buy First British Serial Rights but the magazine is now distributed to 36 countries so no reprints please. Your stories should be character driven and have the ability to create strong mental pictures in the mind of the reader. We welcome new writers, working with you where possible to improve your work and perhaps suggest other markets which might be interested. We also give reasons for rejecting your work. Send completed manuscript by email to john@voyage99.freeserve.co.uk or snail mail to the address above. NEEDS: Horror, Dark Fantasy of the sort found in the mags Peeping Tom or Blood & Screams. Artwork & Photography - there are four slots, general illustrations to support stories and poems, Final Thoughts, Alternative Histories and the Front Cover. A careful study of past issues is essential to understand the type of artwork and photography we use. Tips: Since opening to e-mail submissions we have received several hundred stories and poems from overseas. 95% have been rejected because the writer submitted without having properly researched the magazine. Read at least one issue before submitting to avoid wasting your time and increasing our work load. Payment: £10 (US$16) per 1000 words on publication. Response time 14 days. Publication within 6 months. Sample copy £4 ($6)/ 6 issue subscription £20 ($32) (Subscribers also receive two special edition issues each year - this years are at Halloween and Christmas making a fabulous 8 issues a year).Cheques/POs payable to JGD Colonies
Scifi Magazine GUIDELINES
FOR CONTRIBUTORS Mankind has expanded to occupy all the vacant plots in the Solar System. Travelling from Earth to Mars or the Jovian moons is no more newsworthy than a flight from London to New York or Melbourne. People still have everyday concerns about mundane things, only the date, place and scope of human experience are different. We are looking for Short Stories (1000-10,000 words), speculative features to 3000 words, speculative news (100-800 words) which will mould the future we are creating. In early issues the scope of your story is wide open to your own interpretation of what the year 2299 will be like, but once published these stories will become a part of the "history" which will shape all future issues. Contributors should familiarise themselves with several issues in order to avoid contradicting stories which have already been published. In time we will create a future, with a history as complex as that found in either Star Trek or Babylon 5. But do not be misled by those programmes. In Colonies there are no warp drives , no transporters, and no jump gate technology. Mankind has yet to voyage beyond the limits of our own solar system, except for a few deep space probes and space stations.(although there s no stopping one or two alien races stopping off here for one reason or another). All written work should be submitted on spec after careful study of the stories already published. Artwork should be submitted as samples from which artists can be commissioned to produce work specifically targeted to a particular story. Colonies has been designed to produce the sort of stories which might one day form the basis of a new TV epic. It will eventually be accompanied and promoted by a web site where the stories, environments and characters created within its pages can be explored and experienced by a world wide audience. Tips: This is
an excellent opportunity to be published - if you adhere to the guidelines
and study the magazine - All but two e-mail submissions in the last
month were rejected because the authors had not bothered to read the
type of stories we are publishing. Another reason for recent
rejections has been authors not checking their science FACTS.
A scientifically accurate story is a pleasure to read, but if the
science is wrong the story becomes nonsense. If you create new
scientific principles or developments they should be based on sound
reasoning, not just that they sound or look good. Newswire
Newswire
Global Markets Newsletter is the new print magazine for writers,
artists, photographers and musicians who want to increase their
sales by selling to magazines, newspapers and other publishers around
the world. Every issue contains over 50 new markets, in-depth
market segment reports, features on selling your work abroad and
hints & tips from others selling their work around the world.
We
are looking for the following material.
1.
Short news items on magazines/ newspapers who are looking for freelance
work.100 - 300 words with full contact details,editors name, features
ed, news editor, art editor. Obtain as much information as
you can, preferably get quotes from one of the above of what they
are currently looking for. If they have their own set guidelines
get a copy and send it to us. Be sure you have read
a copy of any magazine you write about. It is easy to pick
out articles written about markets you have never actually read
and we would not purchase such features.
2.
In depth Market segment reports. 2000 -10,000 words. A very
thorough guide to writing feature articles or providing photographs
for particular type of publication. Recently we have covered
"Writing for Women's magazines world wide" and "Writing Travel features
for magazines and newspapers world wide." Depending on length
each market segment reports will run to 4 pages serialised over
2, 3 or 4 issues. Photos or actual covers form 60% of the
titles in each report will be required.
3.
Competition News. Details of current short story, poetry,
photography or art competitions. Include address, fees due, closing
date, prizes. Where possible a full set of rules should be
provided. We are also interested in short news items
about people who have won such competitions recently.
4.Features which will help other improve their sales to markets world wide. These should be based on your own experiences and illustrated with examples from your own portfolio of published work. We do not want How To Write type features we have had hundreds sent in already and they are returned unread. Newswire is about how to sell you work so articles should be based on marketing, information research, communicating effectively, developing long term relationships with editors thousands of miles away etc. If you have a good track record of international sales we would also be interested in personal stories of how you began, made each sale and lessons you learnt along the way. Copies of some of your published works should be included for use as illustrations. Although Newswire is published in the UK it sells in 32 countries, so publications that are local to you will be overseas to many of our readers. We will be looking to appoint regional editors who can supply us with good regular material from their own area. To become a regional editor you will need to supply us with 4 or 5 good market pieces from your own area/ country for several months. Submissions
should be made by e-mail (in the body, no attachments except
for photographs). For market news our response time will be
48 hours. For features the response time will be 2 - 3 weeks.
Payment is on publication at the rate of US$0.05 per word. Sample copies of Newswire can be obtained for £3/ $5. 8 issue subscription £20/ $32 (Cheques payable to JGD) from the address below. John
Dunne, Editor, Regent Publications
40 Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton. WV1 1DG. UK Tel/Fax:01902 423353 Email: john@voyage99.freeserve.co.uk Sample
copy £3($5) / 8 issue subscription £20 ($32) cheques/POs payable
to JGD Global
Competitions Newsletter New FREE e-mail newsletter providing news of upto 50 competitions each month, How To Win competitions features plus your letters, hints and tips. To Subscribe put GCN in subject of e-mail to Voyagemag@zyworld.com Palimpsest
Press Australian
authors embrace online opportunities Speaking in Sydney today following the announcement of the pilot project, the Chair of the Australian Society of Authors Libby Gleeson said 'OzAuthors has the potential to revolutionise how Australian authors work, how they're read and what they're paid. The OzAuthors system ensures that authors control access to their work, setting varying levels of payment depending on how their material is used. Authors can also track all the uses of their work in detail. "The beauty of OzAuthors is that a copyright creator can now be paid instantly whenever their work is downloaded, or they can specify other limited uses on a free basis. Issues of access and equity continue to be important to the ASA as we develop our relationships with readers, libraries, schools, universities and other communities. "The ASA is interested in exploring opportunities for authors in an increasingly on-line environment. We believe the potential of OzAuthors is enormous", said Libby Gleeson, "and the ASA is very excited at being able to play a leading role in the digital age, developing new opportunities for authors while protecting their rights." The technology behind OzAuthors was developed by IPR Systems, an Australian company working on the complex question of intellectual property rights and how they can be traded and managed electronically. Peter Higgs, the co-founder of IPR, told the <indecs> conference that, "OzAuthors is not just another 'good idea dot com'. We are developing tangible solutions to the problem of trading intangible assets." The OzAuthors pilot will initially enable ASA members to offer their work on-line, with a view to expanding the system's scope to disseminate the work of journalists and academics. In the future, a set of on-line learning and collaboration tools will also be developed to encourage greater interaction between authors and readers. A copy of IPR's accompanying media release and profile is also available by email. For further information, please contact:
Bob Hughes The
Waterman Review Kaleidoscope
Journal *spark-online Electronic consciousness is
part thesis, part polemic, and part convenient brand
into which we stuff our oversized ideas every month. Each month
it covers topics under the following headings:
Submissions should be between
400 and 1000 words. Please use Times New Roman
font (12 point), and include a short biography of yourself at the
end of the piece (no more than 40 words in
length). Editorial policy will favour
those submissions that are succinct in syntax and in the active
voice. Preference will be given to editorial-style
opinion articles, rather than rational,
exegetical style articles. Given the constraints of the
medium an editorial style article lends itself
better to an on-line Submissions are not paid. Writers retain copyright subject to written agreement between themselves and *spark-online. We will notify writers via electronic mail on the 25th of the month if their pieces have been accepted. We will not notify writers who are not going to be published. Submissions can be sent as an attachment in MS WORD, or as the body of an e-mail c/o Managing Editor, Robert Delamar to: rfdelamar@spark-online.com or delamar@pacificcoast.net . Submissions are due on the 5th of each month for publication on the 1st of the following month. Morpheus
Magazine Writers Guidelines Fiction All fiction must be the original and sole property of the author. Fiction previously published may be excepted in certain circumstances, but please inform us when and in what form the piece has been published before. Fiction submitted for publication should be inventive and exciting, and should fall loosely into one of the following categories:
Please do not stick to the stereotypes, we are looking for fiction that is different and new, which shows the above sub-genres of horror, fantasy, and science fiction in a very different way. Artwork Reviews Please express your opinions whatever they are, but reviews should not contain any material that is racist, sexist, etc. Reviews should be submitted by email (cut and pasted/Word 97/Works) or via floppy disk. Reviews should be the entire property of the author and should not have been previously published on the web. If the material submitted for publication has been previously published in another format, please let us know. Poetry
Greece Poetry Greece is a new international poetry magazine for poets writing in English or translated into English. Although the magazine is called Poetry Greece, we welcome poetry from all over the world. Poetry submissions are welcome, if written in English or translated into English. Please send no more than six poems, typewritten, and not your original copy. We can only inform you of the fate of your work if send a SSAE or International reply coupon. We accept poetry by e-mail on poetrygreece@hotmail.com BUT NO MORE THAN SIX AND IN A SINGLE ATTACHMENT PLEASE!
E-mail
or write to: Cauldron
& Net Simultaneous submissions and work that has already been published will be considered, although the preference is for unpublished work. Please send all inquiries and submissions to the editor: Claire Dinsmore cauldron@studiocleo.com For a sample taste, the inaugural edition may be seen at : http://www.StudioCleo.com/cauldron/ See also the Art Deadlines List for competitions and opportunities ReSoundings ezine Protocol: It is usually best to E-Mail us with your piece as a web address (or attachment if the piece is not yet in web form. We prefer materials in html, jpeg gif and animated gifs, Real audio/vidio formats (or Quicktime--the materials must play while loading). Java and CGI should be worked out ahead of time. The best web articles are designed to be read screen by screen (You'll note that this page is not--and thus is more difficult for the reader to deal with.). If ReSpoundings selects the piece for publication, the author is responsible for obtaining any necessary copyright permissions. In general, do keep the state of the technology in mind. We find it difficult to mount successfully a very large piece of film or sound, given the size of the server and the time necessary to transmit. Under those circumstances, an attendant CD or DVD the audience canorder may well be a better solution. Please note: As the journal is peer reviewed, the editors' initial interest may not indicate the promise of publication. SEND SUBMISSIONS
TO: SNAIL MAIL AND PHONE: La Petite Zine
These guidelines have changed, so please read carefully. We accept E-mail submissions only, with pieces pasted as plain text in the body of the message. A short writerly bio (50 words or less) would be a good idea as well. We require that you put in your E-mail subject line the following information: LPZ.lastname.genre.date ...with the date being a month-date-year format. This submission, for instance, came from a person with the surname Keats, who will send poetry to LPZ on July 4th, 2037— LPZ.keats.poetry.7.4.2037 This nifty system ensures efficient filing for editors and authors alike. We encourage compliance. We suggest 3-5 poems max, essays and fiction of under 2000 words, Allow 1-2 months for us to get back to you. E-mail your submissions to lapetite@webdelsol.com. Espresso-FictionEspresso-Fiction is a forum for avant-garde fiction writing. Although all genres are welcome, avant-garde is the specified format, and fiction is the keyword also. But, no one on the list is held fast to this rule, and the listowners themselves will probably be the first to veer from said format from time to time. Discussion can be about any topic. Hopefully, new friends will be made on the list, so discussion will not be moderated. Discussions of a heated nature will be quickly discouraged though. Critique will only be performed at the request of an author, and then it is asked to be written off list. We are here more to share a love of fiction and writing, than to try to perfect our art. Subscription instructions:
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